Greetings Yellow Indian Moms and Dads!
This week in class your kids played all of the patterns that we use at the end of our opening LPM song. These patterns are found on pg 14. Make sure they get into MIDDLE C position before starting to play the patterns. They are all also doing very well at playing their C major scale, and know right when to POP!
Echo Edna (who isn't grounded any more) "quizzed" each individual student this week on sightreading skips and steps. They did really really good!
'I'm an Indian' seems to be such a favorite song of theirs. This week we started the process of really playing 2 hands together. We started out playing our right hand (treble clef) while beating our laps with the left hand in the Indian Drum-slug beat. It takes some coordination and effort and PRACTICE, but soon they will all get it. What an accomplishment!
We learned that a downbeat is the first strong beat where we begin playing. In 'Lullaby and Goodnight' (pg 18), the downbeat is "by" in the word lullaby. They have been marching to the song 'When the Saints go marching in', and they start their march exactly on the word "saints" - because that's the downbeat!
Next week is lesson #9 and parents attend. Tuition is due next week as well. I hope everyone is healthy and avoiding all the "gom-boo" going around!
See you all soon.
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