S-3: Dinosaurs
S-4 Fred
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit
H-7: ‘f’ sounds
WB-1: talking
K-4: Firehalls
K-5: Firehalls
3 black keys
L-15: f
L-35: rabbit trail
E-2: Instrument Fun
E-6: Dinosaurs
Terms & Concepts: Firehall, bread tags/beats, ‘f’, talking
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Music for Young Children Moonbeams III (keyboard ages 9 - 11) Lesson 3
MB Swing (pt. 1)
Solfege: Row, Row
Manitoba (or own choice)
a minor
Bright Ideas: Pages 14, 34, 50, 51, 54, 55, 101, 102
Terms:
Accelerando
diminuendo
cantabile legato
Red River Valley
Repertoire: Robots
Study #4
Amusement (40)
Bouree in a minor (4) or A Little Joke (37)
Jungle Band Boogie (5) or
Rain (7)
Rock It (6) or
Daddy’s Blues (9)
All I Ask of You (4)
Basin Street Blues (8)
Pachabel’s Canon
Baroque E-2
E-12
SRC-2
Solfege: Row, Row
Manitoba (or own choice)
a minor
Bright Ideas: Pages 14, 34, 50, 51, 54, 55, 101, 102
Terms:
Accelerando
diminuendo
cantabile legato
Red River Valley
Repertoire: Robots
Study #4
Amusement (40)
Bouree in a minor (4) or A Little Joke (37)
Jungle Band Boogie (5) or
Rain (7)
Rock It (6) or
Daddy’s Blues (9)
All I Ask of You (4)
Basin Street Blues (8)
Pachabel’s Canon
Baroque E-2
E-12
SRC-2
Music for Young Children Sunbeams II (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 3
Mrd patterns on keyboard
Solfge: Grandma Grunts or Fais Do Do
H-5 Friends
W-40, 41 C Major
(W-5 Growing Up To The Hugging Chord)
W-32 C Major Chord Changes (Line 2)
K-4 Friends
K-5 Dinah
(K-8 Singing Sweetly)
2 note slurs, ff, V7
L-3 I, V7 Chords
L-4 What’s Different
E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon
Chord Progression card I chords
Solfge: Grandma Grunts or Fais Do Do
H-5 Friends
W-40, 41 C Major
(W-5 Growing Up To The Hugging Chord)
W-32 C Major Chord Changes (Line 2)
K-4 Friends
K-5 Dinah
(K-8 Singing Sweetly)
2 note slurs, ff, V7
L-3 I, V7 Chords
L-4 What’s Different
E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon
Chord Progression card I chords
Friday, September 25, 2009
Music for Young Children Moonbeams I (keyboard Ages 7-9) Lesson 2
S-1
S-2
S-3
S-4: Forte, Piano
review: Hot Cross Buns
H-5: F Team
H-6: f/p
HC-1: 4, 5
HC-3: all
(all KC)
HC-5: all
(RC with l & d)
Firehall and F, G, A, B
RH 1,2,3, 4
LH 4,3,2,1
W-2: F Team Workout
W-3: Pattern Warm-up Scoreboard
Review + playing the 3 patterns, use 3 black keys, CDE,FGA,GAB
K-7: Sky Pictures
(K-8: Jungle Gym)
K-9: Spider Fingers
(K-10: Work Together)
E-2: Where is my Friend?
L-2: Which Pattern Do You Hear?
Terms and Concepts:
Firehall/3black keys F Team/ F, G, A, B
d=2 beats, bread tags, rhythm stories
S-I U & D, S-I D &U.
forte/piano
Treble Clef=RH, Bass Clef=LH
Locate all keys on keyboard
S-2
S-3
S-4: Forte, Piano
review: Hot Cross Buns
H-5: F Team
H-6: f/p
HC-1: 4, 5
HC-3: all
(all KC)
HC-5: all
(RC with l & d)
Firehall and F, G, A, B
RH 1,2,3, 4
LH 4,3,2,1
W-2: F Team Workout
W-3: Pattern Warm-up Scoreboard
Review + playing the 3 patterns, use 3 black keys, CDE,FGA,GAB
K-7: Sky Pictures
(K-8: Jungle Gym)
K-9: Spider Fingers
(K-10: Work Together)
E-2: Where is my Friend?
