Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 10

I hope you all enjoyed your level one classes!

In our last class, you finished your written test and then played 2 pieces for me. Everyone got great marks on their assessment, so good for you! When you were done your tests, you played Children's Music Journey games and had a Holiday treat!

I hope to see you all next year in January when classes start again for level 2.

Happy Holidays!

Maple Tree Montessori Wk 5

Great job in our last class before the holidays! I was so proud of you! You are all getting much better at remembering middle C.

We got to move forward on to level 3 where you learned about rhythm. Here are some helpful phrases to practice at home. You can either play the rhythms on middle "C" on the piano, or clap them. Can you remember any more? Try making up your own phrases to clap to.
"Ti-gers ne-ver make good pets"
"My Pa-rot talks a- lot"
"Swim Swim li-ttle fish"
"Rab-bits like to eat car-rots"

We heard two pieces composed by Beethoven this week: Fur Elise and his 5th symphony. Fur Elise is very melodic and easy to listen to, while we described his 5th symphony to be scary music.

Thank you for such a great class!
See you next year on January 4th!

BLT Wk 7

Good job today.

I listened to some of you play a piece of your choice and I saw some great things!
Perfect hand position:(curved fingers in place) correct fingering, smooth legato playing. You are playing fabulously!

We learned something new today- Intervals. There are 2 types: Melodic and Harmonic. Once we know what type it is, we need to count the distance between the notes to find out if it is a fourth, fifth, sixth ect.

I had cards for you to match in groups to make sure we understand this. You will need to know this for your written test at the end of class 10. Starting in January, we will do some theory practice sheets.

This is what we covered today:

• C major scale, left and right hand- ascending, descending.
  
• Intervals
• Pieces: Away in a manger, Pop Goes the Weasel, On top of Old Smokey, Get up

Here are some of the songs if you have time to practice over the holidays.
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf

Happy Holidays!
Classes will resume the second week of January.

Halifax Independent School P-2 and 3-6 Wk 8

P-2
I introduced you to a new teacher-Mr. Joplin. In class you learned that your fingers are numbered and how to place your hand correctly on the keyboard.

You had a new game called stepping stones which helps you with finger position and technique. In January, we will review this lesson, before moving on.

You can register online or hand/mail in the forms I sent home.
Happy Holidays!

3-6
Good work. You practiced some new pieces today. Here is what you have done:

• Old Grey Goose
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• On Top of Old Smokey
• Get Up
• Away in a Manger

We also went over you C major scale in the right hand ascending and left hand descending. I then taught you a new scale: G major.
Remember that theory sheet we started in class one day? We will be continuing with that starting in January.

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 10

Great last class.

Everyone played their 2 pieces for me and you all did very well. The written tests are also looking quite good. Those who would like more practice in the new year, I will make some theory practice sheets.
Don't forget to register for after Christmas.

Have a great Christmas and I hope to see you in January!

Ocean View Elementary 3-6 Wk 8

I hope you all enjoyed your piano lessons!

You practiced your songs from my list, and then got a chance to pick a few songs of your own. We also spent some time showing your parents the Key Quest games, and games in the Children's Music Journey program.

Thanks for a great term of classes and I hope to see you in the January! When you reach Lesson 10 I will give you an assessment to grade how you are doing.

TO PRACTICE AT HOME
If you are able to practice over the holidays here are the song to print off.


http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf

If you do not have a piano at home, you can still go to the following links for practice. Here is a game to try:
1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

Ocean View Elementary 3-6 Wk 8

Great work in our last class!

I introduced you to our new teacher Mr. Joplin and you completed Lesson 11. When you come back in January we will review this lesson again for practice before moving on. We reviewed all of our teachers and you did a great job remembering little facts about the composers lives.

Have a great holiday!

I hope you enjoyed MusIQ Club and I hope to see you next term in January.

Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 9

NEXT WEEK IS OUR LAST CLASS

Good work today!

We all did our written test today, which I will mark and give back to you next week. I think you are all getting a grasp on the theory component. I can give you more practice sheets next term if this helps.

You then practiced your songs for next week assessments. We are trying to accomplish at least an 80% on our pieces. Don't forget you can practice at home! Here are the pieces for you to print off.

TO PRACTICE AT HOME


http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf

If you do not have a piano at home, you can still go to the following links for practice.
1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

See you next week!

Maple Tree Montessori Wk 4

OUR LAST CLASS IS DECEMBER 14th

Today we spent some more time learning middle C. You are all getting much better at remembering where it is. You reviewed the Practice Room with Miss. Melody in Lesson 2 and went on the a new lesson with Mr. Beethoven in Lesson 3.

It is very important that we listen to the instructions of our teachers and don't click the green "X" until each lesson is over. Otherwise will won't be able to go on to the next lesson.

Next week we will finish Lesson 3.

BLT Wk 6

NEXT WEEK IS OUR LAST LESSON DECEMBER 13th

At the start of the class we reviewed the notes on the keyboard and the notes on the staff with the Key Quest games. Some of us reviewed the "Bass or F clef" and some of us did the lesson on "The Grand Staff" in Theory Thinker. For the last part of class we played three games from the Children's Music Journey Program which I use for my younger students. One game was for practice with the notes on the keyboard, one for practice with rhythm, and one, to help strengthen fingers.

Remember- bass clef means left hand! You will know if a song is both hands if you see both clefs. You need to look carefully when you are reading the music to see which hand plays when.

PIANO PLAYER PIECES

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• On Top of Old Smokey
• Away in a Manger
• Get Up
  

TO PRACTICE AT HOME
Here are some for you to print off and practice at home:

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf

I think we need more practice finding the notes on the staff. Here is a game to try:
If you do not have a piano at home, you can still go to the following links for practice.
1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 10

Great work on your last class with Mr. Joplin.

Today we completed Lesson 12 with Mr. Joplin and the practice room with Miss. Melody.
We played games, and you went into the library to listen to a song from each of our composers. We also went into the computer to practice some of our old songs. At the end of class you went into the improve room. We ended the class with our "the notes on the keyboard" saying.

Melissa
You finished level 6 with Mr. Bach!

I hope you all enjoyed piano lessons, and I hope to see you in January.

Happy Holidays!

