Friday, April 18

J. W. MacLeod Elementary School Fri. April 18 2.45-3.45pm

We had a very good class today.

LEVEL 1 (Erika and Miguel):
  • C major scales
  • Old Grey Goose (you can click HERE to print off a copy for practice).
  • Review of note naming in the Treble Clef.
  • Theory thinker lesson on the Bass Clef, with technical exercises.
  • Review of time signatures and note values. Quarter, Half and Whole notes.
  • Rhythm playbacks, and games in the Children's Music Journey software.
  • Practice these songs by letter names to help you play with curved fingers and a steady beat: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and more.
LEVEL 3 (Chloe, Rose, Hannah, Gabriel, Anthony and Jeremy):
  • C chromatic scales.
  • Review of whole-tones and semi-tones, sharps and flats.
  • Ode to Joy - hands separately and then together. Watch out for the descending chromatic line at the end. Use the correct fingering and hold notes for their full values!
  • Practiced reading ledger lines - notes outside the Grand Staff. Middle C is an example of a ledger line note. There can also be ledger space notes.
  • Played a game of Face Off to help us with ledger line/space note recognition.
  • Practiced the Baseball Game. A song with all ledger line/space notes. Everyone had a chance to play this along to the metronome.
  • Melody playbacks in the Ear Training Coach software.
Great work everyone. Have a nice weekend.

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