What is Let’s Play Music?
Let’s Play Music is a fun foundational music theory and piano class for your child that begins at age 4 - 6. Classes consist of 5-8 students, and use the magic of group synergy to make learning music fun! This three-year program solves the problem that a child is most ready to learn music at an early age, but their fingers and letter skills are not yet ready. Far beyond piano lessons, your Let’s Play Music student will also learn chord structure, ear training, sight singing, and classical music instruction. We take full advantage of the brain’s ability to absorb musical concepts and teach skills in an age appropriate way. Solfege hand signs, folk songs, games, imagination and creativity are important components of each lesson.
Classes are held weekly over the course of the regular school year in Emily's home studio in Logandale. Each year of the program is divided into 2 semesters consisting of 15 lessons each.
Beginners Ages 4-6: Red Balloons and Blue Bugs
In First Year, classes are 45 min. long. A parent or care giver attends every other week with their student. This year sets the theory foundation.
The focus is internal music skills:
Sing in tune,
Keep a steady beat, clap complex rhythm, subdivide
Recognize I, IV, V chords by sound/structure and their function
Solfege (DO, RE, MI) and hand signs
Cadence patterns with strong pull to DO
Sing in harmony and Begin to read music through interval note relationships (steps, skips, leaps) with tone bells.
2nd year: Green Turtle Shells and Yellow Arrows
In Second Year, classes are 50 min. long and a care giver attends approx. once a month with their student. Must have completed 1st year to enroll.
The focus is beginning keyboard skills:
Transfer skills from 1st year bells and autoharp to the piano
Learn keyboard geography and letter names of notes on piano
Self-Accompany (Play chords while singing melody)
First semester are songs with right hand chords - blocked and broken
Second semester adds left hand chords with right hand melody or chords.
Sight reading melodic intervals with a puppet named Echo Edna
3rd year: Purple Magic and Orange Roots
In Third Year, classes are 55 minutes long and care givers attend approx. once a month with their student. Completion of 1st and 2nd years required to enroll.
The Third Year Focus is: The Complete Musician
Identify note names on the Grand Staff
Sight read and improvise with puppet Echo Edison
Take rhythmic, melodic and harmonic dictation
Play primary chords in 5 keys
Transpose beginning level pieces
Learn traditional counting and note names (quarter note, half note, eighth notes, sixteenth notes)
Musical form and expression through classical music
Chord theory and inversions
Compose an original piece
What does it cost?
Registration Fee: $15 (goes toward incentives, printing, end of year recital)
Tuition: I will recieve payment through Venmo if your paying for the full semester or year. You can also pay each month By Venmo (preferred), cash or check.
1st year: $240/semester or you may split it into 8 monthly payments of $60/mo.
2nd year: $280/semester or you may split it into 8 monthly payments of $70/mo.
3rd year: $320/semester or you may split it into 8 monthly payments of $80/mo.
1st Year Student Materials - $91
2nd Year Student Materials - $72
3rd Year Student Materials - $79
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