2017 Term 2 Week 1: New Zealand Music Month Part 1 - and Star Wars Day

May is New Zealand Music Month.  This is an annual event, managed by the NZ Music Commission, Te Reo Reka o Aotearoa.  The purpose of New Zealand Music Month is to celebrate and grow awareness of home-grown music.   The theme for this year is finding something new - a new band, new tracks, or a new album by a NZ artist. 

Each week there will be links to songs and music by New Zealand artists. Hopefully something  new for everyone!  

 And - because it's May the Fourth this week - Happy Star Wars Day 

Here's a rhythm activity we can do to The Imperial March from Star Wars, by John Williams, and here's John Williams conducting an orchestra performing the Imperial March. 

Clap this rhythm. Can you name the notes? 

Juniors:   

Warm up music:  How Many Sleeps?  by Claudia Robin Gunn (NZ) Claudia will be singing some of her songs at the Botany Library at 10:00 am on Saturday May 13th. See poster at end of blog. 

Nursery Rhyme: Hickory Dickory Dock. This first appeared in a book of nursery rhymes in 1744.

Actions for Hickory Dickory Dock

We can clap the beat and the rhythm for Hickory Dickory Dock.

And here is Kermit the Frog having problems with Hickory Dickory Dock. 

Years 3 and 4 Juniors: 

Wonky Donkey  Spunky, Hanky Panky, Cranky, Stinky Dinky, Lanky, Honky Tonky, Winky Wonky Donkey

Year 5 &6 and Intermediates: Add bar lines to the these rhythm patterns to have four beats in each bar. Note the new notes in the extension exercise. Can you work out what their value is? 

Dances: 

Hickory Dickory Dock. 

Freeze 

Ma nah ma nah 

Skip to My Lou

Mickey 

Shout 

Love Me 

Johnny B Goode    Lyrics

Extra Songs: 

The Ants go Marching 

Life in Sunshine (NZ) 

Roar 

Nature (NZ) 

Walking on Water (NZ)