Posted on November 12, 2009 by djhogan
Hello all, good class today at Westmount. Cameron was working on his sight-reading skills by working with me on the treble clef, playing a note-naming game and playing Old Grey Goose. Good work Cameron. Click here for something you can work on at home. Madison worked really hard at more grand staff songs with Mr. [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by djhogan
We had a great class tody at Grovesnor Wentworth. Parker, Anthony and Elona were working hard on learning double notes with Mr. Bach. After that they practiced with Miss Melody – then they got to to play some games. Click here for a worksheet to do this week. Jayden, Ryan and Luke reviewed the Grand [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2009 by djhogan
We had a good class today in Musqclub. It was great to meet everyone. Ryan did a great job learning about the Bass Clef from Mr. Mozart. He learned the notes C, B & A. Good work Ryan, and thanks for helping me with the setup, since it was my first day. Click here for [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by djhogan
It’s hard to believe there is only one week left of Musiqclub -the time sure went by fast! This week everyone played their recital pieces for me and we talked about what areas to work on for the recital next week. I handed out the practise tests and went over any spots the students thought [...]
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Posted on June 3, 2009 by djhogan
Another good class today. All the students are working hard on their pieces and their theory. The boys did some review on intervals by playing Interval Go Fish. Remember, harmonic intervals are played at the same time, and melodic intervals are played one after another, more like a melody. Both the boys are doing really [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by djhogan
Well, we had another good class today – what a great bunch of kids I have in the class! The boys played their songs for me – both are doing really well with practising at home and learning their songs – good work boys! We clapped some rhythms in four-four time using whole notes, half [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by djhogan
It’s week 6 – we’re past the halfway mark already! The students are all working hard and doing really well. Everybody played the piece they have been working on for me, and I was very impressed by how well you are all doing – good work everyone. Today we learned some scales – the boys [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2009 by djhogan
Well, this week we had a problem with our computers, so we had to do a whole class without them. The children were fantastic though, and we were able to learn some theory. The boys and I talked about rests in music – we looked at whole reasts, half rests and quater rests. The boys [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2009 by djhogan
Today was our fourth week, and all the children are doing really well. The boys were learning about the Bass Clef today, and they played some games to help them remember the notes. Remember that the saying to learn the spaces on the Bass Clef is All Cows Eat Grass – for the lines it [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2009 by djhogan
Week 3 today, and we had a very busy day. We have four students at 3 different levels! The boys learned about whole notes, half notes and quarter notes and how much each one is worth. They also reviewed the names of the notes on the treble clef and played a game to help them [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2009 by djhogan
Today was Week 2 at Hillside Elemntary, and we had another good class. The boys learned about musical notation – remember the notes in the spaces on the treble clef spell FACE, and there is a little saying to help us remember the notes on the lines. Can you remember what it is? Next they [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2009 by djhogan
Tuesday was the first day of the spring session of Musiqclub for P-2 students at Hillside Elementary School. We had one student, so he got to have a private lesson with me. We talked about high notes and low notes and also about the letter names of the white notes on the keyboard. The student [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2009 by djhogan
Today was the first class of the spring session at Hillside Elementary. We had 4 children in the class – they did really well playing a rhythm-clapping game with each other, as well as a finger number game. We also talked about the correct hand position for playing the piano – just like holding a [...]
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