Posted on January 30, 2012 by acmullen
What a busy class today boys! We began class by reviewing the 3/4 time signature. We know that a 3/4 time signature has 3 beats per bar. We practiced using a 3/4 time signature by completing a worksheet in class. We also reviewed sharps and flats today. We learned that a sharp is the black [...]
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Posted on January 30, 2012 by acmullen
Level 1A Awesome work today ladies! Today you completed Lesson 6 with your new teacher Mr. Bach! You practiced playing songs with high notes, low notes and middle C. You also learned a new kind of note today called holding notes. Holding notes are notes that are played for 2 or more counts. You practiced [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2012 by acmullen
Welcome to our MusIQ Club Blog! What a great first class we had today! It was so nice to meet all of you and great to see some familiar faces as well Our blog will be organized by student level with a brief summary of what was covered in the class and some homework assignments [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2012 by acmullen
Welcome back boys! Today in class we started out reviewing the rules and expectations for the class. This term will involve a bit more theory so it is important to come to class ready to concentrate all the way through so that we have time for some games at the end of class. We began [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2012 by acmullen
Welcome (or welcome back) to our MusIQ Club Blog! Our blog will be organized by student level and will have a brief summary of the class followed by homework assignments for the week. Level 1A (Alexandra and Gabrielle) Welcome to the class! Today we began class by introducing ourselves and going over the classroom rules [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by acmullen
Great work today class!! Today we talked about our recital coming up! We talked about what it means to be a good performer (taking a bow at the end of our performance) and what it means to be a good audience (Listen quietly and clap at the end of the song). We reviewed our finger [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by acmullen
Awesome work today boys and girls! Level 1A Today in class you completed Lesson 13 with Mr. Joplin. You practiced playing songs with patterns of notes going away from middle C and back towards middle C. You also practiced using your ant tunnel hand positioning and finger numbers. Make sure that you take care to [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by acmullen
Great class today boys and girls Level 1A Today in class we reviewed how to number our fingers 1-5 beginning with our thumb and ending with our pinky fingers. We also reviewed how to position our hand with our thumb on middle C and one finger on each of the adjacent white keys. We [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by acmullen
Level 1A We began class by reviewing our finger numbers. We number our fingers 1-5 beginning with our thumb and ending with our pinky. We discussed proper hand positioning as well. Your hand should be placed with your thumb on middle C and one finger on each of the adjacent white keys. Curve your fingers [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2011 by acmullen
Awesome work today boys and girls! Today we began class by singing “Splish Splash” followed by the “Chuga Chuga” song, you were all very enthusiastic! Great singing! We talked about holding notes some more this week and reviewed how to play a holding note for two, three or four counts. Remember we hold the note [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2011 by acmullen
Great class today boys and girls Level 1A Today in class we learned how to number our fingers 1-5 beginning with our thumb and ending with our pinky fingers. We also learned how to position our hand with our thumb on middle C and one finger on each of the adjacent white keys. We [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2011 by acmullen
Awesome work boys and girls Level 1A We began class by reviewing our finger numbers. We number our fingers 1-5 beginning with our thumb and ending with our pinky. We discussed proper hand positioning as well. Your hand should be placed with your thumb on middle C and one finger on each of the adjacent [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by acmullen
Awesome work today boys and girls! Today we talked a lot about our upcoming recital as well as our final exam!!!! (don’t worry it will be easy if you have been paying attention in class)! Our recital will take place on Monday Dec 5th at 4:30pm, all parents are welcome to attend! We spent a [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by acmullen
Good work today boys and girls Level 1A Today in class we began seriously preparing for our end of term recital which will take place Monday December 5th at the end of class (3:30). We reviewed our finger numbers and each selected a song from the library to play in the recital. After practicing [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by acmullen
Great work today boys and girls Today we started off class by singing “Splish Splash” and the Chuga Chuga song. You guys sing them both beautifully with TONS of energy, awesome job! We will have to start learning a new song next week! We talked a little bit about high and low notes and [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2011 by acmullen
Awesome work today class Level 1A Today in class talked about notes going higher and higher and lower and lower. We sang some examples of notes going higher and higher and lower and lower so that we could identify the pattern. We also talked about how notes would look if they were going higher and [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2011 by acmullen
Great class today boys and girls Level 1A Today in class we learned about notes going higher and higher and notes going lower and lower. We talked about how notes getting higher and higher look like notes going up steps and notes getting lower and lower look like notes going down steps. On the [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2011 by acmullen
What a busy class today!!! We started off class together by playing a game called Rhythm Telephone. The game works by passing a rhythm around the circle by gently tapping it on the next persons back. The person at the end of the circle claps the rhythm out loud and then we can see if [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2011 by acmullen
Awesome work today boys and girls! We started off class by reviewing the names of the lines and spaces in the grand staff as well as our finger numbers and our musical alphabets. Then we moved to the computers to practice placing notes on the grand staff. Level 1 We practiced playing our C major [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2011 by acmullen
Good work today boys and girls! Level 1A Today in class talked about notes going higher and higher and lower and lower. We sang some examples of notes going higher and higher and lower and lower so that we could identify the pattern. We also talked about how notes would look if they were going [...]
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