J. W. MacLeod Elementary School Fri. Jan. 11 2.45-3.45pm

Welcome back to MusIQ Club J. W.
It was lovely to see all of you again, and to meet Peter and Alix.
Here's what we did today, and what you can practice at home:

Level 2:

• Review naming notes on the Grand Staff
  
• Review whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes.
• Keep a good beat and a round hand position when you practice your scales and your songs.
• New song has the hand position 1 on B in the left hand, and 1 on C in the right hand. Watch out though! The hand position changes during the 'chorus' part of the song.
  

Let it be:
G G G A A E G G C D D E E D D C C E E F E E D E D C A G C (X2)

E D C (move R.H.P to 1 on D) E G A A G E D (move L.H.P. to 1 on C) C A
G E E E F E E D E D C A G C

• Review 'Get Up', and the song we learned last year, if you have the software at home.
  

Level 1

• Find middle C on your piano at home.
• Name the keys using the musical alphabet.
• Fingering: thumbs are 1, index fingers are 2, middle fingers 3, and so on... little fingers are 5.
  
• Rhythm, beat and time signatures.
  
• See if you can learn this song on your own: Old Grey Goose. We'll look at this together in your next lesson.

**Alix and Peter, I'd like to have the two of you sitting together next week so that I can help you learn some easy finger number and letter name tunes. For the first day you got to jump in with a lot of the review of last term that the level 2 students were doing.

Have fun playing piano this week guys! You did a super job today.