Level 1A
Ava was absent today. We missed you Ava!
Today Jonathan, Isabella (Bella) and Cameron worked on Lesson Two with Mr. Beethoven. We reviewed all that we learned last week going over high bird notes and low whale notes (Hi/Lo) and then I turned them over to Mr. Beethoven who taught them about Middle C, which is, in my opinion, the most important note to know when beginning your piano lessons because it helps you to know where you are - if you're going to play a high bird note it's any note to the right of the Middle C and if you want to play a low whale note it's any note to the left of Middle C.
Everyone was able to catch on and catch on. The games got more difficult this week as we had to decide if the notes being played for us were high, low or Middle C. It was a difficult task but everyone was able to do it!
Jonathan and Isabella finished their lessons and their games early - and even did a little improv! I'm very proud of you both!
Cameron was having a little trouble at first but did an excellent job when it was just me and her. She was motivated, having fun and playing piano! I'm very proud of you, Cameron!
Things to Remember: Middle C is in the middle of the keyboard, right before the group of two black keys. Remember, "group of two, down to C". Also, the Musical Alphabet goes from A to G and then starts over again and goes all the up the keyboard! We'll keep at that!
All in all, it was a great lesson this week and I look forward to working with your children again next week!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tiny Seeds - Week Two
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tiny Seeds - Week One
Level 1A
Today Jonathan, Isabella, Cameron and Ava had their first MusIQ Club class and completed Lesson One. They worked with our first composer in our lessons, Mr. Ludwig van Beethoven. Mr. Beethoven was a composer who lived over 200 years ago! We talked a bit about Mr. Beethoven's life and music and then I turned them over to him for the lesson. Mr. Beethoven taught them about high bird notes and low whale notes. Everyone was able to understand and catch on. We also briefly talked about the musical alphabet - we'll talk about that more next week. We played some games in which everyone had great fun and we even did a little improvisation.
Things to Remember: High bird notes are played with your right pointer finger and low whale notes are played with your left pointer finger. Also, a composer is a person who writes music for people to listen to and play for a living.
Great job this week everyone and I look forward to seeing you all next week at Tiny Seeds!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Hey Everyone at Tiny Seeds Learning Center!
Hello.
My name is Mike Tedesco and I'm going to be your teacher for MusIQ Club!
I'm looking forward to meeting each and every one of you at Tiny Seeds Learning Center! We're going to have a great time playing and making music!
See ya soon!
