At this stage in your child’s development, you should continue to hear a consistent, and well structured practice routine. When practicing, your child should be counting rhythms, singing and fingering/sliding notes, and articulating a melody or etude before playing. Students are also instructed to start slower on new assignments. We also instruct them to practice smaller portions of an assignment to fix mistakes before taking on the entire song/exercise. If your student can not demonstrate this structured activity, they may be struggling in class. Please encourage them at home to stay on top of their assignments so they can continue to enjoy playing their instrument.

Announcements

• Scale Olympics is in full swing. Your student should have passed off at least 4 scales or more at this time. To be on target to be a scale olympian, 9 scales should be passed off by Spring Break.
• The Winter Party has changed dates to Friday, February 20.
• Practice Cards are due on Monday, February 9.

Assignments

• 8 Major Scales, 1 chromatic scale
• Level 2 scales will be assigned when a student passes off all Level 1 scales
• The following melodies are being worked on for their respective rhythms:
  • syncopation
    • The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Elmo’s World, & Cookie Monster Song
• Playing test on Cookie Monster Song – listening for mastery of articulation as well as good sounds and correct pitch.