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Lesson 9 & 10: Today we did two lessons with Mr. Bach! We started off by learning how to play several notes going up, or going down. We call this playing high notes and then higher notes as well as low and then lower notes! The trickiest part is that you always have to make [...]
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Lesson 11: Today we met with another new teacher. His name was Mr. Scott Joplin, and he was alive about 100 years ago. Isn’t it great that even though his parents had no money, his mother was able to get jobs cleaning houses for the rich so her son could play on their pianos to [...]
Filed under: Killam Properties - Glenforest | Tagged: activity sheet, sheet music | Leave a Comment »
Level 2: Today, you spent some time doing note and rhythm review in the theory thinker. Please make sure to spend a little more time working on your MusIQ Club material at home so that we can start focusing on new things. Afterward, we spent time working on the different pieces we will be playing [...]
Filed under: Beechville Lakeside Timberlea Elementary | Tagged: scales, technique | Leave a Comment »
Hello Everybody! It was a strange sort of lesson yesterday, being in a different room, and some of the group out helping to set up for your Spring Fling! Nevertheless, you all worked very hard and we got a lot done! I worked with different groups spending some time reviewing how to find note names on [...]
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Hi Everyone! This week we met in the art room for a change, but this didn’t stop you all working very hard! This week you all managed to complete two lessons with Mr. Bach! Fabulous! Firstly, in lesson 9 you spent time reading circle notes which went higher and higher, or lower and lower. Some of [...]
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Hi Everyone! Great lesson yesterday – Well done! Level 1A – Lessons 8 This was a very special lesson because Mr. Bach taught you how to play ‘double notes.’ You watched the circle notes really carefully and showed me you could play double notes with your right and left hand at the same time! Wow! You [...]
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Well done today! We began with a pentatonic scale warm-up on C, F and G. Then, we reviewed our triads, and talked about the special names for the scale degrees I through VII. I is called the tonic. II is the supertonic. III is the mediant. IV is the subdominant. V is the domninant. VI [...]
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Good work today everyone! Nathan was back from New York, so we had everyone present today. After practicing Hot Crossed Buns in group mode, all the way through with the music, we went in to our lessons: Sarah reviewed half of a level 14. Played songs with high notes, low notes and double notes. Practiced stepping [...]
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Great work! All were present, except Patrick who had something else to do after school today. Level 1A (Shay) completed Lesson 8. Learned about Notes Getting Higher and Higher. Do you remember what a very high note looks like? A medium-high note? Middle C? Medium low? Very low? Try playing them on the piano. Played double-notes, with 2 [...]
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Well done today! We began with a pentatonic scale warm-up on C, F and G. Then, we reviewed our triads, and talked about the special names for the scale degrees I through VII. I is called the tonic. II is the supertonic. III is the mediant. IV is the subdominant. V is the domninant. VI [...]
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Hello Everyone! Great work today! Level 1A - Lessons 9 and 10 Today you worked extra hard with Mr. Bach and you managed to complete two lessons! Fabulous! Firstly, in lesson 9 you spent time reading circle notes which went higher and higher, or lower and lower. Some of the songs you played were tricky, but [...]
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Aujourd’hui nous avons fait un petit travail écrit. Dans le travail, nous avons identifié des notes, des gammes et nous avons aussi fait des testes d’oreilles. Bon travaille tout le monde! Pour la dernière moitié de la classe, nous avons travaillé sur les pièces que nous allons jouer pour le concert qui aura lieu le [...]
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Lessons 9 & 10: Today’s class was all about getting to know the entire piano keyboard! We already knew low notes, Middle C and high notes, but in our first lesson with Mr. Bach, we learnt how to play a high note while leaving room for an even higher note. We also played a low [...]
Filed under: Inglis Street Elementary | Tagged: activity sheet, sheet music | Leave a Comment »
Wow! It is already our second last class today! This means that today was spent doing a written assignment, and preparing for our little concert which will be next week. You are all doing a fantastic job, please just make sure to spend time working on all the pieces we will be playing over the [...]
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Lesson 11: Today we met with another new teacher. His name was Mr. Scott Joplin, and he was alive about 100 years ago. Isn’t it great that even though his parents had no money, his mother was able to get jobs cleaning houses for the rich so her son could play on their pianos to [...]
Filed under: Killam Properties - Glenforest | Tagged: sheet music, theory sheet | Leave a Comment »
Hi Everybody! Great work this week! Level 1 Today, we began spending some time looking at our C Major scale from last week. I could see that you had practised because it was much smoother. Well done! We then looked at C Contrary motion. This is where both thumbs begin on Middle C, and you [...]
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Creekside pupils learn faster, better by using all senses.
Creekside Elementary School is now teaching piano lessons – on a computer.
During the last school year, music teacher Elaine Rugless implemented a new program called MusIQ Club, which teaches students piano instruction through an interactive on-screen program hooked up to a piano keyboard.
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Hello Everyone! Well done. We got a lot covered today! Level 2A Our gentleman today continued working with Miss Melody and Mr Mozart on Lessons 33 and 34, reviewing how to find the notes C, D and E in the Treble Clef (Right hand). Ou ladies worked on Lesson 36 and practised some rhythm tapping with [...]
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Hello Everybody! We had a really good lesson yesterday! Well done! Whole group We began by spending some time reviewing how to find note names on the Grand Staff. You are getting better each week with this. At the computers, we again tried the Grand Staff Note Placement Game. Most of you were finding the correct [...]
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Very good class today! We worked some more on Ode to Joy, our ensemble piece that you are (hopefully) practicing at home. I was very pleased with how well prepared Cole and Erin were, they had obviously been practicing. I was also very pleased with the progress made today by the rest of the class. [...]
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