Sunday, October 5, 2008

Let's play music

Kennedy started a Let's play music class in September. One of the sisters in our ward teaches this. It teaches young kids (as young as 4) to play the piano as well as hear the pitches going up and down. They also do the notes as do re mi and so on and focus on the pitches going up and down and not so much on the names of the notes. They learn the names more in the 3rd year. Kennedy skipped the 1st year class and went strait into the 2nd year class. The first year you play tone bells and the 2nd and 3rd years you play the piano. She is doing great in the class and is catching on fast since she didn't do the first year. The hardest part is with the do re mi you have to know where those notes are on the keyboard and there are also hand signs for them which will take us awhile to know. She goes once a week for 40 minutes and she has 4 other kids in her class. Once a month a parent has to go and sit in on the class. She also has to practice 5 times a week. The best part is they are less than a mile from our house.
The reason why Kennedy is doing these classes is because of another deal Jon made. The Harris' (that is the last name of the family that Kennedy is doing the class from) are finishing off their basement. So Jon and Rich Harris both worked on the electrical in his basement and as payment Kennedy gets a years worth of Let's Play Music classes.

2 comments:

Leanne said...

Sounds like a cool trade to me! I bet she is having fun and learning a talent too. Wish I could get lucky and trade things like that for my kids :)

Beth Soelberg said...

That's a fantastic "barter of services." Kennedy will benefit so much from having that skill...unless you consider how many church events require a piano, and then it might get overwhelming! :)

(I'm just kidding, I love to play the piano anytime!).