Come to this great concert 3.12.2017

Your music teachers, Mrs Lee and Mrs Vincent are singing in this choir. 

Be aware the Pukekohe Christmas parade is on at the same time - so allow time for getting there. Parking is behind the church.

Here's what you will hear them sing: 
Handel - Zadok the Priest 
Mozart - Vesperae solennes de Dominicana 
Vivaldi - Magnificat 

AND  you get a delicious (mostly home-made) afternoon tea after the concert - for free. 

2017 Term 4, Week 6: Christmas Favourites

Our Favourite Christmas Dances:

Jingle Bells 
Crazy Santa 
Christmas Tree - Bollywood 

(See Christmas Music page above for more Christmas songs and  chords) 

Put a Sausage on the Barbie

C

Put a sausage on the barbie

G                  C      G       C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

C

‘Tis the season for a party

G                  C      G       C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

G                  C             G

Gather now around the table

C            Am         D       G

Fa la la,  la la la,  la la,  la

C

Eat as much as you are able

F                C         G      C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

C

See the Christmas tree before us

G                  C      G       C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

C

Presents underneath it for us

G                  C      G       C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

G                            C                 G

We are counting sleeps ‘til Christmas

C            Am         D      G

Fa la la,  la la la,  la la,  la

C

Hoping Santa makes a visit

F                 C       G       C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

C

Fast away the old year passes

G               C         G      C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

C

No more school and no more classes

G                C       G       C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

G                               C         G

Summer’s here, the skies are clear

C            Am        D        G

Fa la la,  la la la,  la la,  la

C

Holidays are nearly here

F                  C       G      C

Fa la la la,  la la,  la la,  la

Cut to 1.27 for this young girl play Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"  in Denmark's Got Talent.
Her name is Johanne Astrid and she won Denmark's Got Talent, 2017.

2017 Term 4 Week 4

How many symbols can you identify?  You will need to rotate some of them to see them the right way up. 

The  symbol used for the eyes in the picture above is called alla breve  and is a time signature meaning 2 minim beats per bar (2/2 timing). It's not very common in music at our  stage. 

Dances: 

Juniors:

- Movement song "I love you more" by Claudia Robin Gunn 

- The Freeze Game 

- Get Ready to Wiggle 

- Ma na ma nah     (Plus the Muppets song version) 

- Speedy Gonzales 

- Macarena 

Seniors and Intermediates - Requests. 

                                        

Theory and note values:   Add bar lines  in 4/4 timing, then clap the rhythm pattern. Watch out for some semiquavers in the extension activity. 

Junior rhythm patterns: 

Revise this pattern from last week: 

Now try this  pattern, adding a one beat rest. 

Songs: 

Juniors: Here we go round the Mulberry Bush 

BINGO

Notation 

Can you name these notes? 

Seniors

Ode to Treble Clef  (Click here for link to video) 

Oh treble clef, we love you treble clef.
We just can’t get enough of our little treble clef!
You are our fav’rite musical symbol, its plain to see!

You sit there on the music staff curled ‘round the letter G.
That’s the second line of the music staff,
the G right above middle C.

You sit there on the music staff curled ‘round the letter G.
That’s the second line of the music staff,

Whoa oh, oh, oh treble clef, we need you treble clef.
You help us treble clef to read the notes on the staff
the G right above middle C.

Whoa, oh oh oh, treble clef, without you it’d be so rough
Your shape is cool, its wonderful,
its an old fashioned G

When you’re there in your cozy spot,
the notes are plain to see.
Oh, the lines are E, G, B, D and F.
The spaces are F, A, C, E.

Whoa, oh oh oh treble clef, we need to know this stuff.
Please help us, treble clef.  We need you, oh treble clef.

Whoa oh oh oh treble clef,
you beautiful treble clef,
You are our fav’rite musical symbol.
We love you so.

We love you so.  

The story of Ferdinand the Bull - Listen to how the music helps tell the story. 

What instruments can you identify? 

Are any instruments used for any specific purpose. 

When does the music get louder and softer?

Seems to be an updated  and full-length feature movie about Ferdinand. 

You can see the trailer for it here. 

2017 Term 4 Week 3 Rhythms and Patterns

How many symbols can you recognise  and name? 

Notation: Some new note values to learn

Add bar lines in 4/4 timing. 

Notation Revision 



Can you recognise the notes F, A,C, E on these flash cards?

Here's a song to help you remember the note in the spaces spell FACE

and our favourite Notation Song. 

And our favourite song to help us remember the notes FACE and the treble clef: I Knew You Were Treble.

Dances:
(Juniors) 
Wrap me Up - by Claudia Robin Gunn - Free movement
Follow the Leader   (J)
Gummy Bear in Spanish
Speedy Gonzales 

Senior and Intermediate:
Don't Stop Me Now 
Bailar 
Surfin' USA 

Something to think about and work on  for next week. 
 MAKE UP YOUR OWN DANCE MOVES: 
Using some of the movement you have already learned - have a go at making your own dance movements for (the introduction only at this stage) All I want for Christmas is you.  We will work on this song bit by bit - looking for patterns in the music and creating patterns in our dance. 


Here's this week's funny music video.  The motto is: Be determined, keep trying and you will get there in the end . . . 



Songs: 

Juniors: 


Time to practise Tu Tira Mai again. This time, we can accompany ourselves on the ukulele. 

Tutira mai

^CTutira mai nga iwi, ^Ftatou, tatou, ^Ce

^CTutira mai nga iwi, ^Gtatou, tatou, e

^GWhai^Ca te maramatanga, ^Fme te aro^Cha

^CE nga iwi, kia kotapa tahi

^CKia kotahi ra

^FTatou, ^Gtatou, ^Ce

^FTatou, ^Gtatou, ^Ce/

[tahi rua toru wha, kssiora he!] hiaue!

Junior Rhythm Patterns 1:

Practise counting aloud as you clap, click, slap or stamp each beat.
You could say the words clap, snap, slap, stamp as you do each action.
Clap, snap, slap and stamp in time to your favourite music or try making a rhythm to "How Many Sleeps" by Claudia Robin Gunn 

 Make up your own actions for this song.
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly;

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider;That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd to swallow a bird!

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat;
Fancy that she swallowed a cat!

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady that swallowed a dog;
What a hog, to swallow a dog!

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat;
She just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!

She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow;
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!

She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,

She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider;

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her!

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;

I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse;...She's dead, of course!