BLT - Nice work today!
I'm so happy we've learned so much already. We made some pretty important discoveries today, about rhythm, high and low, and reading circle notes.
First of all, we did some clapping exercises. We learned there are long sounds and short sounds in the English language - and that music is a kind of like a language. We found out that music always has a steady beat (like a heart beat) and that we can play different rhythms over this constant beat.
We got to clap along with an interesting contraption that I brought in called a Metronome.
We reviewed how to name the letters of the keys. Middle C is in front of the 2 black keys. F is in front of the 3 black keys.
We talked about Fur Elise, 5th Symphony and Minuet and G by Beethoven. What a great composer he was - everyone in the class enjoyed listening to the music he wrote.
Remember when you're reading circle notes, that your Right hand plays the high notes above the line, and your Left hand plays the low notes below the line. Any notes that are on the line will be Middle C.
Practice naming your notes at home using the musical alphabet and keeping a steady beat.
Practice low notes and high notes!
See if you can compose some of your own 4-beat rhythms on Middle C, or using word-phrases like "My Feet Smell Like Roses". (Especially Cameron! See if you can come up with some new ones for me!)
Next time we're going to meet our new computer teacher. It's going to be fun!
See you next week :)
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