Krista

Halifax Independent School P-2 and 3-6 Wk 7

NEXT WEEK IS OUR LAST LESSON- DECEMBER 12TH

CMJ P-2
You finished Lesson 10 today! We have now played songs with both hands at the same time, moving higher and higher and lower and lower away from middle C, as well as starting from very high or very low towards middle C. Great work! Next week I will tell you about your new teacher and we will start learning something new!
At the end of class I assigned each of you a song to play for me. You were all great!


PIANO SUITE 3-6
You just and one lesson to finish up Will-Theory Thinker "The Grand Staff" after listening to the lessons, you completed all of the practice exercises achieving 100% on all of them. These exercises used both your right hand and your left hand.
In Key Quest you practiced placing the notes on the staff in both the bass and treble clef. It's easy to find the notes if you know where "G" and "F"

PIANO PLAYER PIECES
This week you played:

• Row Row Row your Boat
• Pop Goes the Weasel

Here they are if you would like to print them to practice at home:
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf

Great work!

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 9

NEXT WEEK IS OUR LAST CLASS - DECEMBER 12th

Good work today!

I had quite an empty class for the last half. Next week I think you will all need to stay for the full class because it is our test and we have a lot to do.

Today you practiced your songs that I will be listening to next week. You are all in great shape to play for me! I handed the practice written tests back and some of finished/corrected missing answers. Test scores were really good.

I have sent home the written test for you to bring back completed next Wed. If you have any problems, I will be able to help you when you bring it back, before you hand it in.

You have all chosen 2 songs out of this list to play for me. Some of you are doing one from the list and one which you learned as extra.

Here are links to the songs on the list for you to practice:

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf

Those that left early did not miss anything. Students wrote their written tests that were for homework.

See you next week! Have a great weekend!

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 10

Today was our last class for the term

You wrote your written tests and then practiced your songs for me to listen to and mark. I only got to listen to half the class, so for those of you who are joining again in January, I will listen to your 2 pieces then to make sure you are ready to move to Level 2. Those who were not tested on the pieces have a great advantage because you can practice all through December!

I hope you enjoyed learning how to play the piano and I am looking forward to seeing you in the New Year.

REGISTRATION FOR NEXT TERM
Registration forms were given to you to take home to your parents. If they did not make it home, you can contact the MusIQ Club office, or register online. http://www.musiqclub.com/

Have a great holiday!

Mount Edward Elementary P-2 Wk 8

Today was our last class for the term.

I sent registration forms with you to take home to your parents. If they get lost, you can also register online or contact the office.
Today we finished Lesson 11 with Mr. Joplin.

Breana
You finished Lesson 12!

Taylor
You finished Lesson 9 today and started your practice Lesson with Mr. Joplin in Lesson 10, although you didn't complete it, so we will start fresh with Lesson 10 in the New Year.

Kennedy
You finished Lesson 8! I wanted you to get some more practice on this lesson, so you re-learned the practice room with Mr. Bach before going to Miss. Melody which was new! Next time you will be on your last lesson with Mr. Bach.

We spent some time at the end of class listening to different songs by our composer teachers so far: Mr. Beethoven, Mr. Bach, and Mr. Joplin. Can you remember something about any of these people? Mr. Beethoven started to loose one of his senses. Which one?
Mr. Bach played music mostly in______ and Mr. Joplin plays what kind of music which is good for people to _______to?

I enjoyed teaching you very much and I hope to see you in 2008!

If parents have any questions feel free to email me.

Ocean View Elementary 3-6 Wk 7

OUR LAST CLASS IS NEXT WEEK DECEMBER 10th

Great work today.

We ploughed through a list of pieces from Theory Thinker. You all practice and practiced each one until your received at least an 80%. Everyone improved significantly on their pieces
today!

Theory Thinker Pieces

• Row Row Row Your Boat
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Away In a Manger
• On Top of Old Smokey (some got to)

We then spent some time reviewing:

• clefs (treble and bass)
• note and rest values
• terms (legato, staccato)
• notes on the staff

You finished class by playing games in Children's Music Journey.
See you next week for our last lesson of the term.

To Practice at Home

Here are most of the songs we have done which you can click on and print off at home to practice!
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf

If you do not have a piano at home, you can still go to the following links for practice.
1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl


Registration forms were sent home and can be brought to me next week. Next week parents will also be able to register online.

See you soon!

Ocean View Elementary P-2 Wk 7

OUR LAST CLASS IS NEXT WEEK, DECEMBER 10th

Great work! We finished Lesson 10 today! I am so proud of all of you. Everyone got to used their own computer today and I was very impressed with how well you did. For the last part of class you played the Cliffhanger game and then chose from the other 2 games.
We ended with "The notes on the keyboard go like this"

Next week I will tell you all about your new teacher Mr. Joplin who will be your teacher if you continue lessons in January. You were all handed registration forms to take home. You can bring these to our next class or mail them! Next week, parents will also have the option of registering online. Parents who are interested in coming early to pick up their child are welcome to come see what the lessons and computer programs are all about!.

To Practice at Home

Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

See you soon!

Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 8

OUR LAST CLASS IS DECEMBER 14TH

Good job this class. For those that were away last week, you finished the lessons in Theory Thinker (2-1 Musical Rests) and then practiced the pieces that you missed. At the beginning we went to Key Quest games to practice note placement on the staff.

We spent the majority of class practicing our pieces for the assessment for our 10th class. You will each be playing 2 pieces for me as well as your C+ scale in the right and left hand. Some of you also finished some worksheets that I had given out last wee on note and rest values. I will mark them and give them back to you next class.

PIANO PLAYER PIECES

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• On Top of Old Smokey
• Get Up
• Away in a Manger (some got to)

We did review with:

• naming intervals
• note and rest values
• clef names (treble or G clef, bass or F clef)
  
• Terms (legato and staccato)

Next week, we will be doing our written practice exam in class, and you will take the final written exam home with you to complete and give to me in our last class. See you then!

Maple Tree Montessori Wk 3

OUR LAST CLASS IS DECEMBER 21st.

Hello everyone!

This week we started reviewing Lesson 2 in the practice room with Miss.Melody to practice finding middle C. We then went on to level 3 with Mr. Beethoven.

Remember how to find middle C? You need to look for the two black keys and it is the note not in between but over to the left. We tried to find all the pairs of black keys on the keyboard and played them with our bunny fingers (fingers 2 and 3 - the thumb being finger #1)

We also thought of some other animals that make high and low sounds.
See you next week.

BLT Wk 5

OUR LAST CLASS IS DECEMBER 13th

Good job today.

