Fleming Tower Elementary School Mon. Oct 1 2.15-3.15pm

Hi everyone,
Welcome to our Musiq Club Blog. It was great to meet all of you yesterday.

In our lesson, we talked about Beethoven - a famous composer who lived 200 years ago and wrote music even though he lost his hearing.

We learned about 'high bird notes' and 'low whale notes', and where to find middle C on the piano. We learned that 'high' and 'low' are not the same thing as 'loud' and 'soft' in music.

Mr. Beethoven helped us to learn the musical alphabet: A-B-C-D-E-F-G. Remember, no H! There are just 7 letters in the musical alphabet that repeat all the way up the keyboard.

We had fun trying out the improvisation room at the end of class. Improvisation is when musicians make up music on the spot, from their imaginations.

Next time, we'll find out more about how to make our own music by going on to level 2 of Mr. Beethoven's lesson room and Miss Melody's practice room.
We'll visit the games room and the library again too!

Here's what you can practice at home:

• Beethoven - a great composer in history, who went deaf. Try listening to some of his famous Symphonies (no. 9) or piano music (Fur Elise).
• Sing or play high bird notes and low whale notes. See if you can find middle C on your keyboard at home.
• Practice naming the keys with the musical alphabet.
  

If you would like to purchase the Children's Music Journey software and a keyboard for home practice they can be purchased at a very reasonable price from www.adventus.com/products/cmj.php . If you have questions about how to purchase, email Danielle, hrm@musiqclub.com.

Thanks for visiting and I'll see you all again next week.

Alice