Purple Magic #4

NEED TO KNOW

Purple Magic #4: We have been doing so much in class! I hope you have been astounded by what they're doing in when they play at home, and I'm excited to have you come next week and see how everything fits together!

PARENT DAY AND TUITION DUE: Next week is a Parent Day and the next installment of tuition is due. I'll send a request through Wave later this week. If you don't get one, it means that you've already paid this portion! Thank you!

FLASHCARDS: We'll be adding new note flashcards next week when parents are in class. Now's the time to make sure your student has a solid handle on the Treble Clef Space Notes! It will be much easier for them to learn new notes if they're already really good at identifying the first batch.

GOOD TO KNOW

ALOUETTE: This song is jam packed with opportunities for musical development. They have identified the rhythm of the melody. They did a GREAT job this week sight reading the second two lines. Next week we'll look at the intervals in the left hand accompaniment. We'll also analyze the classical ABA form. Like I said, packed!

REPEAT SIGN: We added the repeat sign to the bar line and double bar line vocabulary. Ask your Purple Magician to show you the dot-dot-do-it-again dance we did in class!

FUN TO KNOW

We practiced drawing Treble Clefs for the first time. "Make a long J and a capital D. Swirl around the 2nd line 'cause that's a G!" Check out your student's clefs on page 2 of their songbooks. They're doing so good! Even (or maybe especially!) when compared to treble clefs drawn by some of history's greatest composers!