We finished up any lessons from last week and learned about rests this week. (Theory Thinker 2-1) Rests are beats of silence. This way we know when not to play. Here are the names : whole rest, half rest, quarter rest, eighth rest-just like our note values!
PIANO PLAYER PIECES

• Row Row Row Your Boat

• Pop Goes the Weasel

• On Top of Old Smokey (only a couple of us got to this one)

Once you played these three, I got those who finished to play with the metronome. This is tricky but it is good to learn how to play in time. Next week we will be doing this more. For those of you who did not get to On Top of Old Smokey, or need to practice on Pop Goes the Weasel , I have put the links below for you to print.
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf



TO PRACTICE AT HOME
If you do not have a computer, you can go to these game links. Please practice your notes on the staff so that you do not need to rely on the fingering. Here is the link so that you can practice this:
1. For this first one, go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 9

OUR LAST CLASS IS NEXT WEEK! DECEMBER 6th

I thought we learned some great things in today's class. We were on Lesson 11 where we learned that our fingers are numbered from 1-5 starting at our thumb. We also learned about the perfect hand position which is like holding a ball. You can practice how to hold your hands at the keyboard by placing your hands on your knee caps before raising your hands to the keyboard. We did some finger exercises on our legs to help strengthen our little finger muscles.

We also go lots of practice with the wood block today. I played a few rhythms and you took turns as well

You also learned some new musical terms: Treble clef, Bass clef, and dynamics p and f. p stands for piano (soft) and f stands for forte (loud)


Melissa

You finished level 5 today! Next week you will have Mr. Bach as your teacher. You also learned about our fingers being numbered so you'll be all set once you reach level 10!

To Practice at Home
Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

See you next week for our last lesson!
"The notes on the keyboard go like this: "C-D-E-F-G-A-B"

Halifax Independent School P-2 and 3-6 Wk 6

OUR LAST CLASS IS DECEMBER 13th

P-2

We were off to a late start today due to some classroom arrangements in preparation for the festival tomorrow. I hope all goes well tomorrow and you have lots of fun!

Today spent some time drawing music notes and learning about our clefs and dynamics.
I taught you:

• the treble clef
• the bass clef
• Dynamics : p, f
  

We then practiced our rhythms with the wood block. You all got a chance to play a rhythm for the class to clap back. Great job! We also reviewed "The notes on the keyboard"

Next week we are on lesson 10!

Will

Today you reviewed you C+ scale ascending and descending. You are doing very well with this.
You then started your practice test for the lesson 10 assessment. Your music theory is great! You finished most of it, and I will be teaching you a few more concepts so you can complete all of the questions. Good work with note placement on the staff.

See you all next week! We will resume in our normal classroom !

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 8

OUR LAST CLASS WILL BE DECEMBER 12th

We are getting close to the end of our lessons already. Information on registering in January will be sent out soon to parents.

Today we did our practice test which I will mark so that we can go over them next week. Some of you did not finish so I will be helping you at the start of next weeks class.

PIANO PLAYER PIECES

• Pop Goes the Weasel
  
• On Top of Old Smokey
• Get Up ( I don't think anyone got to this one yet but we can start it next week)
• Away in a Manger
  

To Practice at Home
For our assessment in lesson 10 you will be choosing 2 pieces to perform for me. Here is a list of the songs that we have done. You can click on the links and print them off to practice at home.

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf

If you do not have a piano at home, you can still go to the following links for practice.
1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Please go over your cheat sheets and memorize your note and rest values!

I will see you next week! Have a great weekend.

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 9

OUR LAST CLASS WILL BE NEXT WEEK, DECEMBER 4th

Today we prepared for our assessment that will take place in our last class . Today class we reviewed the C+ scale ascending and descending as well as all of our pieces. We then did a practice written test which is similar to what I will give you next week.

Most of you took home the cheat sheet that I made up and I would like you to really memorize your note and rest values.

Piano Player Pieces

• Pop Goes the Weasel
  
• On Top of Old Smokey
• Away in a Manger

To Practice at Home
I would like everyone to please go to the following links and practice these games before our next lesson as well as practice your two songs that you have picked to play for me, and your C+ scale.

1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Below are links to your pieces which you can click on and print at home!
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf

Hannah
You reviewed your F + and G+ scales legato and staccato
Finished BOTH tests!

Piano Player Pieces

• 10 Little Indians
• Ode To Joy
• Lightly Row

Sorry you will be away next week!

Mount Edward Elementary P-2 Wk 7

NEXT WEEK IS OUR LAST CLASS, DECEMBER 4th.

You are doing great!

In our lesson this week we finished level 10! Next week you will have a new teacher who I told you about today in class: Mr. Joplin. Today you learned how to play higher and lower notes leading to middle C. We also reviewed "The notes on the keyboard go like this: C-D-E-F-G-A-B" and all got a chance to do a rhythm for the class on the wood block.

Breana
You met your new teacher today in lesson 11.

Taylor
You finished lesson 9 today!

Kennedy
You are on lesson 8

Way to go everyone!

Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 7

Great work today!

We started with some worksheets at the start of class reviewing note values and rest values.
We then reviewed many musical terms. I introduced you to a few new ones for some of you:

Crescendo -gradually getting louder
Diminuendo or Decrescendo - gradually getting softer
Allegro- quick, happily
Andante- slowly

Here is what was on you list to do in class:

• C + scale ascending and descending
• key quest game, review note values

PIANO PLAYER PIECES
1. Row Row Row Your Boat
2. Pop Goes the Weasel
3. On Top of Old Smokey
4. Get up. learn NEW!
You did very well today. If I sent any worksheets home, please bring them back for me to mark next Friday. Thank you!

To Practice at Home
I would like everyone to please go to the following links and practice these games before our next lesson.

1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl


Below are links to all of your pieces which you can click on and print at home!
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson5_Row_Your_Boat.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson7_On_Top_of_Old_Smokey.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson8_Get_Up.pdf


Anthony

• C major scale
• F major scale
• G major scale
• Roman numeral review
  
• Theory Thinker 2-2 "accidental review"
  
• Theory Thinker 2-4 "dotted notes and ties"

PIANO PLAYER SONGS
Lightly Row
10 Little Indians

Practice both of these hands separately first.

Maple Tree Montessori Wk 1 and 2

Hello everyone! Welcome!

