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Lesson 22: Today, we learnt about a few more grownup notes. These new notes are called the half note, and the quarter note. The half note is worth 2 beats, and the quarter note is worth 1 beat. Mr. Villa Lobos did a great job at explaining these too us, and Miss Melody helped us [...]
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Today we did two things in class. We practised our pieces, and we also talked about Major Scales. We reviewed how a Major scale goes up in the following intervals: Tone-Tone-SemiTone-Tone-Tone-Tone-SemiTone. At the pianos, you each practised G Major and F Major, and then you had to find the sharps for D Major and A [...]
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Lesson 11: Today we met with our new teacher. His name was Mr. Scott Joplin, and he was alive about 100 years ago. Isn’t it great that even though his parents had no money, his mother was able to get jobs cleaning houses for the rich so her son could play on their pianos to [...]
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Today we had our playing assessment! You took the first 20 minutes of class to warm up, and review the sections you thought could use a few last touch ups. I then sat down with each of you in turn, and you played two songs for me. Fantastic work you two! You have both passed [...]
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Lesson 35: Last week, we learnt about the notes C, D and E on the Treble Clef. This week, we learnt about the notes C, B and A on the Bass Clef! Yes, that’s right! the C we have learnt on the Treble Clef and on the Bass Clef is the same note, which we [...]
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Lesson 23: Today Mr. Villa Lobos helped us learn about one more kind of grown up note. This note, is called the whole note. It is worth 4 beats. We now know 3 different kinds of grownup notes. Can you remember them all? Miss Melody helped us practice this new note in our practice session, [...]
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Lesson 39: Today, we met with Mrs. Beach to learn about Bar Lines and playing while counting in 4/4 time. You all did an excellent job with this! After our lesson, we went to see Miss Melody in the practice room. After an excellent practice session, you all headed over to the Games Room to [...]
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We spent today’s class getting ready for our recital! The recital is only in two weeks, but I think a few of us have been a little neglectful on home practice, and as a result, our ensemble pieces still need a fair bit of work. You spent time working on songs hands together, and hand [...]
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Lesson 23: Today Mr. Villa Lobos helped us learn about one more kind of grown up note. This note, is called the whole note. It is worth 4 beats. We now know 3 different kinds of grownup notes. Can you remember them all? Miss Melody helped us practice this new note in our practice session, [...]
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Lesson 35: Last week, we learnt about the notes C, D and E on the Treble Clef. This week, we learnt about the notes C, B and A on the Bass Clef! Yes, that’s right! the C we have learnt on the Treble Clef and on the Bass Clef is the same note, which we [...]
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Lesson 11: Today we met with our new teacher. His name was Mr. Scott Joplin, and he was alive about 100 years ago. Isn’t it great that even though his parents had no money, his mother was able to get jobs cleaning houses for the rich so her son could play on their pianos to [...]
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Lesson 12: What an exciting class we had today! We met Mr. Joplin again in the Lesson Room and he taught us how to form a 5 finger ant tunnel with our Left Hand! He also showed us the finger numbers on this hand! Afterwards, we spent some time in the practice room with Miss [...]
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Lesson 12: What an exciting class we had today! We met Mr. Joplin again in the Lesson Room and he taught us how to form a 5 finger ant tunnel with our Left Hand! He also showed us the finger numbers on this hand! Afterwards, we spent some time in the practice room with Miss [...]
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Lessons 3 & 4: To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we [...]
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Lessons 9 & 10: Today we did two lessons with Mr. Bach! We started off by learning how to play several notes going up, or going down. We call this playing high notes and then higher notes as well as low and then lower notes! The trickiest part is that you always have to make [...]
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Today’s class was all about playing! We spent time working on This Old Man, using triads in our left hand that were written on the lead sheet! Remember the letter on top is the BOTTOM note of the chord, and not the top note! After, we worked on Dvorak’s Largo, and finally you each got [...]
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Lessons 9 & 10: Today we did two lessons with Mr. Bach! We started off by learning how to play several notes going up, or going down. We call this playing high notes and then higher notes as well as low and then lower notes! The trickiest part is that you always have to make [...]
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You both brought your tests in today, which I corrected while you both practised a piece to play for the first part of your playing assessment. One of you played Satie’s Princess, and the other played “I Love Piano”. You did a fantastic job on your written test, and your playing assessment went very well [...]
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Lessons 33 & 34: We did two lessons with Mr. Mozart today! They were both very similar, covering the first few notes on the Treble Clef. Mr. Mozart showed us the notes C, D and E and made us play a few different tunes that use these notes! After a practice session with Miss Melody, [...]
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Lesson 22: Today, we learnt about a few more grownup notes. These new notes are called the half note, and the quarter note. The half note is worth 2 beats, and the quarter note is worth 1 beat. Mr. Villa Lobos did a great job at explaining these too us, and Miss Melody helped us [...]
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