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Flower Fairy Rehearsal Video 5

Practice along with the video. (10 points) For order of fairies.

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Flower Fairy Rehearsal Video 4

Practice along with the video. Learn the secret word. (10 points) Name the literary character that came to rehearsal. (2 points)

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Flower Fairy Rehearsal Video 3

Practice along with the video. Learn the secret word. (10 points)

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Flower Fairy Rehearsal Video 2

Practice along with the video. Learn the secret word. (10 points)

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Christmas Carol Recital Photos

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The Erie Canal with swing

The October song in A Year of Folk Tunes is the Erie Canal. Some students caught on quickly and so we worked on swing for the rest of the month. Listen to how it turned out. Video performance of the … Continue reading

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Playing music with 4 flats

In A Year of Folk Tunes, September’s key of the month is A Flat Major and F Minor. I wrote four rounds to help navigate this key. Everyone who played them, got a lot better at the hand positions required for … Continue reading

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Playing Music with 5 Flats

In A Year of Folk Tunes, August’s key of the month is D Flat Major and B Flat Minor. It’s not a key that shows up in a first- or second-year method book. However, when you need to be able to … Continue reading

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Sound Explorers 8/23

On Wednesday we had a long play by ear session in D Flat. Then there was a quick review of Buffalo Gals from A Year of Folk Tunes. If you missed it, catch up with the video.

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Playing Duets with 6 Sharps

In A Year of Folk Tunes, July’s key of the month is F Sharp Major and D Sharp Minor. It’s not a key that shows up in a first- or second-year method book. However, when you need to be able to … Continue reading

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