Hello Everybody!

I hope you all had a great Easter weekend!

 

Georgia

Because of Georgia’s busy schedule, please encourage her to practice at least 5 minutes everyday. Even briefly reading over the notes on the page should help Georgia’s memory throughout the week and ensure she feels confident with the material for our next lesson. For this week Georgia should warm up by reviewing her C Major and G Major chords both broken and solid and all their inversions. She has a sheet that shows her how to do this. We will add more chords next week. She should practice “The Rainbow” hands together, and both “Good Morning to You” and “Happy Birthday to You”. These two new songs are very similar, but Georgia should make a note of any differences between the two songs. We will look at these more next week. 

 

Noreet

For this week Noreet should practice her scales out of key order. She likes to play each scale one after the other, adding sharps and flats as she goes. This week, to help her memorize each key signature she should play scales randomly from the list to challenge her and to make sure she knows which sharps and flats specifically belong to which key signature. You can help quiz her. Refer to the sheet of scales and randomly choose one for her to practice. If she needs to refer to the Circle of 5ths to double check the key signature of the chosen scale before she plays, she should do so. She can also practice Kitch-iti-Kippi hands together. She should pay close attention to which chords are Major and which chords are minor in the B section of the song. 

 

Andrew

This week keep singing Empty Chairs at Empty tables. Focus specifically on the end, making note of any part in the song you would like to look at together. You can warm up with the 5 tone scales ascending and descending. Also try the faster repeated 5 tone scale (5 tones ascending and descending 3 times) to train some agility in the voice. This scale will work best on forward, narrow vowels like an E or A. This scale will be easier to sing in your lower range. As you ascend, you might find that your throat starts to grip at the notes and might feel more tension the higher the notes get. Your singing straws should help alleviate this tension. Finally, make a list of songs you would like to work on so we can start something new next class!

 

Thank you Everyone!

Enjoy the fresh spring weather and I will see you all next week!