Your kids worked really hard in class today!

• They played scales in C major and F major AND played Cadence Blues in C, F, and G major! 

• The kids used a lot of brain power learning the real names of the red, blue, and yellow chords - the 1, 4, and 5 chord (often written I, IV, and V chords). So amazing and so impressive! We are transitioning from naming our chords by color and naming them by number which is the method used by the REST of the musical world and discovering WHY they have these particular names (spoiler alert...because of the scale degrees!). 

• They learned how to draw a sharp and an eighth note while we did melodic dictation in G Major.

Do is Home

While finding a pitch (out of thin air) through audiation isn't a new thing for our Let's Play Music student, we are now switching it up. We started to find 'fa' and make F home instead of C and now we will make G home, instead of C and F. We are always doing this relative to Middle C to continually reinforce the sound of Middle C and to teach relative pitch.

Scale Degrees

Actually numbering the steps of the scale as 'scale degrees' is the first step in transitioning out of calling our primary chords by colors. The Red, Blue, and Yellow chords are respectively the I, IV and V chord (we call them 1, 4, and 5) and they get their chord names because their root is that numbered scale degree within the scale.

Did you know that your little musician has super powers? They really do!!!

I value open and honest communication so please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, or comments.

Thank you!