Mrs. Lapointe

Today in class we learned:

Today in class we reviewed skills:
1A. violin EEB2 page 4 line 13 Chester.
2A. violin: bow lift, slurs.

Today in class we learned:
1A. violin: hooked bowing.

Today in class we reviewed skills:
1. violin: EEB2 page 4.

Today in class we learned:
1A. violin: listening to notes/intervals & adjusting fingers to fine tune pitches.
1B. drums:

Today in class we reviewed skills:
1. violin EEB2 page 3.

Today in class we learned:
1A. violin: placement of bow for dynamics – closer to finger board softer, closer to bridge louder.
2A. violin: weight of bow (downforce) for dynamics – more pressure more sound/volume (be careful too much pressure without correct speed will be scratchy ugly…Read more

Students should not remove the bow from the case yet. We will go over bow safety in a future class before use them.
Today in class we reviewed:
1. EEB1 page 5 lines 6 & 7

Today in class we learned:
1. EEB1 page 5 lines 8 & 9.
2. repeat sign
3. counting with numbers 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+, etc.
4. Write the counting under line 9 in your book.
5. EEB1 page…Read more

Today in class we reviewed:
1. G clef symbol at the beginning of each line of music.
2. Time signature 4/4 symbol at the beginning of each line of music. This means that our music is grouped in 4 beat measures.
3. Quarter note A’s = 1 beat, quarter note D’s = 1 beat, & quarter rests = 1 beat silence.
4. Reading music lines 2 – 5 on page 4 in the b…Read more

Today in class we reviewed skills:
1. violin – tuning the instrument

In class we reviewed:
1. Lesson R3

In class we learned:
1. lesson R4

Students should review what they learned through the week before our next lesson.

For our next class students should bring:
1. a instrument
2. music folder with sheet music and signed practice letter
3. pencil

In our first class we reviewed:
1. Lesson R1 – notes and rhythms
2. Lesson R2 – reviewing more songs

In class we learned:
1. Lesson R3

Students should review what they learned through the week before our next lesson.

For our next class students should bring:
1. a instrument
2. music folder with sheet music and signed practice letter
3. pencil

In our first class we learned:
1. Lesson R1 – notes and rhythms
2. Lesson R2 – reviewing more songs

Students should reviewed the material from class through the week before the next lesson.

We took home:
1. an instrument
2. music folder with music book, sheet music, practice letter and practice calendar inside.

In class we reviewed:
1. Batman A warm up
2. Review page 2 in Essential Elements book 2 – Thailand lullaby.
3. Adjusting volume level so all instruments can be heard.
4. readjusting to playing in person together as a group.

In class we learned:
1. Batman B warm up.
2. Songs on page 2: Shepard’s Hey, The Crawdad Song
3. Keeping rhythms steady when…Read more

In class we reviewed:
1. Batman A warm up
2. Review page 2 in Essential Elements book 2 – techniques trax and Shoo Fly.
3. Adjusting volume level so all instruments can be heard.
4. readjusting to playing in person together as a group.

In class we learned:
1. Songs on page 2: Thailand Lullaby, Shepard’s Hey, The Crawdad Song

Students should…Read more

In our first class we learned:
1. Batman A warm up
2. Review page 2 in Essential Elements book 2.
3. Adjusting volume level so all instruments can be heard.
4. readjusting to playing in person together as a group.

Students should review what they learned through the week before the next lesson.

For our next class students should bring:
1. an…Read more

In class we reviewed:

1. drum assembly.
2. hand position on drum sticks.
3. where to strike the drum.
4. Lesson 1 sheet music – quarter notes & rests.
5. maintaining steady pulse while alternating hands.
6. Lesson 1 (sheet music) Lines 1 & 2.

In class we learned:
Lesson 1 lines 3-8.

Students should review what they learned through the week b…Read more

In class we reviewed:

1. drum assembly.
2. hand position on drum sticks.
3. where to strike the drum.
4. Lesson 1 sheet music – quarter notes & rests.
5. maintaining steady pulse while alternating hands.

In class we learned:
1. Lesson 1 (sheet music) Lines 1 & 2. Be careful to play only on the beats with notes, as some beats have r…Read more

In class we reviewed:
1. the parts of the flute: head, body, foot
2. how to blow on the flute completely assembled
3. how to assemble the flute and where to put our hands
4. Lesson A in their music book – when to play and when to rest (4 beats each)
5. the fingering for the note Bb

In class we learned:
1. counting music Bb-2-3-4, rest-2-3-4, B…Read more

In class we learned:
1. the parts of the flute: head, body, foot
2. how to blow on the flute completely assembled
3. how to assemble the flute and where to put our hands
4. Lesson A in their music book – when to play and when to rest (4 beats each)
5. the fingering for the note Bb

Students should review what they learned, concentrating on make g…Read more

In class we reviewed:
1. the fingering for Bb and C
2. Lesson B in their music book

In class we learned:
1. the fingering for D
2. Lesson C lines 1, 2, & 3
3. how to swab out the flute at the end of practicing with the cleaning rod and a cloth.

Students should review what they learned, concentrating on making good sound with the whole flute, but…Read more

Today in class we reviewed:
1. G clef symbol at the beginning of each line of music.
2. Time signature 2/4 symbol at the beginning of each line of music. This means that our music is grouped in 2 beat measures.
3. Short A’s = 1 beat or quarter note (black head) & long A’s = 2 beats or half note (white head).
4. Reading music lines 1, 2, & 3 on Les…Read more

Today in class we reviewed:
1. G clef symbol at the beginning of each line of music.
2. Time signature 2/4 symbol at the beginning of each line of music. This means that our music is grouped in 2 beat measures.
3. Short A’s = 1 beat or quarter note (black head) & long A’s = 2 beats or half note (white head).
4. Reading music lines 1, 2, & 3 on Les…Read more