Posted on February 28, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Everyone Together: We started off the class with everyone working on Old MacDonald. Level 2s worked on the right hand, and level 3s worked on the left hand as well. Make sure that you are using your hear, and counting properly to make sure the tune comes across the right way, especially in the line [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2010 by CasaZaza
Level 1A lesson 7 Today’s lesson involved Mr. Bach who helped us learn about holding notes, and how to hold them for different amounts of time. In the Practice Room Miss Melody continued the lessons for note values. Then we spent some time at the library to work on a few extra holding note songs, we [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! It was nice to see you today, and we got quite a bit done in class too! The main focus of the lesson today was technique. I worked with each of you as you showed me how well you’ve been doing with your scale practice. One or two of you need to visit these scales [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! We had a great class today. Even though the weather was horribly wet and windy outside, we were so bright and creative inside! Whole Group We began the lesson by reviewing our scales. Everyone took turns to show me their C Major scales and C Contrary motion. Then I spent some time talking [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! On a wet and very windy day, it was lovely to see all your smiling faces this morning! It really brightened up my morning! Lesson 13 (Review) – Parker, Christopher and Bella (See you next time Carter and Sydney!) We began with a great rhythm circle. You were fantastic at reading the numbers and dots today, even when [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hello Everybody! We began with a great rhythm circle with each person having a go on ‘Guiro.’ Then you repeated some 2 measure rhythms which I clapped for you. Afterwards, we checked our note values and made up some 4 beat rhythms on the whiteboard. Well done! Level 1B, Lesson 23 – Liam In lesson 23, Mr Villa Lobos [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! We began this week by spending some time talking about the life and times of our new teachers in Children’s Music Journey. We also had fun clapping back some rhythms together. Then we headed over to the computers. Level 1A, Lesson 11 - Camryn and Emma This week we learnt all about our new composer, Mr Scott Joplin. [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 21: Today Miss Mendelssohn helped refresh our memories on the musical alphabet, and showed us how to read letter name notes when we have our five finger ant tunnels formed. After finishing the lesson and visiting Miss Melody in the practice room, we played a new game, called Falling leaves. In this game, you [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hi Everyone! We began today’s lesson with a quick rhythm circle. You were brilliant at reading the beats on my whiteboard, even when I tried to make them tricky for you, you still clapped them perfectly! Well done! Then, we made some 5 finger ant tunnels on our knees once more and practiced using each [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
We started off the class today with each of you practicing a piece of your choice. I took some time to listen to, and help each of you individually. We then spent some time working on Olde Fashioned Waltz, a piece that is in 3/4 time. Don’t forget to keep counting girls, and remember, you [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 32: Today Mr. Mozart started teaching us a new way to read notes. We are now reading grown up notes on something we call the Grand Staff! Instead of having 5 lines for our notes, we now have two groups of five lines. The top part is for the right hand, the bottom part [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 8: We started off the class with a fantastic rhythm circle, where you each had to clap back a rhythm by hearing it, and by seeing it! Some of them were a little tricky, but you all did a fantastic job! After this, we went to the computers to start our lesson. Today, Mr. [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
For the first part of today’s class, we talked about Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. This is a musical story that you have been working on in your drama class! We focused mainly on the music, and we took the time to talk about how each character in the story is represented by an instrument. [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 8: We started off the class with a fantastic rhythm circle, where you each had to clap back a rhythm by hearing it, and by seeing it! Some of them were a little tricky, but you all did a fantastic job! After this, we went to the computers to start our lesson. Today, Mr. [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by CasaZaza
Level 1A lesson 7 In this lesson Mr, Bach helped us learn about holding notes, and holding them for different amounts of time. On to the Practice Room, where Miss Melody continued the lessons for note values. Then we spent some time at the library to work on a few extra holding note songs, we finished [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hello Everybody! Well, we had a very lively MusIQ Club class on Wednesday! It’s good to have fun, but remember, if we’re too loud we can’t hear the music or the computer clearly, and we might distract other people who are trying to work nearby! Level 1B, Lesson 19 – Callum Level 1B, Lesson 22 – Hayley , Weston, [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2010 by Adele Merritt
Hello Everybody! It was lovely to see you on Wednesday. We missed Julia and Julian! See you both next week! Level 1A, Lessons 11 and 12 – Madeline This week we learnt all about our new composer, Mr Scott Joplin. He was born about 100 years ago in the United Sates. His family was poor, [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2010 by jennifervangennip
Beginner Level 2A Today Jarrett and Kayla did Lesson 29, where we were using all ten fingers to play notes moving in steps AND skips. Please remember that notes below Middle C are played with your Left Hand! We want all your fingers to get strong and be able to play well, which is why [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2010 by Amelia Rogers
Hooray, we are off and running! Welcome, and congratulations for taking on this endeavor which I know can be so rewarding. We started off the day with some rhythmic ear training, clapping on different beats and taking turns with different patterns that proved tricky to keep steady even though they were simple. We listened to [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2010 by Amelia Rogers
We started off this week with a lot of rhythmic ear training, tricky at first but everyone caught on after a while and we were finally able to stay steady with the metronome while passing beats back and forth. We also practiced clapping and holding quarter, half and whole notes, as well as eighths. With [...]
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