2015 Term 3, Week 5: Remember Red Nose Day this Friday

 This Friday, 21st of August is Red Nose Day to raise funds for Cure Kids. You can find out more about Red Nose Day here.  At our school we are having a mufti day to raise funds for Red Nose Day.

New Dances for this week: 
(Juniors) 
ABC by the Jackson 5 
Jump Up  

(Seniors) 

The Hustle   A real '70s disco dance.
Shout!  How not to behave in the library? 


This week's tongue twister: Unique New York  - and try saying it with a New Zealand accent (Nyoo = New)

Unique New York

We all know the correct names for these instruments now. 

 And there's one more - called an octobass. They are very rare - and very big!  Have a look at this movie clip to see how much bigger it is than a double bass! 

Compare the size of the octobass with the violin.

And while we are still learning about strings: 

David Garrett, a German violinist, holds the Guinness world record for being the fastest violin player.  Here he is in 2009  playing Flight of the Bumble Bee.  

David Garrett

The Flight of the Bumblebee?

This group of musicians is called Well-Strung. They sing and they play strings, and in this video they have done a "mash-up"  of a very old piece of music with a very new piece.  Do you recognise both of them? 

Well Strung

 This week week we are returning to the glockenspiel to learn to play more music. 

First, let's have a look at the  glockenspiel keys. 

glockenspiel keys

  Look at the length of the keys. The longer the key the higher or lower the sound?  How does that compare to the sound of a stringed instrument and the length of the strings? 

Piano and electric keyboard keys, and notes on a stave.

What is the same between the glockenspiel and the piano keys? 
What is different?

Look for the note  names on the keys of your glockenspiel.  

You can find out more about how to play a glockenspiel here.
 

Learn how to hold the mallet correctly first.

Let's start with some really easy songs, just using the names of the notes.

Can you sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while you play it?

Can you work out the names for each of these notes?

Here's a much harder one for those of you who can already read music. You can play - or sing - this as a round.

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

Follow this link for ukulele chords and lyrics for Islands.  We will use the ukulele chords for  glockenspiel accompaniment as well.