Purple Magic Lesson 5
This is our first “Showtime” week! I am looking forward to seeing the students show off however they have been practicing “Bounce and Roll” and assessing that they understand the skills being taught within that repertoire piece. Parents will send a video of this to me on MARCO POLO I’ll make a little note about how they played on their semester progress report, and we’ll never play that song in class again. I don’t give “grades”, this is just to help me get an idea of each child’s individual progress on a song, their playing ability, and will also help me identify any “problem” spots that might need a little attention.
Reminders:
- When playing “Let’s Play Music” on pg. 3, do a different ending pattern each day to shake things up a bit.
- Use V-Fingers when pointing to help your child practice. (Just a small technicality, when you are doing ‘V’ fingers for your student, you will need to be sitting to the left of your child. Then he/she can see what notes are coming next and you won’t be in his/her way. If you are confused about this, let me know and I can show you)
- If you’re paying monthly, TUITION is due today. Thanks! Venmo @judiemusic
- Our next week off is October 3-9th for Fall Break
- Our next class day is Lesson 6, Wednesday October 12th
Magic Keys
This song is a multi-tasker! It helps us understand key signatures and chord theory, plus gives us the opportunity to practice our scales and cadences while self accompanying. Wow! Now that’s complete musicianship! Check out this blog post!
Scratch My Back
When a cadence pattern doesn’t make it back ‘home’ to a red chord, it gets stuck halfway on a yellow chord. This fun activity helps us not only hear, but ‘feel’ an unresolved half cadence with our whole body!
Everyone did a great job pointing out flat, sharps and naturals on their quiet keyboards in class this week. Here’s an online version that you and your student can play at home (or on the go) any time, and here’s a little ‘accidental’ humor for you this week.
Now that we have ‘unbanded’ all of the Treble Clef notes in our flashcards, you will enjoy this Treble Clef parody of Taylor Swift’s I Knew You Were Trouble!
For my convenience, I have preloaded content for the whole semester. I will update each future post with specific time-sensitive info before I send the link each week. If you choose to read ahead you might see details that don’t apply to your child’s class. For this reason I do not recommend reading ahead. Thank you!