Posted on January 27, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Level 1: You began today’s class by practising your C Major scale, first with your right hand, and then with your left hand. Don’t forget to always keep your speed as even as possible and pay very close attention to the fingering! Heading into Piano Player, you took some time to work on Pop Goes [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lessons 3 & 4: To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lessons 3 & 4: To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we [...]
Filed under: Kingswood Elementary | Tagged: sheet music, worksheet | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lessons 3 & 4: To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lessons 3 & 4: To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by jennifervangennip
We had rather spotty attendance today, but those who came got a lot done! I saw some really great things today, like Aydean and Hayden doing so well in the Treasure Hunt game where they had to listen closely to match the note played with a note on the keyboard, and the way that Emma [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by jennifervangennip
Wow! What a great first class, and what a great bunch of kids! Everyone was very enthusiastic, and I have to say that the response to MusIQ Club at Sunnybrea has been a bit overwhelming. Thanks so much for registering, and for recognizing the important role that music education plays in your child’s development. It [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hello Everybody! It was great to see you all today, and what a lovely lesson we had! Level 1A, Lessons 5 & 6 – Kira Thanks so much for your homework, Kira. Fantastic work! In lesson 5 you worked with Mr Beethoven to review everything you’ve learnt so far in MusIQ Club! Then, in Lesson 6 you met [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! What a hard working and quiet bunch you are! Well done for such a great class today! Piano Suite Level 1 – Kristiana and Connor It was great to meet you today, Connor! We began by spending some time looking at the Grand Staff. We discussed the Treble and Bass clefs, the lines [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by Amelia Rogers
I love the enthusiasm in this class! Everyone seems to arrive the minute the bell rings (sometimes before!) exploding with energy, and only with difficulty do we stop an hour later. Like last time we were together, we divided into two groups so that while one was doing their lessons at the keyboards the other [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lessons 3 & 4: To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by Amelia Rogers
In spite of some sleepiness on an early, foggy and rainy Monday morning, Sydney was enthusiastically welcomed back to class and quickly introduced to our new students. We spent some time this morning reviewing finger numbers and doing some exercises on our knees, some with the left hand and some with the right. This is [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 14: Today’s class was all about letters. What kind of letters? Why the musical alphabet of course! Mr. Joplin did a great job at teaching us all about it and how we use it to play music! The musical alphabet has 7 letters. It goes from A to G and then repeats, over and [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 by CasaZaza
In today’s class we talked about and played some basic 4 & 3 beat rhythms, and learned a brief history about Miss Mendelssohn. Level 1A Mr. Beethoven showed us some short/long rhythms Practice Room with Miss Melody Games Room – Bongo Boy Circle notes with Mr. Beethoven Improv Room Home Assignments for Level 1A Print [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! Well, we were back to our usual location in the library today. Everyone worked super hard, and made great progress. Fantastic effort everyone! Level 1B, Lessons 17 and 18– Rachael In these lessons today, Miss Mendelssohn helped you to play and sing songs using notes moving in a stepping motion. With your hands in C [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hello Everyone! Today we had a change of venue and our lesson was in the library! Thanks for being so sensible and letting me get on with setting up the equipment (and fix wobbly tables!) while you ate your lunch. Level 1A, Lesson 4 & 5 – Mae, Ashley, Carys, Georgia, Marielle and Duncan In Lesson 4, Mr [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lessons 3 & 4: To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 by marlewis
Today in class Today we completed lesson 4, where we continued repeating short rhythmic patterns based on words, and learned to replace the birds and whales in our notation with circle notes, and just a line for Middle C notes – no more sky and ocean. I have noticed a big improvement this week with [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! Wow! What a wonderful lesson we had this Friday! We were all focussed, made great progress and I had time to work with everyone individually! Piano Suite Level 2 – Alec and Ali We began by reviewing C major scale and C Contrary motion. (Remember to try not to play your pinkie finger twice as you come [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! We had a great class on Friday, and you all focussed really well! Whole Group We began by logging into ’Concert Master’, which is the software that allows us to play as a group so that everyone can hear everyone else playing! As a group, we practiced our 5 finger playbacks. I sang out some right [...]
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