Posted on December 1, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Congratulations Musiq Club Students! I am proud of all the wonderful work you have done this session. Remember, you can do it one step at a time! Children’s Music Journeystudents may purchase any Pre-Reading music books. I would like to make a suggestion “Alfred Activity Book”, pre-reading level for Childrens Music Journey students. Piano Suite students may [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Hey there MusIQ Club class! We are in our 3nd Session. Michael, Emoddi are in Piano Suite and CMJ 3 and progressing nicely. Working on playing with both hands. Sophia and Autumn are finished with CMJ 1 and starting CMJ 2. Keep up the good work. Everyone is learning Chopsticks. Keep learning about holding notes, reviewing the musicalalphabet, counting [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Hello parents and students. We are in our 2nd week of Session 3. I hope you are all practicing and enjoying playing. Our new students are Maranda, Chase and Andrew. Avonlea and Jaden are returning. Jaden you are doing very well finishing CMJ 1 and starting CMJ 2. Avonlea is doing super and starting CMJ 3 [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Brandon: Wow, you are now learning to play with the left hand. Take it slow and just keep thinking about the notes in the treble and bass clefs. Remember to keep your fingers relaxed and curved and walk on the keys one at a time. Your new piece to work on in Lavendar’s Blue. Keep [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Hello students! Great Job! We are have finished CMJ 1. Congratulations Mikayla, Riccia . We are learning to play with 2 hands sharing middle C. Please work on this remembering your notes on each side. You are all doing great. Practice the musical alphabet. A B C D E F G. ASSIGNMENT: Keep practicing each day for [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Great Job everybody. Tori and Devine you are both doing a super job in Piano Suite. Hannahis our new PSP student and also doing CMJ 3. Everyone is learning how to play Chopsticks. Practice about 15-20 minutes each day. CMJ students: Gianna please be patient with yourself and just have fun. You are doing wonderful. [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today the CMJ students shared what they have learned so far with the PS students. Then the PS students shared what they have learned. We also said the music alphabet forward and backward starting with different letters – F G A B C D E, D C B A G F E. We are continuing [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Wow, what a great class! You are all doing very well. I love your excitement and perseverance! Mark, Mia, Ben, and Robert practice on learning the staff lines and space rhymes that were presented in the lesson. If you have the software go to Theory Thinker and do the Single Staff Placement game as well [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008 by Laura Johnson
I am so proud of the Maddison (CMJ), Brandon (PS), and Joseph (PS). Maddison even though you are not learning the staff yet in CMJ you are really understanding and remembering. You will move fast through the program. Brandon you are also understanding the concepts very well and will progress quickly. Joseph you also have [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today in class we worked on repeating rhythms. Sometimes it can be a challenge. We also learned that the listening ears really need to focus. I want all of you to be encouraged and take the challenge, you can focus and can tap the patterns correctly. Here are some more phrases to tap using long [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today in MusIQ Club PS students: Tori, Devin, Emily, and Holly were preparing to play Old Grey Goose by checking the notes as well as the timing. CMJ students: Arianna, Jesse, Emma Claire, Madison, and Gianna met Bongo Boy and we had to listen closely and concentrate in order to repeat the rhythms that were [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2008 by Laura Johnson
We moved into a new classroom today – Grade 2. We are all working on listening to the directions to complete each part of our lessons. We are also working together very well. Assignment: Piano Suite Students-Bradley, Michael, Emoddi, and Elizabeth: Learn Treble Clef or G Clef Lines = Every Good Boy Does Fine, Spaces [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today in class we discussed the Grand Staff. Treble Clef (G Clef) to play notes with the Right Hand, Bass Clef (F Clef) to play notes with the Left Hand. We did some activities to learn the names of the lines and spaces. This is an ongoing activity until staff lines and spaces are learned. [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today in class we were working on rhythm patterns. Bongo Bob would play a rhythm on his bongo and the students would repeat it back and they needed to concentrate and use their ears to listen and repeat the rhythm the same way. We also reviewed long and short notes, whole notes, half notes, quarter [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today in CMJ with Andrew, Jeffery, Mikayla, Victoria, and Riccia we heard from Mr. Beethoven about his 5th Symphony’s rhythm – short, short, short, long. We also met the Bongo Boy and did some rhythms with him. We tapped Middle C the same rhythm we heard Bongo Boy play for us. We sure had to [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Wow, here we are on Lesson 4! CMJ students;Gianna, Jesse, Madison, Emma Claire, and Ariana: you are learning some more about rhythm and Mr Beethoven introducing ‘Holding Notes’. You also found High C, Middle C, and Low C on the keyboard. Practice some rhythm phrases to clap: “Bunny Jump, Bunny Hop”, “I Like Watermelon”, “When [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008 by Laura Johnson
What an exciting class we had. We even welcomed Jaden to our class who will be starting Children’s Music Journey 1 (CMJ1). Mark, Mia, Ben and Robert you are all very eager to learn and you are doing a great job in Piano Suite (PS)! The PS students learned the value of the whole note, [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today in class we had 7 students. We are settling in very well with Sophia, Autumn, Elanna in Children’s Music Journey (CMJ) and Bradley, Michael, Emoddi and Elizabeth in Piano Suite (PS). The CMJ students are learning where Middle C, Low C and High C is on the keyboard. They are also clapping the rhythm [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Today in Children’s Music Journey (CMJ) class we did some rhythm games, clapping long and short notes using word phrases such as, “I Like Pizza”, “Bunny Jump, Bunny Hop” “Pickled Ice Cream Tastes Bad”. We also listened to some more compositions by Beethoven. In Piano Suite (PS) class the students were learning Middle C position [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2008 by Laura Johnson
Andrew, Jeffery, Mikayla, Victoria, Riccia; We are really having a great time. Time really went fast, one student thought only a half hour had past when we were at the end of class. It is a fact, time really did go by very fast – the atomic clock decided to reset itself! Ask your child [...]
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