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!

2017, Term 4, Week 2 Cool Cultures

There's lots of cultural events and activities taking place  at the moment. 

Many of our students have been celebrating Diwali over the last week,  and this week is an ancient pagan Celt festival which was merged into Christian culture as Halloween  and which has become increasingly popular in New Zealand over the past twenty or so years.  We are also preparing for our Cultures Day at School, incorporating  the  Maori,  and the two languages we learn at school (Chinese and Spanish). Also, we have  Sarah, a teacher from Denmark, visiting us for a month.  November the 5th is Guy Fawkes Night  and the anniversary of the invasion of Parihaka (maybe more on that later), and ... it's nearly Christmas!  (Scroll down to last week for more Halloween activities). 


How many musical symbols can you recognise? 

Add bar lines for 4/4 timing. Scroll down for completed version. 

Dances:  Juniors (From last week) 
 Warm up movement - Wrap Me Up by Claudia Robin Gunn

Monster Shuffle
The Banana Boat Song 

Monster Groove 

The Monsters Stomp around the House 
Seniors - Choose from the Halloween section on the Dances page tab above. 

Halloween Dance- watch this Halloween Dance  and have a go at making up your own dance to the same music - or this music (Lord Rockingham Meets the Monster) or your favourite Halloween Dance song.  In groups  of 4 work out 16 beats of music each, then put it together   - you could join up with more groups and make a longer dance.

Spanish Dances:
Check the Dances on the Culture Day tab on Mrs Lee's Spanish blog 

A Muppet Monster Halloween. 

Songs:
Juniors - BINGO
Notation 
I Knew You Were Treble  (Remember  - don't shout!)

Rhythm exercise  for Juniors: 

2017, Term 4, Week 1 Heading Towards Halloween

Welcome back to the last term of the year. Lots of exciting things happening this term!

How many symbols can you recognise?
Scroll down for some clues if you need them 

Which ones are: fermata (pause), crescendo (getting louder) or depending how you look at it, decrescendo (getting softer), forte (loud),  tie (links two notes of the same pitch)  or slur (play the notes smoothly and in a connected way). 

Juniors: 
Dance  - Warm up movement - Wrap Me Up by Claudia Robin Gunn 
Monster Shuffle

Halloween Rhythm Chart. Each pumpkin is a bar in 4/4 time. Clap this rhythm pattern together. 


Make up some actions for this  Halloween Rhyme. 

Seniors / Intermediates: 
Dances; 
The Monster Mash  
Banana Boat Song 
Choose from the Halloween section of the dance page above 

Have a go at reciting The Witches Spell form Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. Use lots of expression - and add some gestures. 

New ukulele songs: 
The Monster Mash 

Singing  - Kidzbop version of The Monster Mash  - with lyrics  Just for fun: The Broccoli Song   When you've watched this video, have a go at making up  4 - 8 lines (song or rap) about your favourite vegetable.  Work out some movements and be prepared to perform your item in front of the class. 

  

Broc 'n' Roll?  Now this is what  I call  playing with your food! 
 

Silly Symphonies Skeleton Dance  Cartoon by Walt Disney . This is a very early cartoon (it's so old it's in black and white!) It was made in 1929. Listen to the music and how it 

changes to fit the animation. Listen to all the different ways that sound is made. 

2017 Term 3 Week 8

Work in progress.

What do you see? How many symbols can you recognise and name?
What do they each mean?

A new ukulele song for beginners, or those who want to practice G - and learn to read tabs. Low Rider by War 


More Stomp in the kitchen.  Last week we looked at  Stomp performance using the kitchen sink.  This week, we move to a commercial kitchen - possibly a hotel?  Would you eat the food prepared here?  Be very careful if you try this at home - and ask your parents first . . .  

2017, Term 3, Week 7: Dishwashing Music

How many symbols can you recognise? What are their names?

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

Last week we looked at music made by glassware - this week, it's time to wash the dishes - but maybe not last week's crystal glassware . . .  As you watch the video below, think about these questions: 
 - how many ways do the performers make music? 
- how many different sounds do they get out of the same 'instrument' and how do they change the sound  and pitch* the instrument makes.  
This is a performance by Stomp, a percussion  group from United Kingdom. 



