Seimpi Lesson 2

18 July 2010 (Sun):

Today is lesson 2 of Rachel's music class. We went thru what we have learned last week & also some new stuff.

Treble Clef (pitch - top bar): C D E F G - we learnt how the notes looked like on a music sheet.

C - 1 step below the 1st line.

D - just directly below the 1st line

E - right in the middle of the 1st line

F - in between the 1st & 2nd line

G - right in the middle of the 2nd line

And on the piano itself, we learnt the finger placing too. Using the 2 & 3 black bars as guideline:

C D E falls directly below the 2 black bars ( as shown in the pic above). We have nt learned abt F & G yet.

Teacher Marcia placed a big piano banner on the floor & the kids used ice cream sticks with the A B C D E F G lables on them to place them accordingly. She also played the song: Hot Cross Buns & taught us the notes. When she says C, the kids have to place their hands on the piano keys which shows C. When she says D , again the kids need to place their hands on the bar accordingly.

So it goes: " Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns - C D E, C D E....."

Well, Rachel over here didnt really paid attention & she places her hands as & where she likes it. I hv to correct her & point out that C falls under the 1st black bar, then D in the middle & E under the 2nd black bar. I'm nt sure if what i hv taught to her is correct but at least i wld like her to understand & know the exact finger placing & notes. Technically, i am teaching her using my own words. ** Someone pls correct me if i am wrong **

** Any ones knows where i can get this piano banner so that i can guide her at home as well. Hmm...or is there any need to buy this banner at all? **

They did some activities too, this time involving stickers.

Unit 2: the kids listen to different types of pitch - high & low. In each track, they listened to 2 different pitch/sound. Then they got to paste the sticker accordingly, a bird if it is a high pitch, then a lion if the pitch is low.

Eg: the 1st sound is low pitch = lion & 2nd sound is high pitch = bird, for track 3 itself.

Unit 3: Note-Values - the kids used their crayons & traced the dotted lines. Then they got to see which bear got the longest & shortest fishing line respectively. Using stickers to for bear A & B, they pasted in the correct boxes. Then they also got to see what type of notes each bear caught,

eg: bear A has the longest fishing line. It caught a semi breve.

And again, i am also learning at the same time. The kids were also told of looking thru unit 4 & 5 as we will be doing those next week. :)