2015 Term 2, Week 8: Fun with Rhythms

We are still enjoying watching this video of Gustavo Dudamel conduct Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (First Movement) with the Gothenburg Symphony in 2009.  This is another video of him conducting a Venezuelan orchestra performing the entire symphony in Paris in March this year.  You get to see the orchestra as well in this clip.  Skip to the end and see what happens when an orchestra finish playing a symphony.   And  to practise our Spanish, here's an interview with Gustavo Dudamel  (whose first language is Spanish) as he talks about conducting this music. It includes subtitles, but I'm sure you'll be able to pick up a few words on your own.

I'm sure Gustavo Dudamel would need an osteopath after his conducting of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony!

We are going to use this  New Zealand  song to practise our clapping and rhythm patterns. Counting the Beat by the Swingers (1981) 

(Extension activity: Here's a link to the sheet music for this song (well, the first page of it).  Look for the icon to enlarge it. See if you can work out the values of the notes, remembering that each bar will add up to the equivalent of four crotchets.) 

Revision: Where would you put the bar lines in this measure of music? Check the time signature first.  What is the value of each note? How many notes can you name? 

 

We are having fun learning this song and adding actions.

We are still working on  the song Islands with lyrics and sign language.  

Follow this link for ukulele chords and lyrics for Islands. 

Link to metronome for our rhythm activities.

Follow this link to have fun making your own music patterns