Hello Everyone!
It was so lovely to meet you yesterday! We had great first lessons all around.
Vida:
Vida has a good base line knowledge of music from her previous lessons and from school. She is very eager to try replicating the concepts or demonstrations from the lesson.
When practicing at home, please help Vida and ensure she starts her C Major scale and “Twinkle Twinkle” on the correct starting pitch.
We also learned how to play the full C major scale with only one hand! Vida should continue to practice “crossing” her third finger over her thumb when ascending in the scale and “crossing” her third finger under her thumb to come back down to her starting C pitch.
Noreet:
Noreet has great hand positioning and fingerings on the piano! She should continue to practice with the exercise Shelly taught her for warm up. She could also add the C Major scale into the warm up as well. We will review scales next week.
We practiced “A Minuet for Mr. Bach”. She is encouraged to continue with “A Minuet for Mr. Bach” and to try the phrase in the 3rd measure for next week. I’ve also sent home a sheet of fill in the blanks to help Noreet identify the notes on the page faster.
We also did some singing today! We focused on singing some scales. We also discussed breathing from our diaphragm, or breathing into our tummy, to help us take deep breaths. Noreet is encouraged to sing standing up at home and to try breathing from her diaphragm when singing.
Thank you everyone for a great first day of lessons!
See you all next week for more music making!
-Emma