 Lesson #8  Parents come next week, tuition is due, and SPIRIT MONTH is right around the corner! (You’ll receive a separate email with details.) Registration will be happening soon. The fall schedule should be ready next week! Thank you for sending the Marco Polo and text videos this week. It really helps us get through more fun things in class when we don’t need to take the time for each student to play their song during class. If you didn’t send a video yet, you still can! We started working on the A minor scale and cadences this week! The best part about A minor is that the scale feels just like playing a C Major scale, with no sharps or flats! We did have to change our solfege words though. A minor scale is DO, RE, ME (pronounced “may”), FA, SOL, LE (pronounced “lay”), TE (pronounced “tay”), DO. Our cadences are almost the same, but when we play the yellow chord, we do have to remember to play the G#! Our dictation exercise was different today. We had all the same notes, but we had to listen to the rhythm and write the rhythm we heard. We also practiced drawing a bass clef, which is also called the “F clef” because the big dot is on the F line and the two dots are on both sides of the F line. Next week we will do Showtime as a class with New World Symphony. Have your child practice the part they want to play in class and we’ll all play our parts at the same time to make a beautiful ensemble! Students should now have all orange rhythm flashcards unbanded so they can practice all 16 cards! Optional: if you’d like to have your student practice more rhythms in a super fun way, you can print off these orange counting cards: set 1, set 2, set 3. There are 3 sets with 2 pages each. You can print them front-to-back and you’ll have the same rhythms with bugs to help on one side and no bugs on the other side! 
Russian Sailor Dance
Have you already found a private teacher for when your student graduates from Let’s Play Music? It is best if you can meet in person with the teacher before the summer break to help the new teacher get to know your child’s progress while its still fresh. Here is a great post on our Let’s Play Music Blog with tips on how to interview and what to look for in a private teacher.
Have a musical day! -Ms. Bethany 🙂  |
Bridge is a really fun class for Let’s Play Music graduates that is a great “bridge” between Let’s Play Music classes and private lessons. I will be starting a new Bridge class next year, teaching it as a 2-year program. The kids will learn lots of new songs, scales, musical concepts, and so much more! It is more self-paced than LPM, so it’s perfect for if you feel like your child has missed out on some musical concepts or skills in Orange Roots. There is enough review that your child won’t feel "behind" if they missed a concept from LPM, and there is enough new material that your child won’t be bored either! If you are interested, let me know and I’ll get you more information.