I hope you are all enjoying your piano lessons so far.
We have completed Level 1 and Level 2. You now know all about high bird notes, low whale notes and middle C. Don't worry if you forget where middle C is, we will keep practicing!

Your teacher is Mr. Beethoven. Can you remember what I told you about him?
After learning in Mr. Beethoven's lessons, we go to Miss. Melody's classroom to practice what we have learned.

To end our lesson this week, we got to play the same two games from last week only this time we were to play the highs, lows and middle "C". You are doing a great job!
See you Friday.

BLT Wk 4

Good job today!

Here is what we learned:

• Review: C Major Scale ascending
• Theory Thinker 1-3 "The Bass or F Clef"
• Theory Thinker 1-7 "Notes Below Middle "C" in the Bass Clef"
• Theory Thinker 1-4 "The Grand Staff"

Piano Player Pieces
Try:
Pop Goes the Weasel

Here are 2 of the pieces that we have learned so far! You can go to these links and print the songs. I would recommend going to Printer Settings and clicking Properties and changing Normal to Fast Draft. This will save printer ink.
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf


To Practice at Home
You can practice your C + scale ascending at home. Try to keep your fingers in a nice rounded position and keep your fingers close to the keys. You can also go over the song print outs that I sent home with you.
Here are some links that I would like you to try:

1. For this first one is for note placement. Go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. This one is to help with ear training. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 8

We had a new teacher this week!

In Lesson 10 we played songs starting from really high, or really low and played notes skipping down to C. You all did very well with this.
We then got ready for our new teacher, Mr. Joplin. I read you an interesting story about his life before starting are lesson. For the last few minutes of class you started to play your new game. Next week we will finish Lesson 11 in the practice room with Miss. Melody.

I taught you a saying today that went like this.
"The notes on the keyboard go like this: C-D-E-F-G-A-B"
To Practice at Home
Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Music of the Week
Winter from the the Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Sunflower Slowdrag by Scott Joplin

Halifax Independent School P-2 and 3-6 Wk 5

We are making great progress in this class!

P-2
Today we started Lesson 9. In this lesson we learned how to play notes higher and higher and lower and lower. You can practice this at home if you have a piano: start on middle C and go high, and higher with your right hand. Then try with your left hand: play middle C and then play a note lower, and then lowest. We had a new game called cliffhanger. This is a game that you can practice at home. Get someone in your family to play you two notes either going up or down and you tell them which one it is.

Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Music of the week
St. Matthew Passion by Bach
Four Season's: Fall by Vivaldi

3-6 Will

You started by reviewing the notes in the bass clef staff. Our new lessons in Theory Thinker were 3-1 "Time Signatures" and 1-4 "The F or bass clef" At the end of the bass clef lesson, you did all 8 "Things to Practice exercises" and got 100% on all of them. Great work!

We also learned the C + scale(8 notes) ascending.

Songs
Old Grey Goose
Twinkle Twinkle
Pop Goes the Weasel

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf

To practice your note placements. I would like you to go to the following link:
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 7

We are starting to get closer to our end class and preparing for our assessment.

Today we reviewed the C+ scale ascending in the right hand and descending in the left hand.
I then talked to you about time signatures which you learned about last week in Theory Thinker 3-1. We can now play songs in 4/4 and 3/4.
Some time was spent practicing note placement in the "Key Quest Game " before going to our songs.

Songs
Old Grey Goose
Row Row Row Your Boat
Pop Goes the Weasel
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf

Today after practicing these we put the metronome on to help us get a steady tempo. This is frustrating at first, however practice makes perfect, and it is worth it in the long run.

Practice at home
If you are able, please print the song links above and practice them!
You should also review your C + scale ascending and descending.

For homework this week, I would like you to go to the following links:
1. For this first one, go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 7

Good work today.

We spent the start of class reviewing for our assessment test which is coming up in our 10th lesson. Next week I will hand out our practice written tests and you will be practicing your songs.

Here is what we did:

• C major scale ascending and descending
• Play backs
• Review notes and values
• Review rests and values
• Review intervals *remember to count the lines and spaces!*
• Using the treble "G" clef and bass "F" clef and landmark notes to find other notes.
  (this can be easier sometimes than remembering all of our phrases)
  

Songs
Pop Goes the Weasel
On Top of Old Smokey

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf
http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf

Your homework for the week is to practice you scales and review. I am posting some sites with games that I would like you to go to to review. That's right, your homework is games! So click on the links below.
1. For this first one, go to settings to practice the treble clef and bass clef.
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

2. You may need to download Flash Player for this one. The game I would like you to play is called What's that note?
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl


Hannah and Josh
You reviewed scales: G + and C pentatonic
Today you learned the F scale and F Pentatonic. Great work.
I gave you work sheets where you learned about roman numerals and practiced adding note values. Josh you learned something new about dotted notes.
Unfortunately, your computer was not working for the end of class and you were not able to practice your songs! I am sorry that this happened.
You two are learning so quickly! I am very impressed.

Mount Edward Elementary P-2 Wk 6

Well done today!

We were on Lesson 9 today! We're almost at the end! In Lesson 9 we learned about notes that go higher and higher and lower and lower. Our new game today was called "Cliffhanger" It is a very short game which tests intervals going up or down. Parents can play this game at home by playing two note intervals going up in the treble clef or going down in the bass clef. The notes should be fairly close together-no more than 5 notes apart. Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

At the end of class, we all got to take turns giving rhythms to the class with the wood block. You were great!

New
We learned today what the words legato and staccato mean.
We also learned the letter names of the notes on the keyboard. Here is the saying I taught you. "The notes on the keyboard go like this: C-D-E-F-G-A-B"

Practice at home
If you have a piano at home, you can do what we did today: Start on middle C with your right hand and play C, then a higher note and then an even higher note! Do the same with your left hand: start on middle C and then go to a lower and even lower note. These 3 steps are like a ladder.

Music of the week
St. Matthew Passion by Bach
Four Season's: Fall by Vivaldi

Kennedy
You finished Level 6 today and started the practice for lesson 7. Next week you will do Lesson 7 with Mr. Bach and move on to lesson 8.

Taylor
You finished Level 7 today and 8! Way to go!

Breana
You are moving right along! Today you went on to level 10. In this lesson you learned to play notes from very high, down to middle C and notes from very low, to middle C.
Music of the week (lesson 10)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
The Four Seasons: Winter by Vivaldi

See you all next week!