L-2: Which Pattern Do You Hear?
Terms and Concepts:
Firehall/3black keys F Team/ F, G, A, B
d=2 beats, bread tags, rhythm stories
S-I U & D, S-I D &U.
forte/piano
Treble Clef=RH, Bass Clef=LH
Locate all keys on keyboard
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Music for Young Children Sunbeams III (keyboard ages 7 - 8) L2
S-3: Jeremiah Clarke
S-4: Moderato
Solfege:
Who’s That?
Dance the Capucine
Bright Ideas: Pages 36, 132, 137, 140, 141
W-10: March in C
W-11: Triplet Tricks
W-32: C scale w/chords
S/R:W-57 (2nd)
W-58 (1st)
K-3: Ice Cream
K-4: Music Friends
L-1: Spiders
E-2-7: Trumpet Voluntary
S-4: Moderato
Solfege:
Who’s That?
Dance the Capucine
Bright Ideas: Pages 36, 132, 137, 140, 141
W-10: March in C
W-11: Triplet Tricks
W-32: C scale w/chords
S/R:W-57 (2nd)
W-58 (1st)
K-3: Ice Cream
K-4: Music Friends
L-1: Spiders
E-2-7: Trumpet Voluntary
Music for Young Children Sunshine 1 (keyboard Ages 3-4) L1
S-1, S-2: every week
S-3: Dinosaurs
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit
Solfege:
Bye Low Baby Oh
Wishing Song
H-3: Hop puppet
K-13: color D
K-15: D pictures
H-5: den dinosaur puppet
K-13-14-15: D
K-3: Good Friends
Review 2 black keys
L-8: high/low
L-17: p
E-6: Dinosaurs
Terms and Concepts: D, rhythm stories,
S-3: Dinosaurs
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit
Solfege:
Bye Low Baby Oh
Wishing Song
H-3: Hop puppet
K-13: color D
K-15: D pictures
H-5: den dinosaur puppet
K-13-14-15: D
K-3: Good Friends
Review 2 black keys
L-8: high/low
L-17: p
E-6: Dinosaurs
Terms and Concepts: D, rhythm stories,
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Music for Young Children Sunbeams I (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 2
S-6 Fingers Dancing
S-3 Fireman Fred (wk. 2)
S-4 Dinosaurs (wk. 2)
S-5 Rabbit (wk. 2)
Bye low Baby Oh
H-7 Right Left
H-8 Piano
“D is a dreadful dancing dinosaur”
K-4,5 D
K-6 The D Song
L-3 WDYH
L-2 WDYH (What do you hear)? Low/High
Rhythm Instruments
E-1 Music Stories (line 1)
E-3 Dinosaurs
Terms and concepts:
D
standing still
piano
S-3 Fireman Fred (wk. 2)
S-4 Dinosaurs (wk. 2)
S-5 Rabbit (wk. 2)
Bye low Baby Oh
H-7 Right Left
H-8 Piano
“D is a dreadful dancing dinosaur”
K-4,5 D
K-6 The D Song
L-3 WDYH
L-2 WDYH (What do you hear)? Low/High
Rhythm Instruments
E-1 Music Stories (line 1)
E-3 Dinosaurs
Terms and concepts:
D
standing still
piano
Monday, September 21, 2009
Music for Young Children Sunbeams II (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 2
S-4 Creepy C
Solfege: Hot Cross Buns
