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Five Facts

Today’s Point Contest challenge is find five facts about a musician. Submit your five facts in the comments. (5 points) Double points if you have five different facts about a musician who has already been submitted.

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Seeing Intervals, Thirds or Fourths

Intervals are way to discuss the distance between two notes.  If the notes are both on lines with one space in the middle or both on spaces with one line in the middle, the interval is called a third. A … Continue reading

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Five Facts

Today’s Point Contest challenge is find five facts about a composer. Submit your five facts in the comments. (5 points) Double points if you have five different facts on a composer who has already been submitted.

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Write a Song

1. Print the staff paper. 2. Draw your clef at the beginning of the first staff. 3. Draw your time signature. For today’s project, make it 3/4 time. 4. Pick 5 notes. Using quarter notes, half notes, and dotted half … Continue reading

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Seeing Intervals, Seconds or Thirds

Intervals are way to discuss the distance between two notes. If the notes are on an adjacent line and space, the interval is called a second. If the notes are both on lines with one space in the middle or both on spaces … Continue reading

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How to Practice

How to Practice – Begin The Chinese philosopher said, “Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.” 1. Open the case or sit down at the piano. Progress begins when you are at your instrument. Often beginning is the … Continue reading

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Five Facts

Today’s Point Contest challenge is find five facts about a musical instrument. Submit your five facts in the comments. (5 points)

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Seeing Intervals

Part of reading music quickly is the ability to see intervals. The most basic part of this skill is being able to tell if the note is a line note or a space note. For a line note, a line … Continue reading

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Listening

One way to improve your musicianship is to listen to great performances. During point contest, classical music listening is worth 1 point per hour.  Remember to record it on your listening chart. It is easy to incorporate more music into … Continue reading

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Share the music

I heard this week that Tessa and Chloe played The Joyous Birth in church the Sunday after the recital. Congratulations Tessa and Chloe Natalia played Jingle Bells for her kindergarten class on Show and Share Day. Congratulations Natalia

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