Ocean View Elementary 3-6 Wk 6

You are doing very well everyone!

Here is what we did today:

• Play backs
• Clap backs
• C major scale
• 2-1 Theory Thinker "Musical Rests"
• 3-1 Theory Thinker "Time Signatures"
• Reviewing notes and their values

Things to Practice
1. If you have a piano at home I would like you to practice your C + scale in the Right Hand. Here is the fingering: 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5. Remember to tuck your thumb under on F after 1-2-3
(thumb)
Also try to keep your fingers nice and curved.
2. Here is a link with the note values and rest values which we learned in class. Please go to this link and review. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp303-05.pdf
This will help you on your assessment at the end of our classes.
Here is a link to some music games as well. You need to have Flash Player and can download it at the bottom of the page. http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Songs
Row Row Row Your Boat
Pop Goes the Weasel

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson3_Old_Grey_Goose.pdf

http://www.musiqclub.com/blog/resources/Lesson6_Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.pdf
Great work today! NO CLASSES NEXT WEEK NOVEMBER 26
See you in December!

Ocean View Elementary P-2 Wk 6

NO CLASS NEXT WEEK NOVEMBER 26

Our new lesson this week was Lesson 9 "Higher and Higher and Lower and Lower"

There were no classes last week because of Remembrance Day so we started our class by reviewing Lesson 8 holding notes. Thank you for taking turns and sharing the keyboards so that you could each play each song all by yourself!
In Lesson 9 we learned to play notes with the right hand that go higher to highest and in the left hand notes that go lower to lowest. You all did great on this lesson!

Today I introduced to you two terms: Legato and Staccato. Legato means to play smoothly and Staccato is when you play detached. (like pop corn) Why don't you show your parents at home how we say legato and staccato? We practiced saying legato while waving our arms smoothly through the air. When we say Staccato we clapped very sharply "Sta- cca-to!"

Our new game this week was called Cliffhanger. To help us with this game I sang notes up or down " do -re-me" and you sang them back to me. Then , I played some notes on the piano and you told me if they were going higher or lower. We also played our live version of Bongo Girl. I played a rhythm, and you played it back on middle C.
To Practice at Home
Here is a game which you can play on your computer at home. You may need to download Flash Player. Click on the link below and then go to the game called High/Low. We haven't learned our notes on the staff to play the other games yet but someday you will learn these!
http://www.musick8kids.com/html/musicgame.tpl

Music of the week
St. Matthew Passion by Bach
Most of you found this music a bit strange and difficult to listen to.

Four Season's: Fall by Vivaldi
You remembered listening to Spring in one of our previous lessons! I am impressed!
If you would like to see someone play this piece click here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-MIDDfckw&feature=related

Fantastic playing today!
There are no classes next week. So I will see you in December!!!

Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 6

Hello Everyone! Thank you so much for the treats Anthony!

Here is a list of what we did today:

• Play backs
• C+ scale
• Reviewing notes and values
• Reviewing Rests and values
• Intervals: melodic and harmonic
• Lesson 3-1 "Time signatures"
  

Our songs that did were:

• Old Grey Goose
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Twinkle Twinkle
• Pop Goes the Weasel.

To Practice at home
Please review your C + scale

Here is what you can do at home Anthony:

Review the lesson on rests: Theory Thinker 2-1 "Musical Rests"
Go over our new lesson today on time signatures and play the exercise as well Theory Thinker 3-1 "Time Signatures"
Here are the songs that I would like you to do:

• When the Saints
• Let it Be
• 10 Little Indians
  

BLT Wk 3

For only our third lesson, we are in great shape!

For your first experience at doing playbacks, you did a great job! We reviewed the 5 note C+ scale in the R.H and learned the 8 note C+ scale. Fingering for this is "1-2-3 (thumb tuck) 1-2-3-4-5." Our thumb tucks under on the note F.

In Lesson 1-5 "Lines and Spaces Above Middle C" we learned how to remember the lines in the treble or "G" clef: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. We remember the spaces in the treble clef by spelling "F-A-C-E."

The songs that we did this week were:

• Old Grey Goose
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Twinkle Twinkle

To Practice at home
Not all of us got through all three songs but you will get a chance next week to practice them.
I sent home finger number songs "Mary had a Little Lamb" and/or "Twinkle Twinkle" for you to try and play at home. Don't forget to review your C+ scale. Hope you have fun!

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 7

Good work today.

Today was not an easy new lesson and you are doing very well. In Lesson 9 Mr. Bach talked about playing "Higher and Higher and Lower and Lower"

It is important to make sure that we see the hand symbol and check when we play with our right, and when we play with our left hand. It is also very important that we play our songs and exercises all by ourselves. This way we will learn how to play with both hands at the same time. From now on, it will be routine, that we switch and take turns with our partners playing our exercises and songs. After our lesson and practice, you found a new game in the games room called "Cliffhanger"

You were all fantastic at playing our live version of "bongo girl" Thank your for volunteering to play some rhythms on the drum.

See you next week

Halifax Independent School P-2 and 3-6 Wk 4

P-2
Today we reviewed holding notes in the practice room with our new teacher Mr. Bach in level 7 and then continued to learn something new! In lesson 8 we learned how to play with both hands at the same time. Great job! You can keep practicing our rhythms that we learned in class by clapping with a parent or someone in your family. ex "1-2-3+4" Keep up the good work.

3-6
You are doing great William! Today you learned/reviewed the notes on the staff in the the treble and bass clef. At the end of each lesson you got to play the Key Quest games to drill note placement on the staff. The song you learned today was "Old Grey Goose" in Piano Player: Level 1

See you all next week!

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 6

Hello everyone,
Good to see you again.

Today in class our main focus was on learning musical rests and time signatures.
Here is a list of what we did:

• Play backs
• Learning about intervals: harmonic and melodic
• C+ scale
• 2-1 Theory Thinker "Musical Rests" with corresponding exercises
• 3-1 Theory Thinker "Time Signatures"

Your play backs and C+ scale were great today! To familiarize ourselves more with intervals, we will be doing more practice using the Go Fish cards. Remember harmonic intervals are when the notes are played at the same time and are written on top of each other. If you were confused about time signatures I will be going over this as well as reviewing our rests next class.
I am very proud of what you accomplished.
Practice at home
Take the time this week to go to your piano and practice perfect hand position. When you play your scales, or any notes on the keyboard, try to keep your fingers close to the keys at all times. Don't forget to strengthen your left hand too!

