Westmount Elementary School Tues. Nov. 13 12.15-1.15pm

Great class today!
We all caught up to the same level - 8 - with Mr. Bach today, and did a lot of fun rhythm exercises, clapping in 4-beats.

Do you remember some facts about Mr. Bach?
He was a famous composer who worked for the church in Germany.
He wrote Minuet in G and some pretty amazing music for organ and harpsichord. An organ is like a piano, but much bigger. It uses the sound of wind, when we play the keys. A harpsichord is like the piano but smaller. Instead of hitting the strings, like a piano does, the harpsichord plucks the strings (kind of like a guitar).

We practiced 'holding notes' with Ms. Melody, and learned about the song 'Spring' from 'The four seasons'.
I was so glad you knew about this song when I asked you about it. Very good listening.

Finally, we learned how to play a C-major scale.

Can all of you practice the C-major scale this week using your fingers like I showed you?
Try walking your fingers up with the Right Hand: 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5
Then try walking back down: 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1

Remember to always keep a steady beat.
Also, why don't you try playing 'holding note' rhythms on your scale?
If this is a little too tricky, just keep practicing holding note rhythms on Middle C.

Thanks everyone - See you next week in the library!