Today Sonya and I worked on the “Butterfly Song” as well as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
Lesson 13 of 16 (January 24, 2020)
Today Sonya and I worked on pitch matching and identifying notes in Treble Clef. .
Lesson 12 of 16 (January 17, 2020)
Today Sonya and I worked on identifying note names in the treble clef. We also worked on “Somewhere over the Rainbow” and “Cup Song.”
Lesson 11 of 16 (January 10, 2020)
Today, Sonya and I worked on Identifying notes in the treble clef. We also played rhythm games together.
Lesson 10 of 16 (December 8, 2019)
Sonya and I continued to work on “Vocal Improvisations” today!
Lesson 9 of 16 (December 5, 2019)
Today Sonya and I worked on “Vocal Improvisations,” so that Sonya can continue to recognize pitch and key relationships.
Lesson 8 of 16 (November 17, 2019)
Today Sonya and I continued to work on Identifying note names on the keyboard. We also talked about the difference between quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets.
Lesson 7 of 16 (November 7, 2019)
Today Sonya and I worked on conducting patterns, and identifying note names on the keyboard!
Lesson 6 of 16 (October 24, 2019)
Today Sonya and I worked on “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as well as the Butterfly Song. I also taught Sonya a 4/4 conducting pattern so that she could start to recognize the big beats in different songs as she hears them throughout the day.
Lesson 5 of 16 (October 17, 2019)
Today Sonya and I continued to work on “Somwhere Over the Rainbow” and worked on distinguishing her low voice from her high voice.
Lessons 4 of 16 (October 10, 2019)
Today Sonya and I worked on “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and began looking at music theory.
2019-2020 Lesson 3 of 16 (October 3, 2019)
Today Sonya and I worked on the first few pages of her new music theory book, as well as began the butterfly song from her new RCM books.
2019-2020 Lesson 2 of 16 (September 26, 2019)
Sonya did not make it to her lesson today, but I worked a little with her sister Gweneth.
2019-2020 Lesson 1 of 16 (9/12/2019)
First Lesson with Sonya!
Musicianship:
Sonya and I worked on understanding the difference between quarter notes (1 beat) and half notes (2 beats).
Voice:
Sonya is working on posture, projection, and understanding the difference between her low voice and her high voice.