Have a great week!

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 6

I had a lot to review and some new concepts to teach today, and you all did such a wonderful job getting everything done.

Here is a list of what we did:

• Play backs
• Note and rest value review
  
• Learning about melodic and harmonic intervals
• C+ scale descending in the left hand
• 3-1 Theory Thinker "Time signatures" along with exercises (row row row your boat)
  

Songs:

• Row Row Row your Boat
• Twinkle Twinkle
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• (some tried ) Let it Be
  

Hannah and Josh
Here's what you did:

• Play backs
• Melodic and harmonic intervals
• C Pentatonic Scale (penta=5 note scale)
  
• G + Scale

I mentioned that I had a link for you to go to on pentatonic scales. Hopefully you check this site out! Copy and past the link below. You can also goolge to find other explanations of the "pentatonic scales for piano"

http://www.8notes.com/articles/pentatonic_scales.asp

Songs:

• Let it Be
  
• Ten Little Indians (hands separate)
• When the Saints
  

I am very proud of all of you!

Mount Edward Elementary P-2 Wk 5

Today we learned something new!

In lesson 8 with Mr. Bach we learned to play our left hand notes and our right hand notes at the same time! Way to go! When finished our lesson and practice, we did a number of activities:

• The library (computer) to play over songs from lesson 7 and 8
• All 4 games
• Improv. room
• Early lessons (4&5) with Mr. Beethoven to practice our play backs to word rhymes: "Fish can-not go for walks"

Kennedy and Taylor, you had a new teacher today! I didn't get the chance to introduce you to Mr. Bach, so next week, I'll let the rest of the class tell you some interesting facts about him.

Kennedy
You went over lesson 5 and then completed lesson 6. Great work! You got to play two new games.

Taylor
You finished level 6 and started level 7 in the lesson room. You also got to play two new games.

Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 5

You are doing so well! Today we learned about rests

You went through two lessons today. The first being review of the bass or "F" clef:Theory Thinker 1-3 and secondly Theory Thinker 2-1 "Musical Rests" This is a fairly simple concept if we are comfortable with our note values. At the end of class I held up some flash cards to review our note values. We will be doing some more review on this in our next lesson.

Our songs that did were:

1. Old Grey Goose
2. Mary Had a Little Lamb for the L and R hand.
3. Twinkle Twinkle
4. Pop Goes the Weasel.

Those who a did hear play some of these pieces are sounding wonderful!! Keep it up! Our goal is to have a steady tempo and play these familiar tunes with ease.

John and Anthony, I have quite a bit planned for you in our next lesson. If you have the program at home review 2-1 "Musical Rests and 2-2 on "Accidentals"

BLT Wk 2

Now that we have been introduced to the piano , we were able to start our lessons!

This week our focus was on note values. We learned about whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes. Each lesson had an exercise after it for you to do. At the end of our lessons on note values "Theory Thinker 1-2" we had a list of exercises. Most of you were on ex. 6 or so.
We will finish these exercises and move on to the bass clef next week.

If you have the program at home we did
Theory Thinker: 1-1 "The treble or G clef"
and 1-2 "Bar lines and note values"

Next week I will be quizzing you to see what you remember about our lessons 1-2 on note values.
See you then!

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 6

Great to see you again this week!

This week was a very special lesson becuase you learned how to play piano with both your right hand and left hand at the same time!

We completed all of lesson 8 in the lesson room with Mr. Bach and in the practice room with Miss. Melody. We got to browse around the library and listen to some music by Mr. Joplin who will eventually be our teacher. We also spent some time at the end of our lesson in the improv room.

We learned some new musical terms in our lesson: legato and staccato
We had a little exercise where I would play something and you would tell me if it was legato or staccato. Do you remember which word means what? We will be going over this again next week!

Halifax Independent School P-2 and 3-6 Wk 3

P-2
We are moving right along in this class. You are doing great!
This week we learned how to read circle notes.

In lesson 4 we reviewed our songs and rhythms followed with Mr. Beethoven showing us something new. Instead of using birds and whales, we read notes! You did very well on this.
We could use some more practice with our rhythms.

I'm going to recommend that you practice at home if you can. Remember some of our sayings from lesson 3? "Ti-gers ne-ver make good pets"
This week, instead of sayings, we read numbers. You can practice clap backs with someone in your family such as "1 2 3+ 4" 1-2-3-4+" Have someone clap a rhythm while counting, then take turns; you clap your family member a rhythm for them to clap back to you.

Pieces composed by Beethoven that we listened to this week were: "Symphony no. 5" and "Sonata Pathetique" These two pieces have some angry Beethoven moments.
Miss Melody let us listen to pieces by Joseph Haydn: "March" inspired by a clock and "Surprise Symphony" which really does surprise you!

3-6

Will, you had another successful class today. You finished the rest of review on note values (eighth and sixteenth notes) and then went on to the bass or F clef 1-3 i-viii. You got through most of the exercises at the end as well! Way to go! Next week we are learning/reviewing reading the notes on the staff.

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6

We had no class this week due to parent teacher interviews.

See you next week.

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 5

Perfect attendance. Way to go!

We started our lesson reviewing the C+ major scale. Remember to tuck your thumb under on "F". The fingering goes: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5.
In today's class we went into "Theory Thinker1-3 - The bass or F clef " viii -Things to practice. Most of you got through almost all of the exercises with the left hand. Great work!

NEW
Our new lesson for the week was 2-1 Musical rests. If you have the program at home, it wouldn't hurt to go over these three short lessons again and practice the exercise at the end.

Our songs for today were:

• Old Grey Goose
• Mary Had a Little Lamb R.H
• Mary Had a Little Lamb L.H
• Mary Had a Little Lamb BOTH HANDS

"Mary Had a Little Lamb" with both hands may have been a bit of a challenge but with practice you will all get the hang of it. A couple students got to start "Twinkle Twinkle" and we will be learning this next week as well as some other new songs in Level 1.

To practice at home:
C + scale up to C (8 notes)
1-3 viii "things to practice"
2-1 i-iv
Songs

Thank you for helping me set up today. See you next week!

Mount Edward Elementary P-2 Wk 4

You are all doing so well.
Today we started in the practice room with Miss. Meloday in level 6 for review from last week. We all completed lesson 7, in which we practiced holding notes and our rhythms.
There were no new games this week but hopefully next week.

