This week the students learned that there is something more fun than just cutting your hair! At the end of the song, they noticed that “Johnny gets his hair sol-la-ti-do!”. We also continued with our bug rhythms, learned a new VALENTINE song, practiced on the autoharp some more, and worked on some individual echo-ing with Ed.
I also showed the students how to play OLD PAINT using the red chord in pieces on the bells. If you try it at home, simply play Do-Mi-Sol steadily over and over. The first downbeat is on the word “BYE” so be sure to hit DO at that moment, and on the other downbeats. Sing the song and really emphasize the downbeats: goodBYE old PAINT, I’m LEAvin cheyANNE. It’s a great idea to play the song with only the DO bell, and only play the downbeats before attempting the whole chord in pieces.
When you do your theory homework this week, have your bells handy! After you identify each pattern, play it on the bells, using the lower-case (key of F) bells.
See ya real soon!
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