Hi Strings peep!

Just wanted to update everyone and see how you are all doing. I am happy with some of the students turning in recordings and I loved listening to all the practicing going on! Keep it up!

Level 1’s: I have added new assignments so please check it out!

Level 2’s: I need a few more students to sign in to Smart Music and if you are having troubles with it, please let me know and email me at lucy.chang@burnabyschools.ca.

Thank you and I hope everyone is staying safe!

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to give a quick update on how everyone’s doing on SmartMusic.

I have heard from some students who have submitted their assignments on SmartMusic and I loved going through them and listening to those of you who has been practicing at home! I have written out comments and just given out simple marks (don’t worry about the marks as you don’t get report cards for strings). The comments are just small little things you can improve on and watch out for as you’re practicing. I will update new assignments again this Thursday. Keep it up and happy practicing!

Hi Strings peeps!

I have given out more assignments on SmartMusic so please check it out!

Level 1: #98 – 105 in Strings Explorer. This week’s focus will be on counting in 3’s. Please remember that a dotted half note (half note with a dot on the right side of it) get’s 3 counts. Please also start handing in the assignments so I can get a rough idea on where everyone is at. As usual, please email me at lucy.chang@burnabyschools.ca if you have any questions.

Level 2: Unfortunately, the pieces we have been practicing is not available on SmartMusic. However, I’d still like to ask for a recording emailed to me on 1 full pieces of your choice. If there are rests in between, you can skip the rests. As usual, please email me at lucy.chang@burnabyschools.ca if you have any questions.

Happy practicing!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the newly created blog for all my students! As we are navigating through so many new experiences, I’d like firstly say that if you have questions, comments, or even just wish to chat, please don’t hesitate to contact me at my email lucy.chang@burnabyschools.ca. I do check my emails quite regularly everyday so if you’d like to get in contact with me, that would probably be the easiest way. I will also be collaborating with your home room teachers and setting up a band group in Microsoft 356 Teams.

Now, I’d like to explain how and what our lessons will look like for the foreseeable future. Again, this is probably going to be a rough draft of what’s going to happen. I am also navigating through new waters so please bare with me.

1. I have set up a class account for Level 1 and Level 2’s separately on a website called SmartMusic. You will be given assignments and music from the website.
2. Every week, I will assign pages and workouts to practice at home. Some of the music online will have accompaniments you can play along with.
3. Please submit a recording of the assignments at the end of each week. You only need to submit 1 recording of each exercise. You can submit your recordings through 2 different ways. On SmartMusic, you can record straight from the website or you can use your phone or any other recording devices to record and email me your recordings.
4. I will use this site as my announcement site for weekly activities as well as giving out assignments on SmartMusic.
5. I am also still navigating through SmartMusic and will not be giving out assignments until the week of April 6th at the earliest.

Now I will walk you through how to log in and set up your account on SmartMusic.

1. Please set up your account and login through this website.
2. Please click on “I am a student. I need to join a class.”
3. Please input your school email (eg. 234567@@edu.burnabyschools.ca). For the password, please but your last name followed by the first letter of your first name. Ex. changl That way, you are less likely to forget  your password.
4. The class code for Level 1 students is: AE3P7-JWKZP
5. The class code for Level 2 students is: HL3PR-EDZEH
6. Please input the information asked and you should be able to join the class.
7. Please don’t hesitate to email me if you need more help on how to log in.