Seimpi Lesson 4

30 Jan 2011 (Sun):

Lesson 1 missed...
Lesson 2 missed...
Lesson 3 missed...

We attended lesson 4 & did some revisions.

Remember these tempos?

Adagio - A slow tempo
Allegro - A fast tempo. In Italian the word means lively or merry.

Andante - A moderately slow tempo. In Italian the word means walking.

Largo - A very slow tempo. In Italian, the word means broad.

Presto - A very fast tempo. Faster than allegro.

Then we did Step & Skip -

STEP: space to space or line to line, eg C ~ D or E ~ F ( note to note)

SKIP: space to line or line to space, eg C ~ E or D ~ F (skipping a note in between)

Also covered Time Values & Musical Symbols.

Semi Breve - 4 counts ( 1st ladybug top left hand)

Dotted Minim - 3 counts (3rd ladybug bottom left hand)
Minim - 2 counts (1st ladybug top right hand)
Crochet - 1 count (3rd ladybug bottom righ hand)

Fermata - like a car stopping at a traffic light

Slur - like a boy skating

Tie - like twins holding hands

Staccato - like a ball bouncing

Rachel seems to lost touch with keyboard & its relevant notes. Well, blame it on mummy who did not revised with her since last performance in Dec 2010. Its been a month & a half till date. So this 2 days, i better spent some time revising together with her.