Isabella's Progress Diary (Level C)

I know we are in the 2nd week of the Semester! The first week went pretty well however my camera (FlipCam) that I used to record Isabella broke and I can't get all our videos off ( I am extremely upset because I also have videos of the baby on it, trying to get it fixed or at least get the videos) At the moment I am using the Ipad to take videos which I don't really love but its all we have.

September 15, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon and Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation-Surprise Symphony
Surprise Symphony- P4 57/67 (94)
Broken Chord Waltz- P5 25/32 (33)
Drummer- P5 81/85 (32)
Fingerobics #3- P5 30/30 (11)
Let's Boogie-P5 66/78 (63)
Guess Key- 5 min [341] 1:40
Bass Puzzle 3 min [132] 1:58

September 16, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon and Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation-Surprise Symphony
Surprise Symphony- P4 57/67 (90)
Broken Chord Waltz- P5 30/32 (20)
Drummer-84/85 (24)
Fingerobics #3-P5 25/30 (19) P5 30/30 (08)
Let's Boogie- P5 64/78 (28)
Hot Cross Buns-P5 37/37 (20)
Guess Key- 3 min [134] 0:51
Note Alphabet- 3 min [112] 1:58

Question from Isabella: Why is Hot Cross Buns different on First Steps than it is on Introductory Songs?

September 18, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon and Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation-Surprise Symphony
Surprise Symphony-P4 57/67 (104)
Broken Chord Waltz-P5 32/32 (22)
Drummer-P5 74/85 (60)
Fingerobics #3- P5 25/30 (14)
Guess Key- 3 min [128] 1:08

September 19, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon and Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation-Surprise Symphony
Surprise Symphony- P4 58/67 (85)
Broken Chord Waltz- P5 31/32 (16)
Drummer- P5 85/85 (26)
Fingerobics #3- P5 26/30 (13)
Hot Cross Buns- P5 37/37 (14)
Guess Key 3 min [81] 1:13
Fruit Lines 3 min [48] 2:01

I would have posted the videos of her playing the songs but they are stuck in the camera.

As this week began yesterday, we turned on our computer and piano to find that the piano is not connecting to the computer! We have to get it fixed but we are still working as much as we can.

September 22, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon and Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation-Surprise Symphony
Theory Theather
Treble Puzzle 5 mins maybe more [258] 8:30

September 23, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon and Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation-Surprise Symphony
Bass Puzzle 5 mins [134] 2:37

September 25, 2014
Note Duration 3 min [116] 04:06 33 Level 05
Fruit Lines 3 min [43] 1:40 Level 06

I hope the videos are in this page if not I will edit to fix that (for some reason it doesn't work when I do it most of the time) These are from Monday September 22, 2014.

Chromatic Scale (Treble)


Chromatic Scale (Bass)


Hanon Both Hands


Hanon (Treble)


Hanon (Bass)

Best Regards,
Christine and Isabella

Hey so our Piano is still broken (it isn't connecting to the computer, USB port is broken) so we are unable to play gentle piano and guess key game. We are trying to at least listen for Music Appreciation and do our finger exercises and play some games. Hopefully we will get the piano fixed this week and will be back up and running by next week.

We still don't have a piano! We hopefully will be getting it soon (like tomorrow or this coming week)! It took us a while to get it fixed because we had to save the money it cost $75.00 just to get it looked at. We have been so sad without it, we have so much to work on and it is devastating not having our keyboard in the house. We still do piano games and whatever else we can do.

September 29, 2014
Finger Exercises- Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale
Music Appreciation-Surprise Symphony
Note duration 3 min [122] 03:43 31 Level 5
Note Alphabet 3 min [121] 2:10

September 30, 2014
Bass Staff 3 min [134] 02:51
Fruit Lines 3 min [49] 2:13
Treble Puzzle 3 min [125] 3:03 Level 6

October 1, 2014
Note Duration 3 min [108] 48 3:30
Fruit Lines 3 min [59] 1:17

October 2, 2014
Note Alphabet 3 min [115] 1:47

October 3, 2014
Treble Puzzle 3 min [78] 1:44
Bass Puzzle 3 min [76] 2:33

October 6, 2014
Note Duration 3 min [123] 05:06 50 Level 5
Franz Joseph Haydn bio, word search, and color sheet

October 7, 2014
Note Alphabet 3 min [109] 1:52

October 8, 2014
Bass Puzzle 5 min [220] 4:00

October 9, 2014
Treble Puzzle 3 min [133] 2:50

October 10, 2014
Fruit Lines 3 min [70] 2:15 Level 9

October 13, 2014
Note duration 3 min [116] 03:14 31 Level 5

October 14, 2014
Note Alphabet 3 min [138] 2:49 ABC

October 15, 2014
Bass Puzzle 3 min [136] 2:21

October 16, 2014
Treble Puzzle [135] 1:51

October 20, 2014
Treble Puzzle 2 min [92] 1:53

October 21, 2014
Bass Puzzle 3 min [166] 2:10

October 23, 2014
Note Duration 3 min [120] 2:47 27 Level 05

October 24, 2014
Fruit Lines 3 min [74] 2:05 ABC

October 27, 2014
Bass Staff Puzzle 4 min [156] 2:59

October 28, 2014
Note Alphabet [98] 2:53 ABC

October 30, 2014
Note Duration 3 min [94] 2:37 48 level 3

November 3, 2014
Note Duration 3 min [111] 3:18 29

November 4, 2014
Fruit Lines 3 min [33] 2:31 Level 5

November 6, 2014
Treble Puzzle 3 min [66] 1:44 ABC
Note Alphabet 3 min [86] 1:43


update: the piano repair says it will take at least an additional week to ten days as they are waiting on a part. I am super stressed that my little girl is not going to be ready for recital and she is missing out on so much!

We got the piano back! We got the piano back late yesterday afternoon after we went to the doctors to get some shots for the kids and first thing this morning after breakfast they are playing...surprised my little one is so excited to have it back. Ha! But Isabella is excited and starting to get ready for the recital we will post videos (by the end of the weekend) so we can figure out what she should play for the recital. She definitely wants to work on learning Ode to Joy by heart!

November 7,2014
Bass Puzzle 3 min [36] 2:40 ABC

November 10, 2014
Note duration 3 min [87] 2:04 24

November 11, 2014
Note alphabet 3 min [51] 1:51

November 12, 2014
Fruit Lines 3 min [42]

November 13, 2014
Bass Puzzle 5 min [158] 3:13

November 14, 2014
Treble Puzzle 3 min [27] 2:40

November 18, 2014
Bass Puzzle 5 min [87] 3:54

November 19, 2014 (First day with the piano back! and first thing in the morning)
Early Learner, Hanon, Chromatic Scale
Slumber Song P4 43/62 (137)
Broken Chord Waltz P4 32/32 (22)
Drummer P4 81/85 (39)
Ode to Joy P4 48/48 (36)
Jingle Bells P4 71/77 (69)
Guess Key 5 min [217] 1:15
Note Duration 3 min [115] 35 2:49 Level 5