Musik & Me – Featuring Lets Play Music and Sound Beginnings

Next week for private lessons have your child come 1-3 minutes early. If you haven’t already, start writing in possible elements to your child’s existing composition–a bridge, a coda, an introduction. Or at LEAST talk to your child about adding some elements and I can work my magic on my end. Either way, send their old composition (with any new notes) in addition to the homework booklet so I can still check practicing and homework (if I have time). I have added a supplemental video (below) that you can watch together this week to help generate some additional ideas for your child’s composition!

I will send a text with the times your child is expected to be here for their private lesson. If you need to make a change, please let me know ASAP! 

Did you know that Echo Edison’s page in your orange songbook (pg. 9) is a GREAT warm up page for any song your child will be playing. See what key the song is in and play Edison’s questions and answers for that key. You can call it the “5 finger warmup!” Just for fun, your child can try improvising new QUESTIONS with the same answers!

I’m seeing fewer and fewer flashcard times as the semester progresses! Please don’t skip this part of the homework! If your child really doesn’t like flashcards (mine didn’t!), check out the online games I made.

Registration is now open for current students! Classes are just about full for next fall! Thanks to those that have already registered for Bridge. Remember, in Bridge parents don’t come to any classes!

I still have a few openings in my Sound Beginnings and 1st Year Let’s Play Music classes. I’ve also got an evening Sound Beginnings class for working parents! If you know of anyone who might be interested, I’m holding free preview classes for LPM and SB. PLEASE share this link to any friends you think might be interested in music classes: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/free-preview-classes-at-musik-me-studio-1756869 Also, I LOVE having current students at my preview classes. Please sign up if you are able to come to either or both of the classes. I can’t do “make up” classes, but you can think of this as being a bonus class if you ever missed one… or even if you didn’t!

Did you see that I’m offering Ukulele classes and Recorder classes this spring and summer? Some of the kids in this class are old enough to enroll in those classes! Great for any siblings age 6-12 too!

Are you still working on your Spirit Month BINGO worksheets? I will have drawings for a MINI YOTO PLAYER, an mp3 player, egg shakers, cage bell set, tambourines, singable storybooks, CASH ($20, $10 & $5), and MORE! Here is the BINGO worksheet again, if you need another copy. They will be due on lesson #12, and you and your child can decide which prizes you want to put your tickets toward! I’ll do the drawing the following Friday.

The Circus
The official name of this puppet show is Symphony No. 1, 2nd movement by Gustav Mahler. Mahler named his entire first symphony ‘The Titan’. It was originally written as a symphonic poem, meaning that the music followed a “plot,” in five movements instead of the traditional four. The second movement, the finale of which we use as our circus puppet show, is labeled “Set With Full Sails.” Interestingly, this melody is in an Austrian folk dance form called a ländler (in 3/4 time). For those of you who like trivia, this is the dance from The Sound of Music during which Maria and Captain Von Trapp fall in love.

Composition Help (watch before next week’s private lesson)

Check out this youth orchestra performing the music to our Circus puppet show live. These performers aren’t a whole lot older than your child! When you click on the link, listen carefully for some new music not on our soundtrack. Ask your child if it makes them think of a possible new character/theme for our show!