Thanks for coming to class. We love having you here. You are such a vital part of your child's music education! Reminder: Lesson 15 will be Station Day and you get to come again! Also, we have a special recital rehearsal scheduled the following week. Celebrate Connection A few ideas to bring playfulness to practice time!
HOMEWORK pp. 30–31: Students draw primary chords on the staff. ALSO, be sure to complete p. 31 in the Songbook and add chords to This Old Man, then enjoy playing the chords while you sing the melody! This Old Man How exciting to see the culmination of the last two years of chord study when writing the accompaniment for this song! We use our ears to hear what sounds correct, then use our staff knowledge to write the correct chord on the staff. Scale Mix-Up You can play scales anywhere on the keyboard! Begin on any C. Choose to play OUT & IN or IN & OUT. Play each hand separate with various bugs. So many possibilities! Dotted Quarter Eighth Note A.K.A “Shoo-oot the ...”! This rhythm is tricky to count. However, feeling and chanting the dotted quarter note (the bull's0-eye) and eighth note (arrow feather) with “shoo-oot the” will place each note exactly where it needs to be played in time. Pull out your own beat box to practice the various rhythms! Have the practice blues set in at home? Jazz up practicing by adding some variety by opening up the Green Turtle Shells Songbook and playing all of the chords in the LH while playing the melody with the RH. Celebrate the wonderful progress your child has made throughout this year!
Parents come next week! Lesson 15, our final lesson, is Station Day and parents attend again. We will have stations similar to Lesson 15 of Green Turtle Shells. Keep practicing assigned recital songs at home to prepare your child for their performance. Keep in mind, we are not a performing group, but we do like to showcase what we have learned! Do you know that people tend to share about their worst experiences and their best experiences? If Let's Play Music falls into the "best experience" category for you, please share the Music Love with your friends! Get a $25 referral fee credit to next year's tuition if your friend signs up for Year 1 of Let's Play Music or Presto I, and a $10 referral fee credit for Sound Beginnings. Celebrate Connection A few ideas to bring playfulness to practice time!
HOMEWORK pp. 28–29: Students color the appropriate key according to the notes on the staff. Don’t Put Your Trash
Harmony happens when we sing our designated part AND listen to those around us! What a skill! As a family, each person can choose their favorite part and sing with the album all 3 times! All 3 parts begin on the same pitch and the actions will help you stay on your part. Tinga Layo This week we drew in the 'bull's-eye' and 'arrow feather' to create a stylized calypso accompaniment. First sing, chant, or clap Ting-a-layo with each chord while practicing with your child, then sing the lyrics of the song while your child dazzles you with this exciting accompaniment! Hickory Dickory Dock Tick, tock, let us rock while playing in parallel motion! This is tricky business, playing the same note together with both hands at the same time. Physically rock back and forth with your child to feel the rocking motion their hands will play. Once they get this down enjoy playing the melody while they play the parallel 5ths. What a dynamic duo! This week we played broken chords with the LH. It is imperative that we play all chords with correct fingerings as this transfers over to every chord in all 15 major and 15 minor keys! P.S. I have openings in Sound Beginnings (ages 0–4) and my 1st year Let’s Play Music classes for the Fall. If you know of anyone who is interested, please send them my contact information or direct them to the studio website: http://www.infusingmusicstudios.com/group-classes.html. Celebrate Connection A few ideas to bring playfulness to practice time!
Homework pp. 24–25: Students identify the bugs used and the solfege patterns. They are reading challenging music notation now! The Wheels on the Bus sing Melodic Patterns Melodic patterns are found in every song. How many Sol-Mi-Do’s and Sol-Sol-Do’s can you hear in this version of a favorite childhood song? I Gotta Shake Get ready to play the rests in this silly song! Our fingers must rest from playing or holding down the note when we see a quarter rest sign. First say ‘sh’ or ‘rest’ while playing. Then play again hearing the rest inside while hearing the silence in the song. How to Skip Keep skipping with fingers 1-3-5 in the RH saying the middle anchor notes. Play the LH separate while singing the chord color and then the melody with this favorite song. We will put hands together soon! Tinga Layo Duet time with shakers! Invite your child to play the chords on the piano while you or a sibling play shoot-the-bug-bug rhythm with a shaker. Switch! Make your own shaker with rice, beans, pennies, small beads, etc. in a plastic egg, empty spice container, or baby food jar. Shake away! Our current puppet show, March of the Gnomes (actually called Funeral March for a Marionette, was written by Charles Gounod. He was born in 1818 in Paris, France. His mom was a piano teacher and his father was an artist, so he started receiving music instruction very early in his life. He attended excellent musical schools. By the time he was 21, he was receiving awards and prizes for his compositions. He also taught other musicians, most notably, Georges Bizet. Can you hear the kings heavy down beat in this recording?
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