Today in MusIQ Club!

Level 1:

We began our class today by discussing rests. Whole rests look like a whole in the ground and are worth 4 beats. Half rests look like a top hat, and is worth 2 beats. A quarter note looks like a Z with a belly, and is worth 1 beat. After learning our rests (which are used to indicate silence in the music) we clapped out different rhythms using rests!

You then headed to the pianos and worked on On Top Of Old Smokey, and then you each worked on Clementine as well. While practising the pieces, you took special care to properly count 1 & 2 & 3 &… etc. to make sure that all of our notes and rests were well observed.

Great work everyone! Please try and come straight to class next week so we can start on time!

Things To Work On:

1- Fill out this worksheet on rests.

2- Practice On Top Of Old Smokey.

Level 2:

Today you started by practising your Pentatonic Scale, and filling out an activity sheet on this scale as well.

You then headed into Piano Player to work on Daydream Believer.

We then got together and discussed key signatures. Key signatures let us tell a musician that a certain note will be sharp or flat for the duration of a piece.

We also talked about a few different terms such as piano, which means soft, forte with means loud and crescendo and diminuendo (getting louder, getting softer).

To finish off the class, you headed into the Piano Player to try out different pieces of your choice!

See you next week!

Things To Work On:

1- Keep working on C Pentatonic Scale.

2- Keep working on your Legato Staccato Exercise.

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