My New Courses

Hello and welcome to today's blog post! Today's topic is the two new courses that I just started today.

The first on that I want to discuss with you is my piano lessons from PianoNanny. It teaches you about playing the piano or, in my case, a keyboard. My hope is that, by the end of these lessons, I can actually play songs on my keyboard instead of just pressing random keys that I think sound good. The course begins by identifying all of the names of the white keys and the notes that they represent. There are a group of two black keys, and the leftmost white key of that group is C. If you read my last musical musings, you'd  be able to discern the other notes, black keys included. It goes on to teach you how to not trip over your own fingers, so to speak, by using the following exercise, then do it on the actual keyboard or piano.

Your pinky is Finger #5

Your thumb is Finger #1

Wiggle Finger #5

Wiggle Finger #1

Wiggle Finger #2

Wiggle Finger #3

Wiggle Finger #4

Then do it on the other hand!

My other new course is on the Ancient Greeks. I do have some background in their religion, because I am a believer in their stories and gods/goddesses. This class is taught by Wesleyan University through Coursera. It talks about different civilizations, such as the Minoan and the Mycenaean. The Mycenaean era was, of course, followed by the Dark Ages, in which society was at a low point. The course also talks about their beliefs in the fourteen major gods/goddesses (as well as thousands of minor gods/goddesses):

Zeus: king of the gods, god of lightning and thunder

Poseidon: god of the ocean and earthquakes

Hera: queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and family

Hestia: goddess of the hearth and fire

Hades: god of the dead and wealth

Dionysus: god of wine and parties

Demeter: goddess of wheat and farming

Athena: goddess of wisdom and the arts

Hephaestus: god of blacksmiths and fire 

Ares: god of war and blood

Aphrodite: goddess of love and beauty

Hermes: god of thieves, travelers, and messengers

Apollo: god of poetry and archery

Artemis: goddess of hunting and archery

Thank you for coming to the latest School Stories (Where School Is ALWAYS In Session!) production, and I hope to see you again on tomorrow's FREE DAY!