Thanks parents for coming this week!
Even though the students cannot play all three parts of New World at the same time, you (or dad or sister...) might be able to play a part or two with them at home. Have fun playing as a
family ensemble!
Don't forget: next week I will be meeting with your child in their 1st private lesson to begin creating their composition!!! We have been working during class to brainstorm ideas we might
like to use, and have been encouraging 'tinkering' at the keyboard at home. Please encourage your child to be thinking about a musical question (and maybe an answer) that we could work on
together next week. This could be a simple melody or some chords that they have written down, can play, or even just hum. This is only the beginning of this process, so I'm not looking for
you to send a 'finished' product. Please send your child with their Orange Roots Songbook so we can look over their Composer's Corner activities together. Just send them in right at their
scheduled time, and I will send them back out to you 20 minutes later.
Here is the schedule that I have for next week:
10 am: Boaz
10:20: Thomas
3:40 Connor
4:00 Miles
4:20 Nico
4:40 Vidya
5:00 Nigina
5:20 Allie
5:40 Ryan
Composition
The composition is the culminating event for your Let's Play Music student! We have been experiencing, internalizing, and now labeling many things over our
three year development as a young musician. We will rely on our knowledge of: major and minor, time signatures, chord uses and sounds, ABA song form,
staccato and legato, theme and variations, block, broken, and marching chords, and MANY other skills that will help your child as they compose and create
their own original composition.
Magic Keys
This is our 2nd song to graduate up with us from our purple semester. As we continue to sing (and play this song) we will further expand our understanding
of key signatures and note relationships--This is the KEY in transposing music. Our new verse allows us to understand and play in the key of G
Major. Click here for a quick video to help with practicing. I have also attached a parent help that dissects the lyrics to Magic Keys with visual examples and simple explanations to better help you understand the theory concepts I am
teaching in class.
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