Isaaiah's new teacher Clarisse Atcherson introduced these easyish duets as a sight reading exercise for Isaaiah. Isaaiah shares her scales, Intermediate Position Studies, and Double Stop studies with Gabriel, and Gabriel helps her with her sight reading and theory (rhythm mostly). So Gabriel learned the other half of the duets that Isaaiah was learning, and the kids have been having a great time playing the duets.
It is a tribute to their character, that they have worked these duets up individually and together with no help from grownups. The kids' ability to work together is amazingly professional....after years of carefully preserving and setting rules about how to work together and reinforcing the rules.....the kids have great skills in working musically together. The more that I stay out of the way...the more fun they have.
I have been hearing these duets around the house for sometime and found the time to videotape them today before the kids had their lessons at CMC.
Festival March
Minuet in G...Abraham and Ezra probably recognize this one!
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