Session Date
Lesson Topic
Learning Song of the Volga Boatmen
Lesson Outline
Christopher had learned how many times his eyes would have to switch from the Bass Clef to the Treble Clef -- we called it the top hand and the bottom hand. He answered all the questions correctly during the review. We played it the first time with me pointing to each note asking "top hand or bottom hand?". When he had to play it on his own he had difficulty. Therefore, it was decided after a few attempts that I would write the symbol before the note of which hand it was. Also, Christopher was encouraged to say out loud the finger number to reinforce what he was looking at. It worked. However, by this time he was tired of playing the same thing over and over again. We will revisit the piece again on Thursday. I reminded him of how well he did before we decided to switch to something else. The something else was the C Scale. We did it five times in a row and then proceeded to do the C Triad. He did that five times in a row ascending. We tried descending and it was too difficult. No problem. We'll tackle that on Thursday. All in all he is aware that he can do it. Eventually we find a way to make it easy for him to understand. I want him to feel accomplished. Also, if he assumed it was going to be hard, so much the better after he realizes that he CAN do it.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Christopher continues to assume that he cannot play whatever is put in front of him. Then we proceed to show him how to conquer the piece of music. He is beginning to believe in himself. I"m very proud of him. He hasn't given up. He gets frustrated, but he doesn't give up.
Session Hours
0.50
Hours Attended
0.50
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