This is excellent work, Tootly and the Caterpillar are so proud of you!
Dear Parent,
You may have noticed how the children are now learning the notes behind the familiar exercise songs. This will help in internalising pitch and musical value of notes. That in turn helps them to sing any combination they may encounter in songs they learn even on their own.
Kiaara has done both exercises well. Please see our point wise feedback below:
Confidence and Independence – good
Understanding of the concept or exercise – good
Singing/ Pitching – good, needs some work
Rhythm – good
Overall control (volume, breath etc) – excellent
Pronunciation/ recollection of lyrics – good
Notes: This is not an easy task – we hope you enjoy and appreciate the musical knowledge Kiaara is gaining. Knowing the notes also helps us play the song on an instrument – so if you have a keyboard handy, you can now play these songs on the keyboard. Just google for which key is ‘C’ and start playing all the white keys from there! If you don’t have a keyboard – you can try to play here: http://www.musicca.com/piano . Just consider a white key labelled C as your ‘sa’ and ignore the rest of the labelling! Send us a video if you can 🙂
It can be confusing to sing with just sargam..especially as Kiaara is also focussed on reading the notes..we’d suggest yous ing in the following manner – sing a part of the song in words; then sing the same part in sargam (this will help you get the tune right). Do try these exercises again when you can; Kiaara has sung the first halves correctly, but the second halves in both songs are descending..ie, you sing the phrases as you come down from the high SA to the low SA. You can also take Tootly’s help; listen to a set of phrases, pause the video and then sing after it.
Dear Kiaara,
This is excellent work, Tootly and the Caterpillar are so proud of you!
Dear Parent,
You may have noticed how the children are now learning the notes behind the familiar exercise songs. This will help in internalising pitch and musical value of notes. That in turn helps them to sing any combination they may encounter in songs they learn even on their own.
Kiaara has done both exercises well. Please see our point wise feedback below:
Confidence and Independence – good
Understanding of the concept or exercise – good
Singing/ Pitching – good, needs some work
Rhythm – good
Overall control (volume, breath etc) – excellent
Pronunciation/ recollection of lyrics – good
Notes: This is not an easy task – we hope you enjoy and appreciate the musical knowledge Kiaara is gaining. Knowing the notes also helps us play the song on an instrument – so if you have a keyboard handy, you can now play these songs on the keyboard. Just google for which key is ‘C’ and start playing all the white keys from there! If you don’t have a keyboard – you can try to play here: http://www.musicca.com/piano . Just consider a white key labelled C as your ‘sa’ and ignore the rest of the labelling! Send us a video if you can 🙂
It can be confusing to sing with just sargam..especially as Kiaara is also focussed on reading the notes..we’d suggest yous ing in the following manner – sing a part of the song in words; then sing the same part in sargam (this will help you get the tune right). Do try these exercises again when you can; Kiaara has sung the first halves correctly, but the second halves in both songs are descending..ie, you sing the phrases as you come down from the high SA to the low SA. You can also take Tootly’s help; listen to a set of phrases, pause the video and then sing after it.
Look forward to hearing more from Kiaara.