Easy Hymn and Folk Tunes

It's been embarrassingly long since I've done a blog post but here it is...

My family and I keep busy with life, homeschooling, music and more, and here's something I've been working on.

Tobias plays the violin and piano (included in his recent exam video here) and his favorite thing to play is familiar tunes. I've written out some of our folk tunes and hymns that are studied for school so he can play them after we've sung them awhile.

In order to keep track of ones that I've done and share them with others I will link to the pdf files here:

Brightest and Best (Star in the East) for easy violin, in A minor
A Nice Field of Turnips for easy piano, in C major, some right hand movement
In the Bleak Midwinter for easy violin, in G major
My Jesus, I Love Thee for easy piano, in C major middle C hand position, some right hand movement
My Jesus, I Love Thee for cello (no current cello players here, made this for someone else)
Marching to Zion for piano, in C major middle C hand position, some right hand movement

Sound Investment

The newest member of our family was delivered last night! It sounds nice, has a much nicer feel than our previous one, and has walnut in the hammers (thought a certain woodworker in my family might appreciate that). Oh, and an anti-finger-slamming mechanism on the cover for all the little fingers that come for lessons!

It was a slightly overwhelming decision so I'm happy we got something nice enough that we won't feel like we have to upgrade again in a few years.

Hij blijft trouw aan alle generaties

My grandma says she started playing organ in church around age 14. She is certainly talented and I sneaked a little video of her playing the piano a few days ago on her 82nd birthday that I will post later.

My dad took this "Koraal" (Chorale) of Psalm 100 from Grandma's falling-apart psalm book and framed it with music notes made from piano hammers. It will have a special place in my music room.

Swing Low, Little Monkeys

Another ~3 weeks left in the cast, and Toby is hanging in there. Some toys have lost his interest, but not the circuits and of course not Duplos. We don't get to the park or other adventures as much as we used to, but we do still need to get out of the house and Finnegan Frost was a fun treat enjoyed by everyone in the family. Remember those days when we didn't have to share food with anybody, Nate?

Bedtime Routine

Most evenings in our house involve a little dancing before bed. It helps everyone get the wiggles out.

Toby and the Tumbler

Having Fun with Music!