Taylor and Kennedy you finished the practice room with Miss. Melody in level 3 and completed level 4. Way to go! You had a new game today: "the bongo game" which focused on rhythm.

At the end of class we all did clap backs. First, reviewing ones with words from Level 4 and then with numbers counting "1-2-3-4" from levels 6 and 7. Taylor and Kennedy are already getting a head start practicing number clap backs and the rest of you were great and helping me remember some rhythm sayings from your previous levels.

You're wonderful!

Ocean View Elementary 3-6 Wk 5

Great work today.

Now that we have covered much of our lessons, I am focusing on us becoming very comfortable with reading notes. Today we reviewed our notes again in the treble and bass clef using the "key quest game"
We then reviewed 1-4 "The Grand Staff" I came around and listened to everyone play the exercise "Topic 8 Pg 4 Ex 1" that we learned last week. You all then practiced "Old Grey Goose" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb" Some of you who were ahead started "Row, Row, Row, Your Boat"
To end you got to try some of the games in Children's Music Journey program.

Some of the important topics that I discussed today were:

• where middle "C" is in the bass clef and treble clef
• what a skip and step (line to line, space to space, space to line) look like on the staff and then on the keyboard.
  
• Remember our sayings in the bass clef Lines: "Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always"
  Spaces: "All Cows Eat Grass"
  

Ocean View Elementary P-2 Wk 5

Hello,

You did very well today. To start off we reviewed our practice lesson with Miss.Melody in lesson 7. We then continued to level 8 in which we continued to learn about "holding notes" with both hands at the same time!
We were able to play our 2 new games as well as go over previously played games which you are all pros at by now. At the end of class we did some examples of clap backs. Here are some which you can practice at home. "1-2-3 + 4" "1+2-3-4" I am sure you can make up much more combinations on your own.

I think next week we will go into the library and practice some more play backs with Mr. Bach before going on to the next level.

Have a wonderful weekend :)







Music of the week:

Portland Estates Elementary 3-6 Wk. 4

Good job this class. I feel that we accomplished quite a bit. Today we started right at 3:15 to make up for some lost time from last week.

We all reviewed our notes in the treble and bass staff. Here are the lessons:
1-5 notes above middle "C" in the treble clef
1-7 notes below middle "C" in the bass clef
1-3 Intro. to the "F" or bass clef
1-4 The Grand Staff

The notes in the bass clef are played with your left hand and with the right hand if you're in the treble clef. From now on, we should always check the clef of a piece before we play it. It is also important to check where our hand should be on the keyboard.

We also went into Piano Player today to learn some new songs. To start we did "Old Grey Goose" and "Mary had a little lamb" I came around and listened to these except for Noah and Mehran. I will listen to you next class. For most of you who finished these early, you got to choose any song from the level 1 category to try.

At the end of class we started playing memory with note value cards.

Have a great weekend!

BLT

Wonderful to meet everyone today! This is going to be a great class and I hope you all enjoyed what we learned today. For your first lesson, I think you all learned a great deal.

Here is a summary of what we learned:

• Introduction to the piano
  
• Correct sitting posture at the keyboard.
  
• Middle "C" hand position
• The musical alphabet: on the keyboard and on the staff in the treble/"G" clef
  

Exercises: finding the notes on the keyboard (all notes)
Songs: Toipc 05 Page 03 Exercise 01 "Frere Jacques"
T. 05 P. 05 Ex. 01 "When the Saints"

Great work! I'll see you next week!
Krista

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 5

Welcome to my blog if this is your first time coming here!

We had another lovely class this week. To start off we finished level 6, practicing in Miss.Melody's class. We then continued to level 7 in which we continued to learn about "holding notes". We were able to play our 2 new games as well as go over previously played games which you are all pros at by now. At the end of class you all volunteered to give examples of clap backs. Here are some which you can practice at home. "1-2-3 + 4" "1+2-3-4" I am sure you can make up much more combinations on your own.
Lastly we got to go into the improvisation room where we were able to experiment with sounds.

Music of the week
Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Halifax Independent School P-2 Wk 2

Happy Halloween!
We had a new student join us this week, Will, who is learning Piano Suite. As well, Conn was also able to join us for those who did not know him.

Way to go this week! We reviewed parts of level 2 and moved onto level 3 this week in which we got to practice rhythms. You can practice clapping some of the sayings at home.
You can either play the rhythms on middle "C" on the piano, or clap them.
"Ti-gers ne-ver make good pets"
"My Pa-rot talks a- lot"
"Swim Swim li-ttle fish"
"Rab-bits like to eat car-rots"
There was also a new game this week- "The Bongo game"

We heard two pieces composed by Beethoven this week: Fur Elise and his 5th symphony. Fur Elise is very melodic and easy to listen to, while we described his 5th symphony to be scary music.

Will, you were amazing in your first lesson. I was very impressed with your dedication. I can already tell you will be great on the piano. I started you off with some basic introductions to the piano: posture, hand position ect. and then you went on to learn 2 songs: Topic 05 page 03 Exercise 01 " Frere Jacques" "When the Saints" You then preceded to note values which we will finish up next week.

Have a great weekend.

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 5

Wonderful costumes! I enjoyed getting to see you all in your festive outfits. This took up a little extra time but we still learned quite a lot!

We spent the start of class reviewing notes on the staff in both treble and bass clefs. I think we all are getting much more familiar with this.
I felt that you were already to get into song mode this class.
These are which ones we did under "Piano Player Level 1" :
1. "Old Grey Goose"
2. " Mary Had a Little Lamb"

I came around and heard everyone played both of these. You were all fantastic in playing all of the correct notes. Now we need to work on keeping our hand in "C" position and keeping a steady beat.

See you next week.

See you next week!

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 5

After all our hard learning last week, today was mostly a review day for us.
We reviewed our note values with the memory game, talked about skips and steps on the staff and keyboard, and played "Key Quest" finding the notes on the staff.

We also started to do some ear training play backs. We will be doing 5-10 minutes of this every class to prepare for our assessment at the end.

After reviewing the 5 notes "C scale" which was under exercises in Piano Player - Theory I taught you the full 8 note "C scale" for those who did not know it.

The two songs we learned to play today were "Old Grey Goose" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
I got a chance to come around and hear everyone play it and everyone is doing very well.

Have a great Halloween and I'll see you next week.

