Hello Everyone!
I hope you all stayed warm during the snow storm! I was happy to see some of you online via FarPlay this week. If anyone has any questions or needs help navigating the software, please let me know!
Georgia:
I hope you had a great snow day! Please continue to practice “Waltz Time” and we will review this next week.
Noreet:
Great digital lesson today! For this week please review the left hand of the first and third phrases of Moonlight Melody and the right hand of the second phrase. Remember, this song has some accidentals in it including sharp and natural signs. Noreet knows that one she sees an accidental in a bar, the accidental is applied to all notes on the same line or space until either corrected with another symbol, or until the bar line resets the note quality. We will review this concept next week in class. To ensure rhythmic accuracy as Noreet practices, please ask her to count out loud to ensure notes are played for their full value. But remember; this song is in 3/4 time! This means there are only 3 beats in each bar, so she should count like so: “1 and 2 and 3 and”. Resist the urge to add a fourth beat on the end! If there are any tricky rhythms during practice, please ask Noreet to cover the page to reveal one bar at a time to help her zero in on challenging moments in the music. We will review these in class next week.
Eva:
Today we reviewed the first phrase of Young Hunter! Eva learned that the lines underneath the 3 notes at the end of the phrase is called a Tie and is asking her to add the vale of all three notes together. Please encourage her to count out loud when playing this phrase to ensure she plays the Es at the end for their full combined value. For now, Eva is permitted to count this as a 10 beat long note. We will review this in class next week and learn the proper counts as dictated by the bar lines.
Benji:
I hope you had a great snow day! Please continue to practice “Classic Dance”. Remember, the first and third phrases of the song are identical. We will review the specific fingering for the end of both phrases next week in class.
Clara:
Get well soon Clara! If you feel well enough to practice this week, you can continue with Barefoot on the Beach. Remember; this song is in cut time! So each note will feel faster than it looks. We will review this next week. If you need more repertoire this week you can feel free to choose another song to start and we can juggle both Barefoot on the Beach and your other chosen song.
Andrew:
I hope you stayed warm during the snow storm! For this week, continue to practice the lip-roll technique and play around with the various colours and sounds different vowel shapes create in your voice as you practice Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.
Thank you everyone!
I’m looking forward to seeing you back in the studio next week!