Practice the following music for our Spring Concert
Mr. Brandon's Classes
Violin 2:40
- Hot Cross Buns
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Super Mario Bros Loop
- Piano Tango
- Superhero Blues
Piano 3:15
- Hot Cross Buns
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Super Mario Bros Loop
- Piano Tango
- Superhero Blues
Strings 3:50
- Lightly Row
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Super Mario Bros Loop
- Piano Tango
- Superhero Blues
Mr. Garrett's Classes
Piano 2:40
- #13 hot cross buns
- #26 twinkle twinkle little star,
- Super Mario Bros Loop
- Piano Tango
- Superhero Blues
Winds 3:15
- #17 hot cross buns and
- #23 shoo fly
- Super Mario Bros Loop
- Piano Tango
- Superhero Blues
Piano 3:50
- #13 hot cross buns
- #26 twinkle twinkle little star,
- Super Mario Bros Loop
- Piano Tango
- Superhero Blues
Helpful Videos:
Playlist
2 Videos
Piano Fun Book Videos
3 Videos
What we practiced this week- November 15th
Mr. Brandon’s Classes
Violin 2:40
- Has students review proper bow holds with the example of wrist like a jellyfish, have fingers hang like a monkey, and grab the banana
- They will finish fixing one of the students violins broken E string
- Had students say out loud pages 8 and 10 reading the notes and rest out loud
- Homework is pages 11 and 12
Piano 3:15
- Had students perform in class hot cross buns and french fries
- Play the game of tell me what each rhythm looks like
- Homework is pages 8 and 9
Strings 3:50
- Reviewed pages 8 and 9 in class about playing E and F# on the D string
- Played hot cross buns in class
- Homework is pages 10 and 11
Mr. Garrett’s Classes
Piano 2:40
- Today we talked about our Concert coming up in the spring!
- We learned how to sing and play “mary had a little lamb” on page 10.
- Please practice Mary had a little lamb for next time!
Winds 3:15
- We reviewed our notes and learned two more! Now we know our first 5 notes!
- Clarinets: C-D-E-F-G
- pBone: F-G-A-Bb-C
- Play Bumper Cars on Page 6 at home! (This is a tricky song!)
Piano 3:50
- Today we talked about our Concert coming up in the spring!
- We learned how to sing and play “mary had a little lamb” on page 10.
- Please practice Mary had a little lamb for next time!
What we practiced this week- November 1st
Mr. Brandon’s Classes
Violin 2:40
- Taught students the Ant song in class
- Has students play pages 9 and 10 in the Blue book
- Homework is pages 11 and the Ant song
Piano 3:15
- Students played pages 6 and 7 in class as solos
- Each student worked on saying The rhythms and letters out loud as they played them
- Homework is pages 7
Strings 3:50
- Starting to work on putting our fingers in E and F# for the D string on pages 8 and 9Homework is pages 8 and 9
Mr. Garrett’s Classes
Piano 2:40
- we had a good class this week, please remember to spend some time on the homework assignments between classes!
- This will help keep us moving through the book and will get us to more fun songs more quickly!
- For this week let’s look again at our homework last week, focusing on #10 and #12
Winds 3:15
- Great job guys! Let’s keep the forward momentum going and look at all of page 5 with the new note!
Piano 3:50
- Hi guys, thanks for a good class this week! We’re continuing on in our books and will be focusing on #15 and 16 now that we can handle moving more of our fingers at a time!
What we practiced this week- October 25th
Mr. Brandon’s Classes
Violin 2:40
- As students repeat that acronym eats apples donuts grapes to learn the strings
- Played open string exercises on page 8 and 9.
- Add individual solos play page 10 and assigned exercises six and seven for homework
Piano 3:15
- Has students repeat their piano number fingers from one to five
- Add each to describe the shape of a quarter note and half note, and what length each one is
- Started working on page six with G as the new note
- Homework is Page six
Strings 3:50
- Continue teaching the students each open string
- Worked on string crossings for D and A
- Homework is Page 6 exercises 16 through 19
Mr. Garrett’s Classes
Piano 2:40
- Hi guys! We’re making consistent progress which is great, we just need to remember to keep our eyes towards the teacher and our keyboards off until it’s time to play.