H-3 Key of C Major
H-4 Building Blocks
W-40, 41 C Major
W-2 Watch Out
W-3 Growing Up To Triads
W-4 C Major Sound
W-32 C Major Chord Changes (Line 1)
K-2 C and G Are Friends
K-3 Out Playing
Terms: Triad, ledger lines, f, p, I, phrases
L-2 Dynamic Delights f, p
E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon
C major Scale
Solfege: Hot Cross Buns
H-3 Key of C Major
H-4 Building Blocks
W-40, 41 C Major
W-2 Watch Out
W-3 Growing Up To Triads
W-4 C Major Sound
W-32 C Major Chord Changes (Line 1)
K-2 C and G Are Friends
K-3 Out Playing
Terms: Triad, ledger lines, f, p, I, phrases
L-2 Dynamic Delights f, p
E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon
C major Scale
Music for Young Children Moonbeams III (keyboard ages 9 - 11) Lesson 2
Circle Time: MB Swing (pt. 1)
Solfege: Land of the Silver Birch
Scale: C Major
Bright Ideas: Pages 13, 36, 49, 98, 99, 128, 129
Terms: tempo, tenuto, >, I, ritardando
RCM: Robots
Study: Study #4
Ensemble: Pachabel’s Canon
Listening: Baroque E-2, E-11
Sightreading: SRC-1
Technique: C major staccato
Solfege: Land of the Silver Birch
Scale: C Major
Bright Ideas: Pages 13, 36, 49, 98, 99, 128, 129
Terms: tempo, tenuto, >, I, ritardando
RCM: Robots
Study: Study #4
Ensemble: Pachabel’s Canon
Listening: Baroque E-2, E-11
Sightreading: SRC-1
Technique: C major staccato
Friday, September 18, 2009
Music for Young Children Moonbeams I (keyboard Ages 7-9) Lesson 1
S-1: We are the Moonbeams
S-2: So Long
S-3: Fingers
Solfege: Hot Cross Buns
H-1: No ‘H’
H-2: Fingers
H-3: Getting Ready to Play
H-4: D Team
HC-1: PC 1, 2, 3
(3 patterns)
Den and C, D, E,
RH 1,2,3,
LH 3,2,1
W-1: D Team Workout
Technique Toolbox:
Hand position,
Sitting position
Finger numbers
K-1: Two Black Keys
K-2: Ta
K-3: We’re the Moonbeams Team!
(K-4: Silver Buckles)
K-5: D Team Pattern Tryouts
(K-6: Mary’s Lamb)
E-1: Composer Geography/Map
L-1: Low? Middle? High?
Concepts:
Den/2 black keys
D Team/ C, D, E,
Ta=1 beat, Patterns:
S-P U, S-P D, S-D S.
Hi/mid/lo
S-2: So Long
S-3: Fingers
Solfege: Hot Cross Buns
H-1: No ‘H’
H-2: Fingers
H-3: Getting Ready to Play
H-4: D Team
HC-1: PC 1, 2, 3
(3 patterns)
Den and C, D, E,
RH 1,2,3,
LH 3,2,1
W-1: D Team Workout
Technique Toolbox:
Hand position,
Sitting position
Finger numbers
K-1: Two Black Keys
K-2: Ta
K-3: We’re the Moonbeams Team!
(K-4: Silver Buckles)
K-5: D Team Pattern Tryouts
(K-6: Mary’s Lamb)
E-1: Composer Geography/Map
L-1: Low? Middle? High?
Concepts:
Den/2 black keys
D Team/ C, D, E,
Ta=1 beat, Patterns:
S-P U, S-P D, S-D S.
