Hi all! Michelle and Estelle, you were missed! Nila: You’re working on the MUSICAL ALPHABET! This is the key to learning how to read music ALL BY YOURSELF! Major landmark! You will complete p. 13 in Full voice, practicing drawing and identifying the notes in the C major scale. You can also use www.musictheory.net to play the note identifying [...]
Hi all! Remember that daily practice will help you progress! Kayla: Keep working on Monster Bus Driver and Twinkle with the CD accompaniment. 10 minutes a day practice. Maleeya: You’re working on Eating Ice Cream and The orchestra this week. Make sure to have both hands on the piano at all times, and keep your focus on the music! 15 [...]
Hi all! Great to see you again this week! Mia: Good work this week. Keep working on Wishing Well, and this week we’ve added two new pieces. In addition to counting and clapping, counting and playing, count-singing and playing, you can add directions to your repertoire of tools for practice. Identify and say out loud the direction the melody is [...]
Hi all! It was nice to see you all again this week! Reminder: All your online resources can be found in the Google Drive folder with your name, located here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-Ie3xcfiaa40T6PLYXlfg-WVNK2gDAoe Michelle: You’re working on My funny valentine this week. Breathe when the commas in the text indicate an appropriate time for a pause. Watch out for the diphthongs [...]
Hi all! Maleeya and Mia, you were missed today! See you next week! Kayla: So much fun today! You’re working on playing up the keyboard from the middle with your RH third finger, and playing down the keyboard from the middle with your LF third finger. You’re also going to follow the stars to play Twinkle Twinkle (by famous composer [...]
Hi all! Great to see you again this week! Michelle: You were missed again this week! Hope your sports activities have been amazing! Nila: You’re working on Full voice workbook, bottom of page 10 and all of page 11. In Maybe, you’re going to learn the entire song this week, adding in the 8 bar B section that we hadn’t [...]
Hi all! Lovely afternoon of music at ABC! Mia and Kayla - you were missed! See you next week! Andre: You’re going to continue to work on O Bebado, using the Joao Bosco recording at a note learning tool. Listen to the Maria Rita and Elis Regina versions as well to increase your musical vocabulary, and feel free to steal [...]
Hi all! Great work this week! Mia: Keep working on Wishing Well and Balloons to nail accuracy with those rhythms. Counting and clapping, counting and playing, and count singing are all great ways to keep up with the rhythms. You’re also going to add up up down downs to your repertoire of practice methods to ensure you know which direction [...]
Hi all! REMINDER - No lessons next week, February 8th! See you all in 2 weeks! Michelle - You were missed! Looking forward to seeing you again after all the conflicts have passed! Hope you’re having fun! Nila - You’re working on your Hiss-saw exercise as a warmup. Remember to engage the belly through hissing and singing, and relax the [...]
Hi all! Good work this week! Mia and Andre, you were missed this week! See you next week! Google drive for lesson resources: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-Ie3xcfiaa40T6PLYXlfg-WVNK2gDAoe Paula - Let’s aim to finish Let It Go this week and move on to a new selection. You’re focusing on I to the end in terms of rhythms and pitches. Select a new piece [...]