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Level 1A lesson 8 Mr. Bach showed us Double Notes! This means we play 2 notes at the SAME TIME! Then we spent some time with Miss Melody. Home Assignments for Level 1A Here’s an exercise about Double Notes Level 1B lesson 21 Lesson 21 Today you met a new teacher called Mr Villa Lobos! He [...]
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Level 1A lesson 7 Mr, Bach spent today’s lesson, helping us learn more about holding notes, and made sure we feel comfortable playing all the different notes on the keyboard, while holding them for different amounts of time. After this lesson, we went to the Practice Room, where we all worked with Miss Melody to [...]
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We were proud to welcome parents and friends to watch us perform an exercise, song or game on the piano for the final class for this term. Congratulations to all of you!
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Level 1B lesson 20 Miss Mendelssohn talked about 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. Home Assignments for Level 1B Print out this worksheet on the White Keys Level [...]
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Level 1A lesson 5 & 6 Mr. Beethoven helped us review high bird notes and low whale notes, Miss Melody helped us with all this review as well! We met our new teacher, Mr. Bach. Mr Bach lived even before Mr. Beethoven, he wrote a lot of music for the church. Mr. Bach taught us [...]
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Level 1A Lesson 11 lesson 11 talks about correct hand placement technique while playing the keyboard. We also focused on choosing pieces to play for the end of the year recital Home Assignments for level 1A Here’s an exercise to help show your Finger Numbers Level 1B, Lesson 23 Mr. Villa Lobos helped us learn [...]
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Level 1B lesson 19 Miss Mendelssohn taught us how to read notes. We talked about rhythm values – Notes that are solid black with a stem are worth one count. Notes with a stem and an empty center are worth 2 counts and finally, we have empty notes that have no stem, which are worth [...]
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Level 1A lesson 4 Mr. Beethoven showed us how to read circle notes instead of the picture notes we have been using so far, after some time with Miss Melody, we all went to relax in the Games Room, and in the Improvisation Room! Home Assignments for Level 1A Print out and complete this Maze [...]
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Level 1A Lesson 9 and 10 Lesson 9 talks about circle notes moving higher and higher, and lower and lower, and where you could find these notes on the keyboard. Lesson 10, Mr Bach helped you to play songs where the notes started really high (or low) and then moved back towards Middle C! You are [...]
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Level 1B lesson 18 Lesson 18 – Miss Mendelssohn helped you to play even more songs using circle notes on lines and spaces which move in a stepping motion! Home Assignments for Level 1B This activity sheet shows line notes Moving by Step Level 2A lesson 37 Mrs. Beach showed us the Grand Staff that requires us [...]
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Level 1A lesson 3 In today’s class we talked about and played some basic 4 & 3 beat rhythms, and learned a brief history about Miss Mendelssohn. 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 [...]
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Level 1A Lesson 9 and 10 Lesson 9 talks about circle notes moving higher and higher, and lower and lower, and where you could find these notes on the keyboard. Lesson 10, Mr Bach helped you to play songs where the notes started really high (or low) and then moved back towards Middle C! You are [...]
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Level 1A lesson 8 Mr. Bach helped told us about Double Notes! We are now playing up to 2 notes at the SAME TIME! On to Miss Melody, you were ready to go and see what different double notes sound like in the improvisation room with the different sound effects! Try this word search about [...]
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Level 2A lesson 36 A new teacher is introduced today named Mrs Amy Beach – the first American woman to become a famous composer, she lived about 150 years ago. Mrs. Beach talked about different rhythms and showed you how to tap them out correctly. We also took some time to identify all the parts [...]
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Level 1A Today we reviewed the material about Hi/Low notes and middle C, then we then took some time and listened to a very famous piece that was written by Beethoven, called Für Elise (For Elise). We spent some time talking about and playing different rhythms used in music, most of which are based on 4/4 [...]
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Level 1A lesson 7 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 off the class [...]
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Level 2A lesson 35 Lesson 35 talks about the notes C, D and E on the Treble Clef. We learned about the notes C, B and A on the Bass Clef! The grand staff is introduced and we learn the proper musical notes on the staff for 3 tones in either direction of middle [...]
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It was great to meet new students, as well as seeing the returning students to the MusIQ Club class. Level 1A We began by talking about the life and times of Mr Beethoven. Mr. Beethoven was a very famous composer and pianist that was born in 1770. He was so great in fact that even [...]
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Level 1A lesson 6 Mr. Bach showed us some circle notes and exercises dealing with finger numbers, we spent some time practising with Miss Melody, and then went on to relax in the Games Room, and in the Improvisation Room! Home Assignments: 1- Try this Maze Level 1B, Lesson 17 & 18 Miss Fanny Mendelsshon [...]
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Level 1B lesson 17 Lesson 17 had Miss Mendelssohn show you how to play and sing songs using notes moving in a stepping motion. In C position, you used your five finger ant tunnels beautifully to play lots of circle note tunes. Beginning to use circle notes on lines and spaces to show them moving [...]
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