Month: April 2024

Hi it’s Nate again, this week my goal was to try and learn famous people today and then that played the piano, I also learned some chords and started to learn For Elise. Something I accomplished this week is that when I got home I practiced some chords on my own piano and some notes to For Elise. A struggle I had this week was timing the notes at the right time on my piano at home. Some adjustments I made were putting the key I needed to play on the piano like C D E F G A or B next to the note on the paper of the notes for the song. Next week I will practice some of the notes I need to play for my right hand and try and work with my left hand as well. See you next time for the next blog coming up. Thank you!

It is important to be a good neighbor. Being a good neighbor is not difficult there are many ways you can become good friends with your neighbor and become a good neighbor. Saying hi when they walk by you or when you just see them is very polite, letting them borrow your lawnmower when theirs breaks down, or inviting them to dinner or just to come hangout at your house, or just baking them a sweet treat are some things to make you become a good neighbor. Some more examples is if they have a kid or some kids, you should invite them to come play at your house play some ball outside or play video games and hang out. Also communicate with them get to know them better. Always pick up your dog’s poop as well because no one wants to see it on their yard! Lastly if there is a new neighbor that just moved in give them a proper greeting, welcome them to the neighborhood, and you can bake them a sweet treat as well.

Hi my name is Nate, this week I worked on learning the notes on the piano the white keys and the black keys, I also learned about some of the most famous composers that played the piano. I accomplished learning the different letters for the notes like C D E F G A B and one way to know how to read the notes on the lines is every (E) good (G) boy (B) does (D) fine (F) and only in the spaces you read it F A C E. I didn’t have any any struggles this week but I kind of struggled on the black keys because there are flats and sharps. An adjustment I made was when I just talked about the notes on the piano when I was taking notes but then I thought of drawing a diagram with the notes on the piano keys to help me better understand the notes on the piano. Next week I am going to research a famous and well known song and learn how to play it. Thanks for reading see you next week!

This summer I am going to Honolulu Hawaii, I am really looking forward to this because this is the first time I am going with my two cousins that haven’t been to Hawaii ever, all the other times I went on my own with my family and with my other cousin but this time I am going with both cousins, we will be staying at a resort and spa called Aulani it has swimming pools, scuba diving, breakfast, restaurants, you can also go to the ocean, rent a boat, and you can also meet the Disney characters, they also sometimes have shows and dances, water slides gift shops, and more. Aulani is a Disney resort made by Disney it is kind of like Disneyland, except it is in Hawaii and it doesn’t have any rides it just has some water slides and pools like a water park but way more fun. The hotel rooms are really nice and have a really nice view from the balcony. There are also really good places to eat nearby there are some stores as well. That is what I have to share for my free write.

Hello my name is Nate, for my 20% project I am learning about the piano, like how the piano functions, what are the most famous songs played on the piano, who are some of the greatest composers, how to play one of the famous songs etc. This week my goal was to learn how the piano functions and what do the pedals do on the piano. I took a photo of the different names of the pedals the names are the Soft Pedal the one on the left, the Sostenuto Pedal the one in the middle, and lastly the Sustain pedal the one on the right. I did not have any struggles this week, however there was a lot of things to learn about the mechanism when you press one of the piano keys. When you press a note it is a chain reaction that leads to a hammer that hits a string the lower the note the thicker the string and makes the sound last more and there is a thing called the Damper on top of the string and when you take off your finger from the key the Damper falls down and stops the sound, the higher the note the thinner string. The sound lasts a little bit and doesn’t need a Damper because the sound fades away so quickly it doesn’t really make a difference. This is all I learned this week see you next week.

There are so many people I would want to invite to dinner, but these are my top three: Bugs Bunny, SpongeBob SquarePants and Daffy Duck are three people I would love to invite to dinner at my house. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are from Looney Tunes and SpongeBob is also from a show that takes place in Bikini Bottoms. The reason I would want to have dinner with Bugs Bunny because he is a funny, and cool cartoon character and I just think it would be cool having Bugs Bunny at your dinner table. Next is Daffy Duck he is also a very funny cartoon character and I used to love Looney Tunes as a kid so that is why I chose Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Lastly is SpongeBob the reason I chose SpongeBob is because he would be the one that cooks he would cook Krabby Patties. I have always wanted to try Krabby Patties they just look really good. Those are all the reasons why I would have dinner with these cartoon characters.