Mood:
on fireSo, I'm writing about the 10year old boys again. Not that they're my favourite class, it's just that they are the most advanced students I have, and I'm experiencing new things first through these kids.
Last week, we worked on Unit 10, playing the I-V-I cadance. They had a bit of a hard time with it, and frankly, there wasn't a lot of practicing that went on this week, so we reviewed unit 10 tonight.
At the last lesson, I wasn't really sure what to do, so I had Marilyn clarify a few things for me, which helped a LOT! (side note: Marilyn is an amazing woman, so kind and helpful. I'm hoping that she'll adopt me!! LOL)
Tonight, I had the boys practice the first version of the dominant only, and also worked on playing it with RH and then LH, we used all different registers of the keyboard. They're really starting to get it nicely.
When the parents came to pick up the boys, I mentioned to them that the boys should be practicing their I-V-I cadences. One mom, who had piano lessons as a kid, told me that she really didn't "remember" her triads. I brought her over to the piano, and showed what we were doing, and explained why we were doing it. I told her how the boys will be learning to harmonize melodies, starting off with single notes (I-V), and how the patterns that we're learning will eventually lead into chords and accompaniments. I also explained that we're using solfege so that the students are comfortable playing this in a lot of different keys. She was really impressed when I told her that with my "traditional" students, this type of material isn't covered until about grade 6 or 7 Royal Conservatory piano! I think that made her happy, that her son is learning 'hard stuff'!! LOL
