Welcome back from summer! I am excited for our 3rd and final year!
Remember when practicing this year: enjoyment is our #1 priority! Touching on an assignment is enough to get it passed off. Our aim is understanding concepts and growth. Perfection is a job for private music lessons in the future. And remember to have your child mark off their own practicing.
Practice naming white keys on the keyboard. Especially if you feel you child is a little rusty.
Please listen to the new purple magic music often! There are not very many songs, but all of them are very packed with information. They will help the kids to learn the difficult theory concepts we are tackling this year!
Below is a video showing scale in and out if you feel like you need a bit more help with this one.
Treble, Bass, Line and Space
Time to learn all the note names on the staff! This song also teaches countermelody (a secondary melody played against a primary melody) This is an extension of our solfege seafriends from last year.
Bounce and Roll
Complete musicianship is more than knowing WHICH notes to play. We are now ready to add another dimension of HOW to play the notes. This song allows us to 'physically' know and understand the articulations of staccato and legato. Articulation refers to the musical performance technique of how we play the notes, the touch we use.
As you start out this year, check out this practice tip from our Let's Play Music Blog. Also, Here's a little 'practice humor' for you.
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