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The Church Organ: Good job! Remember to count evenly! Do not make the whole note a quarter note!

Yankee Doodle: New piece. Careful with our notes!

Blow the Man Down: Dotted half note is 3 beats

Old McDonald: Review this piece

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Today is the last class in June! Keep practicing and will see you in September

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1) Old McDonald: Careful with the letter C and if it’s played with the right hand or left hand

2) Blow the Man Down: Careful with your notes

3) The Church Organ: Fantastic job! Good job counting by yourself with the correct notes!

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1. Old MacDonald: remember which notes are played with which hand!
bottom = LEFT hand
top = RIGHT hand
2. Blow the Man Down: try to keep both hands on the piano when playing
3. Review audition pieces
4. NEW: The Church Organ

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Happy June!

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1. Old MacDonald: great job! keep practicing, remember to keep your hands down on the piano

Middle C = if the lines are down you play them with your left hand, if the lines are up you play them with your right hand

2. Blow the Man Down

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No class next weekend!

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Program:
1. Mary Had a Little Lamb: keep practicing by memory
2. The Paratrooper: keep practicing by memory
3. The Train
4. The Seabees
5. Marching Up and Down
6. March of the Gnomes

Rag-Time Raggles
The Chimes
Old MacDonald - NEW

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Happy Wednesday!

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Keep practicing your memorized pieces! :)

Work on:
Rag-time Raggles: count!!
The Chimes: review your notes

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Happy May. Continue to learn new pieces and review the once you recorded.

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Recorded:
- March of the Gnomes
- The Paratrooper

Marching Up and Down: Good job working on it. Work on memorizing the first line! Second line is pretty good!

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Memorize because we're going to record next week:
-March of the Gnomes
-The Paratrooper: continue to work on the second line

Already recorded but keep practicing:
Mary Had a Little Lamb
The Train
Seabees

Practice with the book + NEW pieces
Marching Up and Down

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Happy beautiful Day! Work on memorization for next 2-3 pieces Next week 9 am in person

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Already recorded:
Mary Had a Little Lamb
The Train
Seabees

Try to memorize:
March of the Gnomes
The Paratrooper

Practice: Marching Up and Down

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Welcome back! Let's keep working together on your piano program

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Mary Had a Little Lamb: Keep practicing with and without the book, lovely memory. Less pausing between measures

The Paratrooper: Remember to count. Good job on memorizing up to the 6th measure. Keep working on playing it with the piece and then by memory to have all 8 measures by memory.

The Seabees: Good job on memory attempt. Careful with the first measure of the second line, C is held for four beats!

March of the Gnomes: Work on this piece.

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Happy Spring!

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1. Mary Had a Little Lamb: excellent! keep by memory (practice w the book and then without)
2. The Seabees: make sure you practice so you don't forget your pieces! try to work on memory - play ALL the lines, don't stop after one line
3. March of the Gnomes: remember to play both lines, work on memory
4. The Paratrooper: keep practicing the second line

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Happy St. Patrick Day next week!

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Mary Had a Little Lamb: Keep it memorized!
The Seabees: Good job on memorizing all the notes! Remember to hold for four beats with whole notes! Counting is important!
Dance of the Gnomes: Remember dotted half note (the half note with a dot next to it) is counted for 3 beats.
March of the Gnomes: Make sure to count the half notes,
try to get to old McDonald next time

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Happy Saturday in March!

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Mary Had a Little Lamb: Keep it memorized!
The Seabees: Good job on memorizing all the notes! Remember to hold for four beats with whole notes! Counting is important!
Dance of the Gnomes: Remember dotted half note (the half note with a dot next to it) is counted for 3 beats.
March of the Gnomes: Make sure to count the half notes,
try to get to old McDonald next time

Make sure you count as you practice!

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Happy March!

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Mary Had a Little Lamb: Keep it memorized!
The Seabees: Good job on memorizing all the notes! Remember to hold for four beats with whole notes! Counting is important!
Dance of the Gnomes: Good job remembering it again. Remember dotted half note (the half note with a dot next to it) is 3 beats!

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Happy cold and sunny Saturday!

