Posted on January 22, 2009 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents, Your children have performed outstandingly and you should be elated at their progress. Thank you for allowing your children to be a part of Musiqclub. Our first successful 10 week session is coming to a close. Registration and re-registration is now open! The second 10 week session will begin in February. The date [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents, Our first successful 10 weeks is coming to a close. Your childrend have done an outstanding job. It is now time to register and re-register for the second 10 week term. We look forward in serving you again! Musically Yours, Kevin/Maurice
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Posted on December 20, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents, Homework assignment for Piano Suite Students: Continue working on the following songs: Old Grey Goose, Row Row Row Your Boat. Click on the drum when the songs come up and practice tapping and counting aloud the rhythm. Review the Note Placement Activity. You all are getting better at this. You all are having [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents, Classes are moving right along. The students are enjoying coming to class weekly. They are learning and having fun while doing so. Homework assignments: Review lesson 8. Double notes’ with Mr. Bach. Students should be able to see notes above and below the middle C line and what to do when they see [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Dear Parents/Students, Today in musiq K-2 learned about having a good hand position. Mr. Joplin, an American composer, guided the students in developing a good hand position. They also reviewed high notes, low notes, and middle notes. They are receiving a strong foundation in knowing their topography across the Keyboard. Please review Lesson 11. Visit [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents, Students,& Friends, Homework Assignments: K-2 CMJ: Students should review Lessons 9 – 10 in the Library Room. There they can find songs that will reinforce the concepts that they learned in class. 3-5 Piano Suite – Students practice the RH scale ascending. Make a smooth Thumb Tuck at the appropriate place. Keep a [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Creekside Parents, These students are enjoying these classes, and learning. K-2 CMJ students learned about going higher and higher and lower and lower. We are on lesson #9. Homework Assignment: Review Lesson 9 and visit the Library room and review songs for Lesson 8 and 9 from the Library Room. Practice playing Fingers 1 and [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents, Students, Friends, Today in class, the Piano Suite Students(3-5) reviewed their finger numbers and performed songs with finger number playbacks with the Right Hand. We began learning line notes and space notes on the treble staff. Homework assignment: Review finger numbers for right hand, review Lesson # 3 and do the practice naming [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents & Students, Just want to encourage the students to continue or begin practice at home. The Benefits of practice at home will improve your skills, develop you in to a fine musician. Let’s go ahead and get those midi keyboards and software from musiqclub.com and begin practicing. We want our Piano Parties, and [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents of Creekside Monday’s Class, Today the K-2, Children’s Music Journey reviewed High, low and middle sounds. They should know where the high sounds are, the low sounds, and the sounds in the middle of the keyboard. They were introduced to Mr. Bach who taught them about “holding notes” . We did some clapping [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello Parents, We had a great class today. We learned about high and low sounds, finding the 2 black key group,the 3 black key group, and finding middle C. The students also practiced some rhythm- word playbacks. For practice – the students should review Lesson 4 and 5. (finding all the C’s on the keyboard, [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello All, We just want to encourage everyone to continue the great progress that they are making. We can only get better. It is also very helpful to have the software at home so the students can practice and get a deeper understanding of the concepts being presented in class. Check out musiqclub.com for further [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello all registered participants of Musiq club. We are very happy that all of you have signed up. All students are doing very well and are really motivated by the Musiq club program. We had a great first week. We learned about hand position, hi-lo notes, music alphabet, how to find and name all C’s [...]
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