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| Come along (especially by 2.30) to hear Claudia Gunn sing her children's songs which we listen and dance to in Juior music classes. |
Notation Practice:
Scroll down to last week's blog for Part 1 of this graphic notation series.
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Add bar lines to make 5 bars in 4/4 timing.
More practice:
Add bar lines then clap the rhythms. Scroll down to the end of the post to find the completed versions with bar lines included.
 
Even more extension
Juniors - Moving to Music - Lullaby by Claudia Robyn Gunn - How many Sleeps by Claudia Robyn Gunn
Dances - Juniors:
Lyrics to help you do the dance:
to the right, to the right, to the right, to the right,to the left, to the left, to the left, to the left now kick, now kick, now kick, now kick now walk it by yourself, now walk it by yourself
Chicken Dance - Use the video to learn the dance, then dance to the music without the video.
Seniors:
Singing:
Instruments of the orchestra - This week, we are looking at the string section. (BBC orchestra)
Here's another video showing each of the members of the string section of an orchestra. And here is the Melbourne Orchestra explaining and demonstrating the string section. You might be able to answer some of the questions yourself. 
Vocabulary:
violin, viola, cello, double bass (string bass / bass), harp
orchestra, conductor, audience
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| Parts of a violin. Follow this link to find out more. |
Here is some modern orchestral music played on an amplified violin. David Garrett plays Palladio by Carl Jenkins.
And - the most important thing to remember when you go to concert or a performance is to . . . turn your phone off! See what happens when someone's phone rings in a classical violin concert.
Introducing the crotchet rest. Follow this chart and do the actions.
Homework: Here's a video of The Pink Panther who tries to play the violin in an orchestra performing Beethoven's 5th symphony.
Notation - with bar lines included:
