Posted on December 4, 2011 by Christa Colpitts
Bonjour, (English follows) Aujourd’hui nous avons commencé avec ‘Ode à la joie’. Ensuite, nous avons joué les notes sur le clavier de notre feuille des notes de repère sur la grande portée. Beaux efforts, tout le monde! Nous avons ensuite fait notre gamme de Do majeur tous ensemble ascendant et descendant ! Super travail! Puis, [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2011 by Christa Colpitts
Bonjour, (English follows) Aujourd’hui nous avons commencé avec l’apprentissage de la durée des notes—ronde, blanche, noire, croche par des mouvements, marcher, sauter, et frapper les mains. Ensuite, nous avons fait une revue des notes de repère sur la grande portée, écrite sur papier. Nous avons ensuite écouté un chanson de préparer pour notre petit concerte [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2011 by Christa Colpitts
Bonjour, (English follows) Aujourd’hui nous avons commencé avec une revue des notes de repère sur la grande portée. Ensuite, nous avons fait des imitations des motifs rythmiques. Nous avons fait un accent sur la transition des numéros pour les notes des doigts, à l’utilisation de noms des notes en lettres et en solfège, en chantant. [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2011 by Christa Colpitts
Bonjour! (English follows) Toutes les familles ont reçu les informations concernant les logiciels et des suggestions pour les pratiques à la maison. SVP notez que souvent la meilleur pratique à la maison c’un revues des concepts étudier en classe! Après l’écoute de musique de Cuba, nous avons commencé notre classe avec les rythmes, et l’imitation [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2011 by Christa Colpitts
Bonjour! Bienvenue à MusIQ Club! (English to follow. . . .) Cette semaine à MusiQ Club, nous avons fait une révision de F et C et a appris la position de C . Pour pratiquer ces notes nous avons improvisé avec un chanson plein de tambour avec nos Fs et Cs. Aussi, nous avons pratiqué [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Thanks for all your efforts Emerson, Jessica, Jack & Emma! You have all shown improvement and have almost completed level 1. You did a great job in playing Jolly Old Saint Nicholas in such a short time! And you were able to show everyone that your Row, Row was in good shape. Also, I hope [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
A big thank you to everyone! You all sang ‘Santa Claus is coming…’ nicely, your musical alphabet, and played with the beat well! And we had fun playing a few music games! I hope you will continue to listen carefully to music, to its beat and rhythm, and melody. Also, I hope you can continue [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
The Mexican Clapping song sure got put through its paces as you all gave your best efforts in ensemble playing. Also, we need to always be careful to look at the FULL count of the rhythm you are playing. Parents or Guardians—If you would be able to, as I mentioned after class last Wednesday, [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Good work all—you have some surprises coming next week! Get your fingers ready! Parents or Guardians—If you would be able to, as I mentioned after class last Wednesday, come 15 minutes early, we will have a mini-show for you !
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Intervals! Why are they important? (I’ll ask you next week, be ready!!) Bring one of your favourite songs and we can talk about its intervals !. The beat vs. the rhythm.—be ready to keep a steady beat. We will work on the Mexican Clapping Song and Row, Row also next week. Homework–When you listen to [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Good Musical Alphabet review but be sure to try to sing it ‘backwards’—C-B-A-G-F-E-D-C ! For a game, try to think of an object or name that begins with the same letter of the musical alphabet when you practice. Melina, Selena, Jade –don’t forget the beat—(heartbeat) will be different than the rhythm of the song (remember [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Good work with Concertmaster! We got to experiment with different kinds of keyboard voices as we practiced our C scale—Keep working on “Row, Row, Row” as you will see it again! Next week, make a point of being able to read your notes quickly from our landmarks G in the treble clef and F in [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Why to play the pipe organ, guys! We got to listen and appreciate what majestic sounds the pipe organ makes and discussed what our teacher Mr. Bach did. We enjoyed his Toccata in D minor. We practiced holding notes, and rhythm sentences, and all advanced students reviewed note lengths and were reminded of the concepts [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Today we row, row, rowed all the way through that song!! Good work and keep listening to the beat. We also listened to a different version of Twinkle, Twinkle !! If you hear a song on the radio or your mp3 player, do 2 things: 1) clap or tap the BEAT along with the song [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Good work today! ! Melina, Selena, Keegan, and Jade did some focus work on identifying and naming notes on the keyboard. Don’t give up and sit up straight everyone! The rest of you did great work with Mr. Bach, your new teacher! Remember—how do we find middle C? Group of 2 black keys down [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
We missed you today Jessica ! For Emma, Emerson and Jack, Good work on your C scale in the right hand (1-2-3 tuck thumb under 1-2-3-4-5 ). For a bit more challenge, try the Left hand, (even on your kitchen table) 5-4-3-2-1-crossover 3-2-1). Let’s remember what our note values are and now what the REST [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Well, we covered a lot of territory today! Melina, Selena, Keegan, Michaela and Jade—great work on your “music math”—it all is starting to add up! For all the rest of you, you did good work on rhythm with Mr. Beethoven and Miss Melody. Keep it up!
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Posted on October 24, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Good effort toward the Old Gray Goose everyone-Jessica—we need to look at your fingering numbers and reading on the treble clef. Emma, Emerson & Jack—try to play the song with your left hand. We will continue with note reading next week ! Good Work !! Christa
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Posted on October 24, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
This week we worked on our rhythm through music games. Next week we will continue with our Children’s Music Journey programme! See you next week! Christa
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Posted on October 16, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Way to play to the regaee beat, guys! We talked about rhythm—while listening to clapping, snapping, clapping 1-2-3-4 and other rhythms. While playing middle C, we all played together following the beat of a song—very good job, it wasn’t easy ! To practice—Listen to music when it is around you—can you hear the high [...]
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