Summer fun: Solfeggio, Chords And Ear Training

Last piece is tough, I know
I think, you may move on to Minor now.

hellene wrote: Last piece is tough, I know
I think, you may move on to Minor now.

I did once all chords in G major. Again, the summary, with number of attempts till I made no mistake:

Number attempt / Time
3 / 3
2 / 4
3 / 1
3 / 3
1 / 1
2 / 2
2 / 4
2 / 5
3 / 2
2 / 2
2 / 1
4/6

Om, please don't be put off by the progress of others. This musical journey is not a race or a competition. We all move at our own pace. The summer curriculum is a guide for ideas to try to enhance your music learning. It is just one way to achieve your goals! I have some music knowledge ( I am certainly no expert) but even I looked at the goals Helene set for us and went " is she joking???" it was my past musical experience that got in my way of an open mind!
Personally I don't think you should buy a theory book. I think if you did you would just get scared! There are SOOOO many musical terms to learn and it's best just to learn them by asking when you don't understand them. Using soft Mozart you don't need to know them until they are in a piece and in fact you can learn the pieces without knowing the terminology as the program makes it easy to do so. Do ask lots of questions though. Please don't sit at home overwhelmed and unsure.
Practicing the cords in hidden mode may be all you are ready for, just now. Believe it or not but guessing chords is an advanced skill, my oldest hasnt even attempted it in 3 years of lessons, i only tried it once in my 4 years of flute!
But don't let that stop you having a go at the other activities. Children don't come with the insecurities we adults have when something is hard, they just get stuck in make a bunch of mistakes and eventually get it right, provided we are a good cheer squad they keep trying. Transposing songs really isn't all that difficult, (kids may find it easier than adults) choose a song you are very familiar with, you need to be able to hear that the notes sound wrong when they are wrong. Play it normally. Then move your fingers down the keyboard one note. Then play it again. If one of the notes sounds off/wrong try using the next black key s a replacement.( the black ones are sharps and flats, they are flat if they are to the left of a note and sharp if they are to the right) continue playing until you have it sounding right.
Then try it again starting one more note down the keyboard. Until you can play your song starting from any note. Just TRY IT! it doesn't matter if it is a complete flop. The point is you tried, you learnt something, you will have some successes and you will learn what you need to improve on for next time. You may find you cant even hear when you are right or wrong. You may find when revisiting the activity in a few months that what was difficult this time is a piece of cake next time. You may surprise yourself like I did and find it much easier than you thought you would!