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In this issue...

PAGE 2 Meet the student! In this issue meet Anaiyah H.! PAGE 3 Ultimate Studio Makeover Challenge Update! September 28 11:10-1:45 PAGE 4 Recital and Piano Party photos PAGE 5 ENVIRONMENT My personal story

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STUDIO INFORMATION Hello students and parents. Welcome to a new semester! This semester brings more than just new music and students. We have new ideas, groups classes and fun posters. There will also be freshly cleaned carpets. Yay!

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Use this new semester as a fresh start for creating good piano practice habits. One tip is to make a schedule. Think about a school schedule. (Homeroom is 8:00-8:20. Science is 8:30-9:30. English is 9:40-10:40.) A 5 year old might have a piano practice schedule like this: 7:00-7:10 am Monday-Friday 9:00-9:10 am Saturday-Sunday A 10 year old's schedule may look like this: 4:00-4-30 pm Monday-Thursday 6:00-6:30 pm Friday 9:00-9:45 am Saturday-Sunday An adult student could have a schedule like this: M- 7:30-8:00 T- 10:00-11:00 W- 6:30-6:40 Th- 12:00-12:45 F,S,Su no practice... Flies to North Pole for non-stop work ;) Everyone has a different environment and situation. Find out what works for your family. I hope these newsletters bring you joy, inspiration, laughter and information. As always feel free to email, text or give me a call with any questions, or plain old confusion with this newsletter or any other aspect of the studio! Enjoy!

pianolessons@pianobymelody.com pianobymelody.com (424) 477-2076 Piano by Melody Newsletter

VOLUME 2, NO.4 September 2013
Editor in Chief-Melody Garber ;)

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Meet the student

Meet Anaiyah, Age 5
If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be:

Favorite piece currently working on:

My favorite piece is Cuckoo. It is my favorite because I like to play nger 5 and 3 and that is the Cuckoo part of the song.

Piece you wish to learn:

I would go to Sea World in San Diego and stay in the hotel that serves breakfast and has a pool.

I wish that I could learn Go Tell Aunt Rhody because I like to sing the words to the song. What do you like about playing the piano:

Ice Cream or fruit:

My favorite avor of ice cream is chocolate because it tastes like chocolate! My favorite fruit is apples because I like the skin.

I like the way the music notes sound.

Any other instruments you play/ enjoy listening to :

Share any other fact(s) about yourself: I like to draw pictures of people because I like people!

I only know how to play the piano. I do like to listen to the ute. Other favorite songs or composers/ artists:

I like Michael Jackson songs! Favorite book, show, movie:

My favorite book is, Llama, Llama Mad at Mama By Anna Dewdney. My favorite TV show is, Doc Mc Stufns and it comes on Disney Jr. My favorite Movie is called, Rupunzel and it comes on Disney Jr.

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Ultimate Studio Makeover Challenge! Update

(always say in a dramatic announcer voice)

If you are available on Saturday September 28 between 11:15 and 1:45 please join me for the makeover! Volume 2 Number 2 has some more information pertaining to this event. Below are a few items that have already been taken care of. Thank you Piano by Melody Families! Please let me know if you plan to attend. As some of you know, Alpine Village can get crowded. I want to make sure I reserve parking.

No smushed ngers! The cabinet doors under the window can now close shut.

Upholstery cleaning!

The curtains will return, a shelf will be placed above the sink, artwork will be hung and the layout of the studio will be better suited for group lessons.

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My First Piano

When I began piano lessons I lived in southeast Los Angeles in a small back house that shared a lot with two other homes. One was another small back house and the other was the main house, my Great-grandmother's house. Our dwelling, though appearing spacious to my 3-5 year old perspective, was small. There was a kitchen, a main room with a space for a small dining room table, and a small bedroom I shared with one of my sisters, my parents' room and a bathroom. T o get to the bathroom or my parents' room you had to walk through my room. My other sister had a room in my great-grandmother's house, which was also quite small. So, if you cant even fit all of your siblings in your house, where is there room for a piano? Here was our solution to that puzzle: It sat squeezed behind our dining table against the wall right next to my dad's "chair" (does every dad have "The Chair"?)