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Very good class today! We started the class with Ode to Joy, our ensemble piece that you are (hopefully) practicing at home. Believe it or not, we played it 4 times together with the accompaniment, and the fourth time was the kids’ idea! I was very pleased with how well prepared Jordan and Veronica were, [...]
Filed under: Mapleview Heights Elementary | Tagged: Mapleview, week 8 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we had another good class today – what a great bunch of kids I have in the class! The boys played their songs for me – both are doing really well with practising at home and learning their songs – good work boys! We clapped some rhythms in four-four time using whole notes, half [...]
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Today we had a new seating plan which worked much better. We completed our group practice quickly and had some more time for games and activities as a result. Great work everyone! Level 1A (Samia) completed Lesson 8. Learned about Notes Getting Higher and Higher. Do you remember what a very high note looks like? A medium-high [...]
Filed under: John W. MacLeod - Fleming Tower Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Excellent work today! We are nearing the end of the term and your songs, Row Your Boat and Hot Crossed Buns, are coming along quite nicely. After practicing in group mode, we went in to your lessons: Level 1A (Abbey P.) completed lesson 7. Learned about Double-Notes with Mr. Bach. Took turns so that both partners [...]
Filed under: Kingswood Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! We had a great class today! CMJ 1B - We began our class today with Lesson 21 – “Ode To Joy” with Mr. Villa Lobos. Miss Melody led us through the practice room, and we played games in the games room. We spent some time talking about Mr. Villa lobos and his life [...]
Filed under: Portland Estates Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! We had a great class today! CMJ 1B - We began our class today with Lesson 21 – “Ode To Joy” with Mr. Villa Lobos. Miss Melody led us through the practice room, and we played games in the games room. We spent some time talking about Mr. Villa lobos and his life and [...]
Filed under: Mount Edward Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! We had a great class yesterday! CMJ 2B – We began our class with the practice room today. After miss melody helped us in the practice room, we did Lesson 45 – “recital” with Mr. Tchaikovsky. We spent some time in the games room, and then we reviewed all our bass clef and [...]
Filed under: Ocean View Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! We had a great class yesterday! CMJ 2A – We began our class with Lesson 36 – “Rhythm tapping” with Mrs. Beach. We met miss melody in the practice room, and we played games in the games room. We spent some time reviewing our grand staff parts, and we played a grand staff [...]
Filed under: Crichton Park Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! Good job today! We began again today by reviewing our G major and C, G and F pentatonic scales. Some of you still need to practise those pentatonic scales at home through the week, but your G Major was coming along nicely. Then, I taught you a new scale – F Major. This scale [...]
Filed under: Duc d'Anville Elementary | Leave a Comment »
Hi there Everyone! What a busy lesson we had today! So much covered in 1 hour! To begin with, we warmed up by practising our C major scales. They are sounding very impressive now. We also worked on our C Contrary motion scale, which is really coming along nicely. Well done. We also tried some 3 [...]
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Everyone Together: We started off the class with some ear training. We listened to a few different intervals, the 3rd, the 5th and the octave. You all did a great job at identifying them! And after this ear training, we headed into Concert Master to work on Row, Row, Row. After practicing this piece for [...]
Filed under: St. Margaret's Bay Elementary | Tagged: scales, technique | Leave a Comment »
Lesson 22: Today, we learnt about a few more grownup notes. These new notes are called the half note, and the quarter note. The half note is worth 2 beats, and the quarter note is worth 1 beat. Mr. Villa Lobos did a great job at explaining these too us, and Miss Melody helped us [...]
Filed under: St. Margaret's Bay Elementary | Tagged: activity sheet, sheet music | Leave a Comment »
Lesson 22: Today, we learnt about a few more grownup notes. These new notes are called the half note, and the quarter note. The half note is worth 2 beats, and the quarter note is worth 1 beat. Mr. Villa Lobos did a great job at explaining these too us, and Miss Melody helped us [...]
Filed under: Hammonds Plains Consolidated Elementary | Tagged: activity sheet, sheet music | Leave a Comment »
We had a good class today. Chris, the MusIQ substitute teacher, told me that you did very well last week. After practicing ‘Row Your Boat’, we picked up where you left off in your lessons. Level 1A (Lenka) completed lesson 13 with Mr. Joplin. Learned how to play with five-finger ant tunnels. Practiced keeping our wrists [...]
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We had a fun class today in the library! All were present. Level 1B (Marise) completed lesson 16. You practiced songs in Middle C position with Miss Mendelssohn. Notes above the line are RH notes. Notes below the line are LH notes. Notes on the line are Middle C. Makes sure to use all five fingers (thumbs [...]
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Hi there girls! It was so nice to see you again today! Hope you enjoyed Victoria Day last week! To begin the lesson we discussed a new musical term – Legato. This means to play smoothly. We also talked about our hand position at the keyboards. Remember to always curl your fingers and lft your wirsts [...]
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Hi Everyone! It was lovely to see you again. Hope you enjoyed your long weekend and Victoria Day last week! Level 1A - Lesson 8 Today was a very special lesson because Mr. Bach taught you how to play ‘double notes.’ You all had to watch the circle notes really carefully and play them with your right and [...]
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Lesson 36: We met a new teacher today! Her name is Mrs Amy Beach. She was the first American woman to become a famous composer and lived about 150 years ago. Mrs. Beach spent the lesson with us today learning about different rhythms and tapping them correctly. In order to do this, she had a [...]
Filed under: Basinview Drive Community School | Tagged: activity sheet, sheet music | Leave a Comment »
Lesson 19: In today’s class, Miss Mendelssohn taught us how to read grown up notes. This means, that from now on, we won’t be reading just circle notes. The notes now have a stem that goes up if you have to play it with the right hand, and down if you are going to play [...]
Filed under: Grosvenor-Wentworth Park Elementary | Tagged: activity sheet, sheet music | Leave a Comment »
Nice to see you again after our two week break. We had a good class today, although it was a bit noisy at times. I’d like to work through our group performance songs more efficiently next week. Remember to listen and pay attention during instruction time. It’s important, if we are to have any [...]
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