Seimpi Lesson 12

03 Oct 2010 (Sun):

Its already October. For today's lessons, we did -

Notes Values with additional notes
Semi Breve - 4 counts
Dotted Minim - 3 counts
Minim - 2 counts
Croqchet - 1 count
Quaver - half count
Semiquaver - quarter count

** Rachel & the other kid ( only 2 students today) were both very well revised with this. They scored 100 marks each. **

Time Signatures
3/4 means 3 counts
2/4 means 2 counts

We used rhythm sticks & hit along with the music played on the CD player. " Ti Ti Ti / Ti Tata Ti / Tata Tata Ti / Tata Tata Tata / Ti Ti Tata. "

** Ti = 1 beat
** Tata = 1 beat too

So what we did above was the 3/4 counts.

Treble Clef VS Bass Clef
We wriggled each finger on our right hands for treble clef notes such as C D E F G.
We wriggled each finger on our left hand for bass clef notes such as C B A G F.
And we sing along each note, following the music played.

Teacher Marcia gave the kids the diff pitches & they were supposed to match the note on the staff with each individual note itself, i shall said alphabet. And then taking away the alphabets ( leaving only the notes on the staff ), the kids got to point out which is F or which is C or which is A, etc.

Dynamics
Revised f - forte (loud) & p - piano (soft) & did the exercise given last week on the drums & hand bells.

They practised unit 7 & 8 on the keyboard, along with the background music from the CD player. Again, Rachel cld nt played fast enuff & so she has really got to practice. Teacher Marcia told me to let Rachel listen to the CD as well, so she can grasped the speed. ( I already have in mind to do that after attending teacher Eigene's lesson last week).

We received our new lesson outline for Oct today. Hmmm, some of the activities conducted would be requesting the kids to sing solo & also something new like " Steps & Skips ", bar imitation clapping. Then its mostly piano practice on " The fishes in the river " & " The spider's web " (both bass clef pieces). Soon, the kids would be doing, or rather playing with both hands on a piece, that is to say, playing both treble clef & bass clef notes at the same time.

At least for now, I'm glad to say Rachel is able to recognise each individual fingering for both her right & left hand & also able to name the notes that followed. Slow but surely.