Hi/mid/lo
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Music for Young Children Sunbeams III (keyboard ages 7 - 8)
S-3 Jeremiah Clarke
K-2 Ice Cream
Solfege: Who’s That?
s mrd on staff (C,G,D)
Bright Ideas: Pages 14, 152, 155, 167, 181
W-32: C Major Scale
W-10: March in C
S/R: W-56
K-1: Imagination
K-2: The Hungry Kitty
L-4: Articulation
E-2-7: Trumpet Voluntary
K-2 Ice Cream
Solfege: Who’s That?
s mrd on staff (C,G,D)
Bright Ideas: Pages 14, 152, 155, 167, 181
W-32: C Major Scale
W-10: March in C
S/R: W-56
K-1: Imagination
K-2: The Hungry Kitty
L-4: Articulation
E-2-7: Trumpet Voluntary
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Music for Young Children Sunshine 1 (keyboard Ages 3-4) Lesson 1
S-1: Sunshine Song
S-2: So Long
S-3: Dinosaurs
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit
Bye Low Baby Oh
H-1:’ p’ sounds
L-3: Hop
K-1: Dinosaur Dens
K-2: Leaves
Supplementary: 2 black keys
L-3: rabbit
L-5: high/low sounds
Ensemble: Twinkle, Twinkle
New Concepts: Hop, ‘p’, den, hi/lo
S-2: So Long
S-3: Dinosaurs
S-8: Fingers Dancing
S-12: Rabbit
Bye Low Baby Oh
H-1:’ p’ sounds
L-3: Hop
K-1: Dinosaur Dens
K-2: Leaves
Supplementary: 2 black keys
L-3: rabbit
L-5: high/low sounds
Ensemble: Twinkle, Twinkle
New Concepts: Hop, ‘p’, den, hi/lo
Music for Young Children Sunbeams I (keyboard Ages 5 - 6) Lesson 1
S-1 The Sunbeams
S-2 So Long, Farewell (every week)
S-3 Fireman Fred
S-4 Dinosaurs
S-5 Rabbit
Bye low Baby Oh
H-1 Rabbit puppet
H-3 Forte
H-5 Dens and Firehalls
K-2 Playing Proudly
K-2 Sunbeams Class Band
K-3 Den and Firehall on kybd
S-2 So Long, Farewell (every week)
S-3 Fireman Fred
S-4 Dinosaurs
S-5 Rabbit
Bye low Baby Oh
H-1 Rabbit puppet
H-3 Forte
H-5 Dens and Firehalls
K-2 Playing Proudly
K-2 Sunbeams Class Band
K-3 Den and Firehall on kybd
Monday, September 14, 2009
Music for Young Children Sunbeams II (keyboard Ages 6 - 7) Lesson 1
S-1 The Sunbeams
S-2 So Long
S-3My Fingers Hot Cross Buns Who’s That Yonder
H-1 Stars
H-2 8va or loco
W-1 The Rain
W-40, 41 C scale
K-1 Stars Do Blink Terms/Concepts: Octave, 8va, loco, C-G bridge, ta rest
L-1 Patterns
E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon Review Patterns Legato/staccato
S-2 So Long
S-3My Fingers Hot Cross Buns Who’s That Yonder
H-1 Stars
H-2 8va or loco
W-1 The Rain
W-40, 41 C scale
K-1 Stars Do Blink Terms/Concepts: Octave, 8va, loco, C-G bridge, ta rest
L-1 Patterns
E-15 Sur le Pont d’Avignon Review Patterns Legato/staccato
Music for Young Children Moonbeams III (keyboard ages 9 - 11) Lesson 1
Hanon #: Canada (intro to book) C Major
Sight Reading: Breese SRC-1
Studies: Study #4 (Study in C major)
Repertoire: RCM B Robots
Listening Activities: Baroque E-2 E-11
Rhythm Ensemble: Breese Ensembles: Pachabel’s Canon
Folk Song: Canada Land of the Silver
Bright Ideas: Pages 33, 47, 48, 96, 97, 169
Vocabulary: allegro, allegretto, adagio, staccato
Things to note: For missed classes, look up homework sheets on…www.MusicBeeAcademy.blogspot.com
Sight Reading: Breese SRC-1
Studies: Study #4 (Study in C major)
Repertoire: RCM B Robots
Listening Activities: Baroque E-2 E-11
Rhythm Ensemble: Breese Ensembles: Pachabel’s Canon
Folk Song: Canada Land of the Silver
Bright Ideas: Pages 33, 47, 48, 96, 97, 169
Vocabulary: allegro, allegretto, adagio, staccato
Things to note: For missed classes, look up homework sheets on…www.MusicBeeAcademy.blogspot.com
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Classes Commence September 14th!
