In our 8th lesson, we began by warming up with C major scales.
Keep practicing each hand separately. They are sounding better and better, but the left hand in general needs more exercise. We want the scales to be smooth (legato), keeping a steady beat, with curved fingers.
We reviewed Intervals, and played a game of faceoff to help us get faster at recognizing the distance between two notes.
Then we spent some time in the Grand Staff Note Placement game. Each of you named 25 notes correctly before we moved on to our new song On Top of Old Smokey.
We practiced counting in three, and revisited Pop goes the weasel.
Then we did a theory lesson on Eighth notes. Remember that eighth notes move twice as fast as quarter notes, so each one is worth only half a beat. That's why it is useful to count 1+2+3+4+ when we are keeping a beat.
You did a great job of counting with the new song Get Up.
Please print off these songs so that you can practice them at home:
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf
Thanks for your good work everyone. Have fun practicing and I'll see you next week!
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