Dear Parents and Students,
It was great to see you again on Friday, and nice to have 3 more students join us for the first time; Gabriel, Antony and Paige.
Today we reviewed 3 important concepts:
1. How to sit at the piano - no slouching, feet flat on the floor, shoulders relaxed and fingers curved.
2. The musical alphabet - A, B, C, D, E, F, G. These letters are used to name the white keys on our keyboards. "Middle C" is the note just below the group of two black keys closest to the middle of the keyboard. Low notes are to the left and high notes are to the right.
3. The beat - Any music that you practice or listen to has a steady beat that you should keep by tapping or counting along.
We worked through our "Theory Thinker" lesson and learned about reading notes on the Grand Staff. Middle C can be found on its own line, underneath the treble clef staff or above the bass clef staff. We also learned 2 rhymes for space notes - FACE for the treble clef staff and All Cows Eat Grass for the bass clef staff. The staff works like a ladder, where notes from the musical alphabet can be placed on each line and space in order, going up.
The "treble clef" is also called the "G clef" because the G line runs through the centre of the treble clef. The "bass clef" is also called the "F clef" because the F line runs between the two dots of the bass clef.
We practiced naming some notes on the staff with flashcards.
Next week, we are going to talk more about Quarter notes, Half notes and Whole notes, which was another concept introduced in your "Theory Thinker" lesson.
For now, you should know: Quarter notes = 1 beat. Half notes = 2 beats. And whole notes = 4 beats.
Remember to practice your mystery song and let me know if you can figure out what the title of it is for next week.
Some of you are doing excellent practice at home.
I hope everyone will be able to show me what they did on their own in our next Musiq Club class.
If parents or students have any questions please don't hesitate to Email me at ajhansen@dal.ca
All the best,
Alice
Friday, October 12
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