Some of us were a little soggy and sleepy this week, at least there will be no time change next week and let’s hope we have less rain!
We talked briefly about whole, half and quarter notes and how many beats each of those notes gets (4, 2 and 1 respectively), we talked about Beethoven’s Ode [...]
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Fiddlesticks PSP Wed. March 10, 2010
It was nice to have all four of you here today! We started today with a quick review of melodic intervals (second, third, fourth, fifth etc.) and tried to identify thirds, fifths and octaves by ear. Everyone got better after the first few tries! The trickiest thing seemed to be [...]
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In class this week we reviewed rhythms and rests, and Pratik and Ryan took turns filling up some measures with combinations of half, whole and quarter notes and rests. We did some clapping with the different note values from whole notes to eighths, and then finally went back and forth between two different meters, the [...]
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We were missing three this week. Please get well quickly, and everyone, please don’t forget your orange notes each Monday or you are required to go home on the bus.
At the start of class we talked about folk tunes and where they come from (out in the “country,” far from city life, usually) and that [...]
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I think the sunshine was too much of a shock for us all over the weekend!
In spite of disruptions with two children going home sick, we managed to work on some rhythmic playbacks and Sydney did a brilliant job writing some rhythms for us to clap using whole, half and quarter notes. We talked about [...]
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This was a heavy ear training week, and Theo, Gabrielle and Chiron all worked very hard. Katrina, we missed you! We learned about intervals, thirds and fifths in particular, as well as octaves, and we talked a bit about why perfect intervals are called “perfect” which meant we had to talk about the overtone series [...]
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Sorry to be so late with this this week! And I’ll be brief so it won’t take you so long to read!
Our major theory focus this week was on rhythmic note values: whole notes, half notes and quarter notes. Some of the students in this class know these notes very well now, as [...]
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Sorry to be so late with this this week! And I’ll be brief so it won’t take you so long to read! :)
Our major theory focus this week was on whole notes, half notes and quarter notes. Some of the students in this class now know these notes, as well as dotted half notes (3 [...]
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Sorry to be so late with the blogs this week, I’m thinking you are probably all as busy as I am so haven’t needed an extra notice about piano practicing, but I don’t want you to have an extra excuse!
We worked on Twinkle and Row, Row, Row your Boat in class, and we reviewed rhythms [...]
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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 some [...]
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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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We welcomed back from vacation all but three on Monday, and got down to work right away clapping and saying rhythms. New this time though, we worked in two different groups clapping on different beats but keeping the tempo steady. Listening to what someone else is doing while you are also doing something is very [...]
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Welcome back everyone, and congratulations for making it to class on the first Monday morning after vacation! We got down to work right away, clapping and saying rhythms, and this time we worked in two different groups at the same time! Listening to what someone else is doing while you are also doing something is [...]
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Congratulations, Ryan, Brandon, Pratik and Mrs. Owen for your performances of Old Grey Goose. You all did a good job clapping the rhythms together, and after a couple of tries you were able to play the melody in unison, or very close to it! Even though the music itself may seem simple, it can be [...]
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Everyone was very cooperative this week, and we were able to accomplish a lot. Thank you, everyone, for respecting each other and the equipment. I am very proud of all of you for what you have accomplished both on your own and in class.
After a few warm-ups including some finger playbacks, we heard a couple [...]
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This week’s class went much more smoothly than last week’s. Thank you, everyone, for respecting each other and the equipment. We were able to accomplish a lot more because of everyone’s cooperation, and I am very proud of all of you for what you have accomplished both on your own and in class.
We started off [...]
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Both this class and the afternoon class were quite lively today. Unfortunately that liveliness contributed to some technical difficulties which in turn contributed to some frustrations. We will have a little review next week about moving around carefully so as not to trip on power cords, not unplugging anything unless you’ve been asked to at [...]
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Both this class and the morning class were quite lively today. Unfortunately that liveliness contributed to some technical difficulties which in turn contributed to some frustrations. We will have a little review next week about moving around carefully so as not to trip on power cords, not unplugging anything unless you’ve been asked to at [...]
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This small class is coming along! Everyone’s hand positions are starting to look a little more comfortable, although everyone had to work to keep them that way while practicing their thumb tucks for their one octave C major scales (1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5 with the thumb starting on middle C). Everyone practiced the right hand up and down, [...]
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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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