Mount Edward Elementary P-2 Wk 3

We have two new students who have joined our class! Welcome Taylor and Kennedy!

Today in lesson 5 Mr. Beethoven and Miss. Melody helped us review everything we have learned so far focusing on reading circle notes and rhythm. Our new teacher for lesson 6 was Mr. Bach where we learned about beats. Learning about beats is a tricky thing, but with a little more practice we will all be little Beethoven geniuses. Our two new games for today were the "Princess game" and the "Train game"

Taylor and Kennedy way to go today!
We trucked on through levels 1 and 2 and started our 3rd lesson with Mr. Beethoven!! Next week you will finish practicing in Miss. Melody's room and move on to the next levels. I am so proud of how much you learned in your first lesson and hope that we are not going to fast. In our first lesson we learned about the high and low notes. In lesson two we found out where middle "C" is, and in lesson 3 we will be starting rhythm already! If you would like to see what songs we listened to in Mr. Beethoven and Miss, Melody's classrooms, check my blogs from the previous weeks for this class.

Have a great Halloween!

Ocean View Elementary 3-6 Wk 4

I hope today's class was a bit easier than our previous one.

We started today reviewing our treble clef notes on the staff. Today, we combined the lines and the spaces in our game. We learned more about the grand staff in Theory Thinker 1-4 and then worked on the exercises which followed this using BOTH hands!!! After this we proceeded to learn more about the bass clef staff in Theory Thinker 1-7. To remember the lines in the bass clef which is in the left hand we learned the phrase "Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always" For the spaces; "All Cows Eat Grass"

Today we learned our first song from Piano Player "Old Grey Goose" Everyone learned this very fast and I can't wait to listen to it at the start of our lesson next week. Next Monday after playing "Old Grey Goose" we will be reviewing the notes on the staff; skips and steps. When to use the right hand and/or the left hand, note values, and the C major scale.

Great work! Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Ocean View Elementary P-2 Wk 4

Great work today once again.

Today we met our new teacher Mr. Bach. He taught us about holding notes in lesson 6 and 7.
We also got to hear the difference between an organ and a harpsichord. These two instruments are different than the piano. Can you remember why? We will discuss this next week.

We had two new games today which everyone seemed to have fun with: "The Princess Game" and the "Train Game". Next week we will finish up lesson 7 with Miss. Melody and move on to a new lesson with Mr. Bach.

Great job in your clapping rhythms and finding middle "C". You can practice some of the sentences at home either clapping or playing on middle C if you have a piano.
Here are a few phrases if you forget:
"Fish can-not go for walks"
"Fresh fruit is good for you"
"When is sup-per time?"

New Music that we listened to : Composed by Bach "Minuet in G" "Toccata and Fuge in d minor"
Do you remember "Minuet in G" by another composer? Beethoven also composed a "Minuet in G" which we heard in our very first lesson.
In the practice room with Miss. Melody we heard these two songs: "Polonaise" by W.F Bach and "Spring from the Four Seasons" by Vivaldi. Of the four pieces you heard today which one was your favourite?

I hope you enjoyed today's class and have a Happy Halloween!

Halifax Independent School P-2 Wk 1

Welcome!

You did great on your first day of piano lessons with musIQ club!

In our first class we learned about Mr.Beethoven who teaches us our lessons. After our lessons we go to the practice room where Miss. Melody helps us practice what Mr. Beethoven teaches us.
This week we learned about high bird notes played with our right hand, low whale notes played with our left hand, and middle "C" After our lessons and practices we all got a chance play two games which incorporated what we learned. We then learned a bit about improvising and went into the improvisation room. I hope you all had fun and I will see you next week.

Can't wait!

Park West Elementary P-2 Wk 4

Great job today!
I loved how you all helped me set up! That was very nice everyone and I appreciated it very much. You all showed me today how responsible you are and I am very proud of everyone.
We started our lesson by going to Miss. Melody's practice room in level 4 to practice our rhythms and note playing. Then we went to our last review lesson with Mr. Beethoven.

Our new teacher for level 6 was Mr. Bach. We now know a little bit about Mr. Bach and I will tell you more about him next week. Next week we will start with the new princess game, finish level 6 in the practice room with Miss. Melody, and then move on. We also have another new game to play!

Thank you for a great class.

Mount Edward Elementary 3-6 Wk 4

Superb practicing this week!
I am sure our last class felt like the longest so far, but I am confident that we are becoming concrete in knowing the basics to learn how to play the piano.
We covered a great deal today. Here are the lessons:
1-5 notes above middle "C" in the treble clef
1-7 notes below middle "C" in the bass clef
1-3 Intro. to the "F" or bass clef

You all seem to have a handle on the treble clef notes which you learned in music class. This is great! Some of you had some great sayings to remember our lines and spaces in the treble clef such as "Ernie Gives Bert Dog Food" For the spaces we can spell the word "F-A-C-E"

After learning and playing games to practice placing notes on the staff in Theory Thinker 1-5 and 1-7 , we started the exercises at the end of lesson 1-3.

Park West Elementary 3-6 Wk 4

Congratulations on all your hard work today.
We had some re-arranging of seats today for a few people. I realize that this may not be what we would prefer, especially if we were with our close friends; however it is better for your learning experience. It is very important that we try and pair ourselves with someone with similar piano experience so that we can all excel to our full potential. Thank you for being so co-operative and kind with your new partners!

Today was a long class for most of us but a very important one. We spent a lot of time drilling the notes on the staffs with the "Key Quest" games. Starting with the treble clef lines: "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" and then learning the spaces "F-A-C-E" We then went on to the bass clef lines "Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always" and the spaces:"All Cows Eat Grass" These phrases will come in handy at all times when we are learning new songs. We also played "Key quest" spelling words with the notes on the keyboard for a few short minutes.

If you have the program at home here are the lessons we did.
Theory Thinker: 1-3 "The bass clef" with exercises
1-5 "Lines and spaces above middle c" skipping exercises
1-7 "Lines and spaces below middle c" skipping exercises

Josh and Hannah
You also reviewed the notes on both staffs and then went on to :
Theory Thinker 2-2 "accidentals"
Next week we will review the notes in the bass clef and go on to :
Theory Thinker 2-3 "key signatures"
Theory Thinker 3-1 "other simple time signatures"


Once again great work today! Now that we are learning where the notes are, we will be able to start learning familiar songs!