So I guess my son is learning something in public school after all...

[Mark Wein]

He just came up to my laptop and started pointing out notes in a transcription of "Flying Home" from Charlie Christian I'm working on and identifying quarter rests, quarter notes, whole rests and answered a few questions about other note values properly. I've never taught him anything about music but I know he has a music class in Kindergarten.

 

[paulskirocks]

You mean those little dots actually mean something?

 

[12Pack]

tah tah ti ti tah

 

[Chad]

He is pretty smart, you lost me at quarter rests.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

He is pretty smart, you lost me at quarter rests.

actually, it's a buck n a quarter-quarter rest. but i'm not telling him that.

 

[telecaster911]

Nice!

 

[reverend1]

Wow, he learned something at public school? Don't tell anyone or they will throw him out for being a trouble maker.

 

[Kerouac]

tah tah ti ti tah

Ugh. Hated teaching that.

 

[gibby mcfender]

They have music in public schools there??!1? In KINDERGARTEN even?

 

[Mark Wein]

They have music in public schools there??!1? In KINDERGARTEN even?

they get an hour a week i guess. He goes to a magnet school, so even though its a public school what they get is better than the regular public schools. If we want a regular music program I think we pay for an after school version. It sounds like they are adding mandatory Piano for one of the grades next year, which I dig.

 

[gibby mcfender]

Still very cool

 

[paulskirocks]

they get an hour a week i guess. He goes to a magnet school, so even though its a public school what they get is better than the regular public schools. If we want a regular music program I think we pay for an after school version. It sounds like they are adding mandatory Piano for one of the grades next year, which I dig.

Wow... I remember being part of the magnet summer school system back in the 70's... We got to do some cool things...

 

[reverend1]

We learned to play "row row your boat" on the recorder. Does that count.

 

[Tiltsta]

Nice, but has he learned about 'tone' yet?

 

[Mark Wein]

Wow... I remember being part of the magnet summer school system back in the 70's... We got to do some cool things...

It really wasn't anything I was aware of until we started scrambling for a school to get him into. We're incredibly lucky that not only he gets to go but his sister will get grandfathered in, too.

Nice, but has he learned about 'tone' yet?

:rolleyes:

He was born with tone.

 

[gibby mcfender]

:rolleyes:

He was born with tone.

I think anyone else that was in the room would've just called that screaming

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

He was born with tone.

the tone midiclorians created him. he is the savior of tone destined to bring balance to the midrange knob.

 

[Denverdave]

Very cool....

I figured from the thread title it was probably a few choice vocabulary words. Music theory is much better.

 

[Peeker]

actually, it's a buck n a quarter-quarter rest. but i'm not telling him that.

gold.
midichlorians get a silver

I didn't understand anything of the OP, other than the kid's smarter than I am...

 

[Mark Wein]

the tone midiclorians created him. he is the savior of tone destined to bring balance to the midrange knob.

As long as he doesn't try to race any flying junk piles I'll be OK.