Here's what we covered:
LEVEL 1A (Kyheem and Abbey):
- Completed Lesson 3 and a little bit of Lesson 4 with Mr. Beethoven.
- Learned about rhythms and where to find Middle C on the staff.
- Taped over your keyboard letters, so that now you have to remember Middle C is in front of the group of 2 black keys.
- Practiced songs with high, low and middle C notes. Keep a steady beat and curved finger hand position.
- Learned a new game, Bongo Boy, and improvised/recorded some tunes.
- Completed Lesson 19 and a little bit of lesson 20 with Miss Mendelssohn.
- Practiced stepping and skipping in Middle C position with both hands together.
- Played songs, including Love Somebody and Sound Familiar.
- Taped over your keyboard letters, so that now you have to remember where Middle C is and count up or down to find all the other letters of the musical alphabet.s.
- Played games and improvised/recorded some tunes.
- Completed Lesson 33 and a little bit of Lesson 34 with Mr. Mozart.
- Practiced reading music in the Grand Staff. We discussed where middle C is found on the staff, and how to read by step and skip based on middle C position, using line notes and space notes.
- Practiced some easy songs with the right hand, playing the Treble Clef (upper staff), such as 'Alouette' and 'Hot Crossed Buns'.
- Reviewed half notes, quarter notes and whole notes and played the game Metronome Soup.
- Improvised in the improvisation room.
We will have a recital in about one month's time where parents can come and check out what we've been learning and how far we've come over the past few terms. If you have the CMJ software at home, review your lesson and choose a song you would like to perform. If not, that is ok and we will choose a song in class next week to memorize and play at the recital. See you then!
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