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Mary had a little lamb- So so good! Continue to memorize.
The Seabees-  Good job on notes, work on memory!
March of the Gnomes-
Dance of t

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Happy Valentine Day! Lots of Love

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1. Mary Had A Little Lamb: great job, continue to have by memory
2. The Seabees: whole note = 4, quarter note = 1, half note = 2, remember the count! Try to start working on memorizing it :)
3. March of the Gnomes: remember to have both hands on the piano when you're playing, they're sharing middle C! always play both lines, don't pause
4. Dance of the Gnomes: played the same was at March, but just count to 3 instead
5. The Paratrooper: keep practicing the first line (A C B), we'll finish the song next week

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Happy February! Glad to see you

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1. Mary Had a Little Lamb: good job - practice 2-3x with the music and then by memory!
2: Dance of the Gnomes: great job remembering counting to 3! make sure you practice both lines :)
3. March of the Gnomes: same notes as your other piece but count to 2
4. The Seabees: try to practice without looking! :)
5. The Paratrooper: NEW note A

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Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Have a great winter break and practice. Next class in January!

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Merry Christmas! Happy New Year

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1. Mary Had a Lamb: remember to keep all your fingers on the piano while you're playing and not to sit too close. practice with the paper and then flip it over and practice 3-4 times by memory
2. Seabees: great job this week! continue to count out loud and remember to play both lines
3. March of the Gnomes: remember to play the whole thing (don't pause after the quarter notes)
4. Dance of the Gnomes: remember the same notes as March of the Gnomes just count to THREE!

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13 Days Before Christmas! Ho- Ho-Ho!!!

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1. Mary Had a Lamb: great job by memory! keep practicing, remember to keep your hands nice & relaxed while playing
2. Seabees: whole note = 4, half = 2, quarter = 1, remember the last measures are TWO half notes
3. March of the Gnomes: remember to play one middle C with each hand at the end, don't forget to play BOTH lines
4. Dance of the Gnomes: same notes as March of the Gnomes - you just count to THREE! Remember dotted half notes = 3

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Let's celebrate December with kindness

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March of the Gnomes: Good job on finishing the song in one lesson! Practice so that you don't forget it, When practicing read the notes, measure by measure and play just like we did in class.

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Happy Saturday and Happy Thanksgiving!! Count your Blessings!

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Mary Had a Lamb: Good job working on memory! Top line sounds fantastic! Bottom line work on memory! Look at it a few times, then flip over.

Seabees: Remember LEFT HAND!

March of the Gnomes: Two times every day, right hand to left hand

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Happy Saturday!!

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1. Mary Had A Little Lamb: great job playing with the book; let's see if we can try to play it without the music :)
2. The Seabees: new note; B = purple; remember whole notes = 4, quarter notes = 1, and half notes = 2 counts
3. March of the Gnomes: for this sound we're counting 2 in each measure and BOTH hands are on the piano "taking turns"

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Happy Saturday!!!

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Continue to practice. MAKE SURE TO RELAX YOUR HANDS.

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1. Great job with Mary Had a Little Lamb! Continue to practice and count so we can record you next week.
2. We practice with our left hand a little bit! NEW NOTE: B (purple)
3. Review whole note (4), half note (2), quarter note (1)

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1.  Mary Had A Little Lamb: we learned how to color our notes!
E = green (always on the first line)
D = red (before E)
C = blue (always has its OWN line)

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Remember to sit up nice & tall at the edge of the seat and pretend like you're holding a ball in your hand

1. Great job playing whole notes with both hands - continue to practice that
2. Continue to practice half notes hands separate (1 2, 3 4)
**remember for your left hand  your thumb is playing middle C
3. Thompson start on pg. 8 & 9 whole notes
4. Thompson pg. 10
UP notes = right hand (treble clef), DOWN notes = left hand (bass clef)
5. We started Mary Had A Little Lamb - the first line (p. 18) - E D C D (3 2 1 2)

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we learn

Whole notes =  4 counts

Half notes = 2 counts

Quarter notes = 1 count

practice playing

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play C D and E by next week.

Play C using your thumb
Play D using 2nd finger
Play E - using 3rd finger

Practice counting 1-2-3-4 on letter C

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