OBJECTIVE: MUSICAL ALPHABET AND THE KEYBOARD
....MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHS (CONTINUED AS NEEDED)
....MUSICAL ALPHABET WORD SHEET
........1. Passed out and explained.
............a. Using the 7 musical alphabet letters only see how many words you can write down.
............b. May repeat letters as often as needed, use proper names, and abbreviations.
............c. Use only words in the dictionary and appropriate for use in school.
........2. To work on after graphing is completed.
....MUSICAL ALPHABET ON THE KEYBOARD
........1. Review directions about procedures on using the keyboards.
........2. Students are to take their PENTATONIC WORK SHEETS (see this video for a review of pentatonic black key notes:
up with them to the keyboard and try to play some of the songs on the sheet by ear.
............a. For each song a starting key name [it will be a flat (symbol: "b") name] is given. To locate that key (if not memorized yet) follow this procedure:
..................1) Locate black keys in groups of 2.
..................2) Find the white key in between the black keys in groups of 2 and that white key is named "D."
..................3) Using the musical alphabet (forward to the right or backwards to the left) on the white keys locate the letter name of the related black key you wish to find.
..................4) Once you locate the white key the black key directly to the left of the white key will be the note you will start the song on
.............b. Ear Training
..................2)Listen to yourself and determine when the sounds go higher and lower and when the sounds are close together or far apart.
..................3)Starting at the indicated first key of the song press down the next key in the direction you think the sound moves (right for higher, left for lower). If you hit the wrong note (the sound does not match what you hear in your head) try a different key until you find the correct one.
..................4)Ear training is called "training" for a purpose. Training the ear often starts off by experimentation and will become more acute with practice or "training" so don't be afraid to make a mistakes.
..................5)Improvise or create your own songs using only the black keys of the piano
........2. The teacher will be checking students to see if they are able to demonstrate the concepts they have been asked to practice and help as needed.
(THIS LESSON WAS CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY)
BEGINNING VIOLIN period 5
OBJECTIVE: PARTS AND CARE OF INSTRUMENTS
(SEE my Blog pages for a review with detailed explanations)
....PARTS OF THE BOW EXPLAINED
....STRINGS
........1. WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF
........2. STRING NAMES (MEMORIZED and EAR TRAINED)
....REVIEW OF VIOLIN PARTS....SHOULDER REST-WHY YOU MAY NEED IT
....SHOULDER REST-WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HOLD THE VIOLIN WITH and WITHOUT IT
....HOW SHOULDER RESTS ARE PUT ON THE VIOLINS
....START TO PASS OUT INSTRUMENTS
........1. Marking Cases
........2. How to open the case properly
........3. Guided help on putting on shoulder rests
(TO BE CONTINUED MONDAY)
ADVANCED VIOLIN period 4
OBJECTIVE: CONCERT SONG PRACTICE
....TUNE
....WARM-UP: SHIFTING ONE OCTAVE SCALES KEYS OF G, D, A "ASCENDING"........1. Starting with open string as "DO" add the first finger for "RE" then shift slowly with the same finger into "MI" all the way up the instrument to high "DO"........2. Slow shifting means to hear the tones in between the shift so you will hear when to stop (at first it might sound "slurpy"
........3. Bowing:
DOWN BOW on first "DO" then...
UP BOW "DO-RE"/
DOWN BOW "RE-MI"/
UP BOW "MI-FA" /
DOWN BOW "FA-SOL"/
UP BOW "SOL-LA"/
DOWN BOW "LA-TI"/
UP BOW "TI-DO" /
...."SALLY'S SONG"UP BOW "DO-RE"/
DOWN BOW "RE-MI"/
UP BOW "MI-FA" /
DOWN BOW "FA-SOL"/
UP BOW "SOL-LA"/
DOWN BOW "LA-TI"/
UP BOW "TI-DO" /
........1.Listen to the recorded accompaniment........2.Review note names/counting of bass harmony part (music parts arranged for the different instruments) and play with accompaniment
........3. Go over musical "Road Map" directions (repeats, etc.) and replay.