2017, Term 3, Week 5: Musical Tools

Daffodil Day - Friday August 25th 

Add bar lines to match the time signature. Scroll down for completed version. 

This week's tongue twister is especially for Daffodil Day on August 25th. 

Dances: 

Juniors: Goodnight Moon 

Get Ready to Wiggle,  Pop Goes the Weasel,   Walking on Sunshine - Smurfs' Dance Party 

Everything is Awesome, Shout, Boom-Shak- a - Lak (Smurfs' Dance Party) 

Senior: 

Born to be Wild  , Let's Groove , Cheap Thrills (Bollywood version)

Bonus: Istanbul not Constantinople 

Interesting Instruments: 

                                                

Anything can be used as an instrument - even tools!

Here's a clip from a 1990s tv programme called Home Improvement, where the cast use tools to play the theme song. 

Here's some very interesting ways of making music with tool boxes. 

This is a German group who make music with a variety car parts and tools. 

And here's some music using power tools in a a Hitachi promotion video. 

And this is from the opera Carmen - using tools and a saw!

                                         

Juniors - Instead of a nursery rhyme today we have a daffodil poem 

 

We are learning the words for loud and soft in music (dynamics)  

pianissimo means very soft 

piano means soft 

forte means loud 

fortissimo means very loud 

Here's a song to help you learn these words.   

                                              

Seniors / Intermediates: 

Time to revise our notation 

- I Knew You Were Treble 

- Notation Song 

- Ode to Treble Clef

                                                    

New Ukulele Links (See Ukulele tab at top of page for more) : 

Johnny B Goode (C,F,G7) 

Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes Am, G, F, C 

Born to Be Wild  G, A, Em (Use Em for E) This is the lyrics/tabs/chords site,  see Just Dance Born to be Wild for the backing track. 

Can't Help Falling in Love (21 pilots cover of Elvis Presley song) C, Em, A, F, G, Em, B7, A7,

Cheap Thrills - Sia  Em, C , D,  G
El Condor Pasa (C,G,Am, Em)
I Have a Dream (Abba) E7, A, D 
Roar by Katy Perry. The chords/words are here. You'll need to have the song vid going separately if you want to accompany the original.  Stick to Bb, Gm, Cm to start with - with Bb being OK for most of the song. 

Did you put the bar lines in the correct place?