Well done today J. W.
We missed you Chloe and Victoria. I'll help you catch up with everything we did next week.
Our new scale today was G pentatonic.
The G pentatonic scale uses scale degrees I. II. III, V and VI. No IV and no VII, just like in the C pentatonic scale.
We can use the fingers 1-2-3-4-5 beginning on G to play this five note scale. Remember to jump, over the IV note - there will be a space between your 3rd and 4th fingers.
Here are the homework sheets from the C major/pentatonic scales that we've covered. Please complete them next class if you haven't already: C major, C pentatonic.
You should also practice your G major scale from last week. Remember to make the VII note sharp.
Your songs this week are: Let it be, Happy Birthday, Clementine and your new song Daydream Believer.
Remember to keep a steady beat, holding the notes for the correct values.
Alyx and Peter:
Great work today. You played C major scales, and did a lesson review of note values and time signatures in the Theory Thinker.
You practiced rhythm exercises and then worked on your songs: Old Grey Goose, Twinkle Twinkle, Pop goes the weasel and On top of Old Smokey. Click on the links to print off the sheet music. I'd like you to practice counting and keeping a curved finger hand position.
Finally, we played some melody playback and rhythm playback games. Peter and Alyx also played some Grand Staff spelling games.
Have a great week everyone!
Friday, February 15
Thursday, February 14
Kingswood School Thurs. Feb. 14 11.40-12.40pm
Happy Valentine's day.
We had a great class. Today we learned a new scale: G major.
The key of G major has one sharp. A sharp is a symbol that looks like this #
When you see this symbol in front of a note in music, it raises that note by one semitone.
A semitone is the smallest interval (distance between two notes) on your keyboard. For example, if you play a C# (raise it by one semitone), you will play it as the black key directly above the note C.
In the key of G major, there is one sharp. It is the VII note of the scale - F.
When you play your G major scale, use the same fingering as your C major scale, but when you get to the VII note, play the black key above F. We call this F#.
Laura, keep practicing your C major scale hand separately, and review the chapter 1-2 in Theory Thinker, if you have the Piano Suite software at home.
Do the exercises for note values. Quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, and so on.
Next we practiced our songs: Let it Be and Happy Birthday, and learned a new song, Clementine. (Aidan had a head start on this last week - nice work).
Laura, you should practice Old Grey Goose, Twinkle Twinkle and Pop goes the weasel.
Remember to keep a steady beat, and curved fingers. In Pop goes the weasel, you have to count 3 beats per bar.
Finally, we played some games to strength your melody playback skills, and Laura played some note naming and rhythm playback games.
Excellent job today. Guys, we had such a busy class that I forgot to return some of your tests at the bell. I'll hand them back to you at the beginning of class next week.
Thanks!!
We had a great class. Today we learned a new scale: G major.
The key of G major has one sharp. A sharp is a symbol that looks like this #
When you see this symbol in front of a note in music, it raises that note by one semitone.
A semitone is the smallest interval (distance between two notes) on your keyboard. For example, if you play a C# (raise it by one semitone), you will play it as the black key directly above the note C.
In the key of G major, there is one sharp. It is the VII note of the scale - F.
When you play your G major scale, use the same fingering as your C major scale, but when you get to the VII note, play the black key above F. We call this F#.
Laura, keep practicing your C major scale hand separately, and review the chapter 1-2 in Theory Thinker, if you have the Piano Suite software at home.
Do the exercises for note values. Quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, and so on.
Next we practiced our songs: Let it Be and Happy Birthday, and learned a new song, Clementine. (Aidan had a head start on this last week - nice work).
Laura, you should practice Old Grey Goose, Twinkle Twinkle and Pop goes the weasel.
Remember to keep a steady beat, and curved fingers. In Pop goes the weasel, you have to count 3 beats per bar.
Finally, we played some games to strength your melody playback skills, and Laura played some note naming and rhythm playback games.
Excellent job today. Guys, we had such a busy class that I forgot to return some of your tests at the bell. I'll hand them back to you at the beginning of class next week.
Thanks!!
Tuesday, February 12
Westmount Elementary School Tues. Feb. 12 12.15-1.15pm
Today, we had class up on the stage because of the bookfair.
Level 1: You finished Lesson 9 today - Notes getting higher and higher.
Practice your double notes and keep working on your four beat rhythms.
Remember when you play your songs (if you have the CMJ software at home, review lessons 9 and 10 with Mr. Bach) to keep a steady beat and curved fingers with your wrists up.
Left hand for low notes, Right hand for high notes.
Either hand for middle C.
You learned a new game - Cliffhanger - today.
The best way to play this game is if you keep both thumbs on middle C. If the notes played are getting higher start at middle C and step up with your right hand fingers.
If the notes played are getting lower, start at middle C and step down with your left hand fingers.
Level 2:
You worked through Lesson 17, and a little bit of Lesson 18 today.
You're working on songs that use the musical alphabet now.
Practice saying the musical alphabet backwards at home: C-B-A-G-F-E-D-C-B-A-G...
If you have the CMJ sofware at home, work on Folk Tunes for Hands Together, on the computer in the Library.
Do you remember the name of the song Miss Mendelssohn played for you? It was a song that she wrote called 'Melody'.
Can you also tell me a few facts about the piano? It was invented in Italy, and it's full name was the Pianoforte. Piano is the Italian word for soft, and forte is the Italian word for loud.
They called the instrument Pianoforte because it can play both soft and loud, depending on how the keys are pressed down.
After a while, people started to just call the instrument Piano for short.
Thanks for the good class everyone.
See you next week.
Level 1: You finished Lesson 9 today - Notes getting higher and higher.
Practice your double notes and keep working on your four beat rhythms.
Remember when you play your songs (if you have the CMJ software at home, review lessons 9 and 10 with Mr. Bach) to keep a steady beat and curved fingers with your wrists up.
Left hand for low notes, Right hand for high notes.
Either hand for middle C.
You learned a new game - Cliffhanger - today.
The best way to play this game is if you keep both thumbs on middle C. If the notes played are getting higher start at middle C and step up with your right hand fingers.
If the notes played are getting lower, start at middle C and step down with your left hand fingers.
Level 2:
You worked through Lesson 17, and a little bit of Lesson 18 today.
You're working on songs that use the musical alphabet now.
Practice saying the musical alphabet backwards at home: C-B-A-G-F-E-D-C-B-A-G...
If you have the CMJ sofware at home, work on Folk Tunes for Hands Together, on the computer in the Library.
Do you remember the name of the song Miss Mendelssohn played for you? It was a song that she wrote called 'Melody'.
Can you also tell me a few facts about the piano? It was invented in Italy, and it's full name was the Pianoforte. Piano is the Italian word for soft, and forte is the Italian word for loud.
They called the instrument Pianoforte because it can play both soft and loud, depending on how the keys are pressed down.
After a while, people started to just call the instrument Piano for short.
Thanks for the good class everyone.
See you next week.
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