Level 1:
- Find Middle C on your piano at home.
- Right hand for high notes, Left hand for low notes. Either hand for middle C.
- You are now using 'circle notes', instead of birds and whales. Notes above the line are high, notes below the line are low. Notes on the line are middle C.
- Short/long rhythms. As in music, language has a rhythm. You can hear short sounds and long sounds when you talk. See if you can make up some word rhythms the way we did in class: "I like kitty cats", "Today is Wednesday", "My sister eats cupcakes" - and clap along.
- You can also play four-beat rhythms on your piano at home. Try playing some on low C, middle C and high C.
- Fur Elise, 5th Symphony and Minuet in G by Beethoven.
- Two hands together! You can review Lesson 13 with Scott Joplin at home if you have the CMJ software for practice.
- Hands seperately: practice playing different finger number patterns at home: 1-2-3-5, or 3-4-5-1, or 3-2-1-5, etc. Mom or Dad can call out examples for you to play.
- 3-beat groups. We learned about the Blue Danube waltz. Dance music is often grouped in 3 beat measures, where the first beat is the strongest.
- Practice improvising to the waltz in the improvisation room of your CMJ software at home. Feel the beat!
You're playing new games and learning so much each week.
Good job! See you next time.
3 comments:
Alice, my daughter Meghan loved it when you played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the fiddle?!
Alice, my daughter Meghan loved it when you played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the fiddle!?
I'm so glad!
Th fiddle will likely be a regular part of class as we do more melody ear training exercises.
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