LPM Parent Info Archives

This week in class we learned that we can find the root of any triad, even when it isn't in root position! Just use the phrase "The note...

We have come to the end of our 3 year Let's Play Music journey. I have loved teaching and growing with your kids. We have a station day...

Practicing makes things easier and smoother, so it makes sense that we would practice performing as well as practicing the actual music...

Remember to have your student include practicing their composition in their daily practice! They need to be ready to perform at the...

We have all finished our compositions and they sound great! I’m so proud of all my Orange Roots! Please make sure that your child...

New this week: 5 finger patterns in 4 keys bass clef harmonic dictation Next week are private lessons. If you haven't already, start...

Thanks for attending this week. It's pretty amazing how much your little musician has learned, isn't it? Bagatelle Bridges This...

This week we learned the A minor scale and cadence, did rhythmic dictation for the first time, and practiced drawing a bass clef. Parents...

Oh my! So much at this last lesson. We... Learned the real names of R, B, Y are I(1), IV(4), and V(5)-- we are transitioning from naming...

Wow! What a fun lesson #6. I was blown away with your children's compositions this week! The creativity and personality that I saw...

Thanks for coming today! We learned about scale degrees. This is where we assign a number to each note of the scale, 1-7 starting with...

Unband the rest of the orange rhythm flashcards this week! We started working on chord inversions this week. Use the red stickers in the...

A reminder that practicing flashcards are a part of weekly practicing and need to be done to get 100% finished. There are spaces in the...

What a great first lesson! There is always so much info to pack in while I have you in class once a month! Thank you for coming! Our last...

What a great semester! I am so proud of how far each child has come. Thanks for coming to station day, it was great fun! There is no...

Skaters Like our previous puppet show, Skaters (Banditen Galopp by Johann Strauss) has 2 distinct sections and follows the classic ABA...

On this week's Jingle Bells homework: Remember...it doesn't have to be perfect. Writing music, transposing, finding the correct...

Next week is parent week! Our showtime for next week is Turkey in the Straw. We continue to work on melodic dictation in F major and we...

F 5 Finger Position In class we started taking melodic dictation. I played a few musical notes, and the students had to listen and figure...

At this lesson, we tried playing the C major scale hands together. This is a tricky exercise because the two hands pop at different...