2017, Term 1 Week 3: Getting used to the Ukulele

Add bar lines  to make 5 bars with four beats in each bar. 

Keeping the beat:  See if you can clap and keep in time with the beat of this Muppets song. It goes quite fast so you will need to concentrate and listen carefully. It might help if you count one, two three, four to yourself to help you keep in time. 

Songs: 
Buenos Dias 
Uno, Dos, Tres
Loud and Soft  (Piano and forte) Sing along with this. What do each of the words below mean? 
Forte, piano, fortissimo, pianissimo, decrescendo, forte, forte, piano, forte, forte, piano, forte!
Listening and Viewing: 
Listen to this piece by Chopin called The Funeral March. Can you hear when the music changes from forte to piano and back to forte? Why do you think Chopin used loud and soft in this piece?

Dances: 
(Juniors/Seniors) 
Best Day of My Life   
Skip to my Lou 
Shout 

Seniors 
Kidz Bop Shuffle 

Intermediates 
Beat it 

Juniors:
Yakkity Yak 

This term, some classes are learning to play the ukulele. It helps if we can all use and understand the words to describe parts of the ukulele.  (You may find more than one name for some parts of the ukulele.) 

Parts of a ukulele 

Now tune your ukulele. 

The chord F (Click on link to hear how it sounds.)

The Chord C7 (Click on link to hear how it sounds.) 

Practise playing and changing these chords. 

Now you can play and sing some songs.

How Much is that Doggie in the Window 

 

(Play C7 where you see C)

Ukulele: 
Follow these links and you can sing and play along with these songs:

Coconut Song (C7)
Banana Boat Song (F C7)
You are My Sunshine ( C, F, G/G7) Fast forward to 35 to begin.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (C,F,G/G7) 
La Bamba (C,F, G/G7) 
Iko Iko (F, C7) 

Juniors: 
 Follow the link to  a lovely lullaby by New Zealand children's songwriter and singer Claudia Robin Gunn. It's called Lullaby Time.    You can join Claudia  at Uxbridge  Arts and Culture, Howick,  on Tuesday February 21st at 6pm.