 Lesson #9B Here is what we did in class this week: - We played hopscotch using the pattern of WWHWWWH so we could remember how to create a major scale.
- We use 2 feet for the whole steps because a whole step is the same as two 1/2 steps.
- One foot for half steps because 1/2 step is the very next note
 | | Start Here | - All Major Scales have the same pattern, no matter what note you start on… even black notes!
 | | B-flat Major Scale | - We practiced our Secret Circle Finger exercise again in class. We are getting much stronger knuckles, but we can still work on it!
- We reviewed our anchor Cs (low C, bass C, middle C, treble C, high C)
- "This is My C Song" will help us remember all these… Now we can play this song!
- We added to our G Major exercises:
- Triads are all snowman shaped and move around the keyboard. (See last week’s email if you’re confused!)
- Progressions are simply the way we learned chords to begin with… I=snowman, IV=top heavy, V=bottom heavy.
- When we play the yellow chord, we have to remember to play F#!
- Arpeggios feel the same as they did in the key of C Major because we don’t need any black keys for our G Major triad.
- Try to play it smoothly so you can’t tell when one hand stops playing and the next hand starts.
- Inversions also feel the same as they did in the key of C Major because we don’t have any black keys in the G Major triad.
- Remember: root (snowman), bottom heavy, top heavy, root (snowman)
- Remember to help get your child’s C-Major and F-Major exercises and songs passed off by sending me a video of each (red book, pages 6 through 9 and 10-13)! (So far I’ve only had one person pass all of these off!) I would like them to play the scales, triads, and progressions HT with the backtracks (9-11 for C and 13-15 for F). Arpeggios and inversions can just be played as written in the book. I would also like them to play all 4 songs on pages 8 and 9 while singing. We will do this for every key we learn! It is best if they can pass off one key before getting too far into the next key. They don’t have to be perfect, but I do need to see that your child understands how to do them and they are trying their best. You can email, text, or Marco Polo those to me. There will be special prizes at the end of the year for passing off all the songs and scales!
- I’ve noticed that more in our class are doing the flashcards! Yay! They are a wonderful tool for helping to read music quickly. Please take advantage of this by having your child do the flashcards every time they practice! It can be with the purple flashcards or my online flashcard game.
Here’s this week’s homework assignment sheet and we’re doing the BLUE highlights! (You can click the image to open a PDF!) There was some confusion about which part of the assignment was supposed to be done last week. Last week was supposed to be only RED highlights and this week is the BLUE highlights (or finish the lesson). Please let me know if you have any questions! Have a musical day!
-Ms. Bethany 🙂  |