- Make sure to look at #8, 10, 12 this week for homework.
Winds 3:15
- We’re making prettier sounding notes more consistently so give yourselves a hand!
- This week please practice #5-8.
- Once we play through those next class we’re goin gto learn some new notes so make sure we can get through them quickly!
Piano 3:50
- Very good progress this week guys.
- We learned a new rhythm and will soon be playing new notes so please make sure to practice #15 an #16 because we might have a playing test next class!
What we practiced this week- October 18th
Violin 2:40
- Said out loud the different string acronyms for the violin.
- Played page 8 in class.
- Homework is pages 8 and 9.
Piano 3:15
- Played pages 4 and 5 in class for review
- Made sure to say are letters out loud for quarter and half notes.
- Costumes how to describe a quarter note and a half note
- Homework is pages 5 and 6
Strings 3:50
- How students assemble their violins with the shoulder pad.
- Played page 4 in class
- Showed how to set up the cello.
- Showed how to put rosin on the bows.
- Homework is Page 6.
Piano 2:40
- For this week, we should be working on pages 6 #’s 8-10
Winds 3:15
- Remember to keep your lips firm when blowing, specifically for clarinets make sure that your bottom lip is a bit over your bottom teeth.
- This week we’ll be looking at pages 2 and 3, #5-8.
Piano 3:50
- Good progress this week! Make sure to practice our c,d,e, and g notes with our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th fingers respectively.
- Homework this week will be pages 8 and 9, #’s 12-15.
What we practiced this week- October 11th
Violin 2:40
- worked on the learning the strings and how to describe a quarter notes
- Played quarter notes on the E and A string
- Homework is pg 8-9
Piano 3:15
- Review are piano fingers and how to describe a quarter or half notes
- Played pg 4-6 in class
- Homework is pg 6-7
Strings 3:50
- Worked on how to hold the bow properly
- Played pg 4-5 in class
- Homework is pg 5-6
Piano 2:40
- Good progress was made this week!
- Now that we feel more confident with our first few notes, we can move ahead in the book with numbers 4-9.
- Remember to keep your thumb centered on the middle c and the other notes should be right beneath your other fingertips!
Winds 3:15
- Very nice sounding tones today guys!
- Clarinets, remember to be careful with your reeds when setting up and tearing down.
- Trombone make sure to push your slide fully into the main body of the instrument before playing.
- Try to work on # 3-6 at least and keep focusing on breathing through your stomachs and using the ab muscles to blow the air out.
Piano 3:50
- Another fun class down, and smooth progress being made! We introduced a new note today, the E!
- Make sure to get comfortable with #8-14 in the book, and go nice and slow whenever something seems a bit more difficult.
What we practiced this week- October 4th
Violin 2:40
- Helped students learn how to take instruments out of the cases.
- Taught students how to hold their instruments.
- Show students how to take out the bow.
- Had them learn all the strings and acronym for the strings.
- Homework is the pg 2-4 in the blue book.
- Make sure to bring a pencil for next class
Piano 3:15
We learned middle C and where D is and also piano fingers.
Worked on pages 2-5.
Homework is to preview pages 2-5
Strings 3:50
Taught students how to take out their instruments and how to hold them.
Taught what letter each string note.
Worked on bowing and plucking the first few exercises.
Homework is pg 2-4.
Piano 2:40
- Learned our finger numbers (1 is thumb, 2 is index etc.), as well as finding and playing the middle C and D notes.
- Practice the first two pages of the book!
Winds 3:15
– Learned high notes vs low notes
– Learned the musical alphabet
– Identified notes on the staff
– Please review high/low notes and the musical alphabet
Piano 3:50
- practice breathing and blowing using our stomachs,
- Practice setting up your instruments, and playing the first and second notes in the book. (pages 1-3)