Dear MYC students,
Hope you had a super duper summer! Week day classes commence next week on September 14th and Saturday classes September 26th. For new students, it's not to late to contact us to register as we only need a minimum of 3 families to start a new class time.
Proposed new class time:
Tuesday 6:30
Tuesday 7:30
Saturday 10:00
Saturday 11:10
Saturday 1:30
Saturday 2:40
Saturday 5:00
Sunshine I:
Wednesday 7:30
Thursday 4:30
Friday 6:00
Sunbeams I:
Wednesday 4:45
Wednesday 6:30
Saturday 3:50
Sunbeams II:
Monday 5:45
Monday 6:45
Sunbeams III:
Thursday 5:30
Moonbeams I:
Friday 7:00
Moonbeams III:
Monday 4:45
Monday 7:45
Returning students, please bring your MYC school bag, tin sheet, magnets, rhythm bags and pencil case that carries your favorite pencil and color pencils/crayons (we provide pencils, crayons and color pencils at the studio as well).
Looking forward to a musical year with you!
Miss Cecilia, Miss Lisa and Miss Wintin
Hope you had a super duper summer! Week day classes commence next week on September 14th and Saturday classes September 26th. For new students, it's not to late to contact us to register as we only need a minimum of 3 families to start a new class time.
Proposed new class time:
Tuesday 6:30
Tuesday 7:30
Saturday 10:00
Saturday 11:10
Saturday 1:30
Saturday 2:40
Saturday 5:00
Sunshine I:
Wednesday 7:30
Thursday 4:30
Friday 6:00
Sunbeams I:
Wednesday 4:45
Wednesday 6:30
Saturday 3:50
Sunbeams II:
Monday 5:45
Monday 6:45
Sunbeams III:
Thursday 5:30
Moonbeams I:
Friday 7:00
Moonbeams III:
Monday 4:45
Monday 7:45
Returning students, please bring your MYC school bag, tin sheet, magnets, rhythm bags and pencil case that carries your favorite pencil and color pencils/crayons (we provide pencils, crayons and color pencils at the studio as well).
Looking forward to a musical year with you!
Miss Cecilia, Miss Lisa and Miss Wintin
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Calendar 2009 - 2010
September 14th Monday
Monday Weekday Classes Commence!
September 25th Saturday
Saturday Classes Commence!
November 11th Wednesday
Rememberance Day
December 19th Saturday 10 - 1
Recital
December 19th Saturday - January 3rd Sunday
Christmas Holiday (no classes on December 19th)
Vancouver 2010 Olympics Winter Games Break
February 12 Friday, February 13 Saturday and February 20 Saturday
February 26th Friday
Deadline for composition
March 11th Thursday
Spring Break
Sunshine I only
March 12th Friday - March 19th Friday
Spring Break
April 2nd Friday - April 5th Monday
Easter Holiday
May 24th Monday
Victoria Day
June 19th Saturday 1 - 4
Recital
Monday Weekday Classes Commence!
September 25th Saturday
Saturday Classes Commence!
November 11th Wednesday
Rememberance Day
December 19th Saturday 10 - 1
Recital
December 19th Saturday - January 3rd Sunday
Christmas Holiday (no classes on December 19th)
Vancouver 2010 Olympics Winter Games Break
February 12 Friday, February 13 Saturday and February 20 Saturday
February 26th Friday
Deadline for composition
March 11th Thursday
Spring Break
Sunshine I only
March 12th Friday - March 19th Friday
Spring Break
April 2nd Friday - April 5th Monday
Easter Holiday
May 24th Monday
Victoria Day
June 19th Saturday 1 - 4
Recital