• We reviewed that chords can be any shape, but it is the pieces that matter!
  • We color coded our song on page 16 of the blue songbook based on what number the chord is, rather than by its shape. 
    • Red is always the I chord (1st scale degree) 
      • In the key of F, the root is F
      • In our song, these are the top heavy chords (2nd inversion)
    • Blue is always the IV chord (4th scale degree)
      • In the key of F, the root is B♭
      • In our song we don't have any bottom heavy chords (1st inversion)
    • Yellow is always the V chord (5th scale degree) 
      • In the key of F, the root is C
      • In our song, these are the snowman shaped chords (root position)
• We learned a new chord in our Hanon #1 song on page 5 of our red technique book!
  • The second chord on the bottom line is iv
    • This is the only minor chord (lower case roman numerals) that we play in this chord progression, the rest are Major chords (capital roman numerals)
    • We will refer to this new chord as the Purple chord
    • It is only one note different than the red chord, but the fingering is different for the middle note!
      • RH fingering is 1, 2, 5
      • LH fingering is 5, 3, 1
    • It feels EXACTLY the same as the fingering for a yellow chord, BUT your bottom finger (5 in LH and 1 in RH) stays where it is and the other fingers move up from when you play a red chord.

• Have your child practice going back and forth between the red and purple chords and between the purple and blue chords
• We reviewed our different Chord Progressions for the song "Canon in C"
  • Have your child experiment with the different styles at the bottom of the page while playing the chords in the order they are in the box in the middle of the page.
  • I made a recording of how each variation sounds as they are being played. You can listen to them here!
    • There is a track for hearing each style one time each and another track that has each style played two times in a row.
    • Have your child play along with the recordings!
    • The 3rd style is detailed out individually because it's the one the kids liked the most.
• The kids all got to perform something they were proud of in class today!
• We reviewed our tempo terms and listened to songs that go along with the different speeds
  • Largo: very slow 
    • New World Symphony
  • Andante: walking speed
    • Waltz of the Flowers
  • Moderato: medium speed
    • Skaters
  • Allegro: fast
    • Hoedown
  • Presto: very fast
    • Flight of the Bumblebee
  • You can hear all of these examples in a file that is in the Online Resources area of the Student Portal on my website (www.musikandme.com). You will need to be logged in (at the bottom on a phone or in the right panel on a computer) to be able to get to this file. It is called "tempo examples-slow to fast" and you can play it directly from the website once you get to it.

This week your child will do the red highlighted assignments at home! This week is a very easy week, so please be sure your child is getting 5 tally marks on each red item! It won't need to be initialed this week, but if the tally marks are there, they will earn a treat!

I have added additional flashcards to my Quizlet collection. You can access those on my website, or through Quizlet.com. I have also added a few sets to the "Repertoire" section of the Student Portal. Please let me know if you are using these resources so I can continue adding to it! Also let me know if you can't get them to work! (Sometimes things work fine for me as the teacher, but not so well for the students and I have no way of knowing if nobody tells me they aren't working!)

Don't forget to please help your child pass off their songs and scales to earn pins! You just need to send me a video of them playing. The scales can be played with or without the back track, but they need to be perfect at least one time with both hands.