Dances: 
Juniors
Goodnight Moon 
Get Ready to Wiggle 
Skip to My Lou 
Istanbul - not Constantinople 
All Star (Scroll to 30 to begin) 
Can't Stop the Feeling 
Shout 
YMCA - Junior 
Seniors
What makes you beautiful 
Cheap Thrills 
YMCA

                                              

Songs: 
FACE (Mice) 

Notation 

I Knew You Were Treble 
Ode to Treble Clef 

Notes in the space spell  _________ ? 

Say whether the notes below are in a SPACE or are on the LINE? Can you name any of the SPACE notes? 

Click here to find  an interactive keyboard

Then look for the POP UP WINDOW tab and click on that. 

Look for the MANAGE OCTAVES tab and add a higher octave and remove the lowest one - so you are starting at Middle C.

                 Name these notes in the spaces: 

                                   
Vocabulary:
pitch - In music, the pitch of a note means how high or low a note is. The pitch of a note can be measured in a unit called Hertz. A note that is vibrating at 256 Hz will be caused by sound waves that vibrate at 256 times a second.  A high pitch sound corresponds to a high frequency (vibration) sound wave and a low pitch sound corresponds to a low frequency sound wave.

Can you see the difference between the vibrations (frequency) of higher-pitched instruments and lower-pitched instruments? 

Some animals make a low sound and others make a high sound
From leoravera.it

Songs: 



Juniors:  (Don't try this at home!) 

This week's nursery rhyme is very short - Jack Be Nimble. 

 

The earliest known time that it appeared in writing  was in 1815.  Jumping candlesticks was a type of fortune telling  and also a sport. If you jumped over the burning candle without the flame going out, it was believed you would have good luck. (It was obviously good luck because you didn't get burned!) 

Here's a version with an extra verse to show you what happened to Jack when he didn't jump high enough . . . 

                         

Here's a Sesame Street Newsflash version of the rhyme. 

Here's another Sesame Street video to help you understand the word nimble. 

Extra/ Homework: 

One Direction - Singing "What makes U useful"  on Sesame Street 

Sia - Singing "S is for Songs"  on Sesame Street 

Jason Mraz - Singing "Outdoors" on Sesame Street. 

2017, Term 3, Week 6: Tuneful Glassware

This is a photoshopped image - so it doesn't exist - but it would be fun to drive on it!

 YOU MUST GO TO THIS CONCERT!  The Auckland Philharmonic  Orchestra are doing a FREE Concert at the Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau, at 3pm, SATURDAY  9th SEPTEMBER.   This is a wonderful opportunity to see a real live orchestra, and to practise all those audience skills we have been learning. 

This week's tongue twister: 

Where would you need to make sure you took a lozenge - in a non-crinkly wrapper? 

Theory: 

Add bar lines to match the time signature. Scroll down to end of post to see the completed version

How many notes  and  music symbols can you identify?

The glass harp is made by  having a set of glasses all the same size and filling them with different amounts of water - or by having a range of different-size glasses and filling them all to the same level. The sound is made by running a finger dipped in water around the rim of the glass.   Friction from the rubbing causes vibration, and the vibration creates sound waves.  The more water, the lower the pitch because the liquid slows down the vibrations.  The use of glasses to make music goes back as far as the 14th century, in Persia.  From the 1700s, various musicians performed using the glass harp - sometimes using a stick instead of moistened fingers. Rock band Pink Floyd used glasses in the recording of Shine on You Crazy Diamond in 1975.   
Here's David Gilmour from Pink Floyd doing Shine on You Crazy Diamond  at a concert in Poland. Notice the glass harps.  Here's a very short video to show you how they set it up for their rehearsal. 

Here's a beautiful piece of music by Franz Schubert, called Ave Maria, played on the glass harp. Notice that it's the same person playing both parts, and they've been mixed together.
                                         

Here he is again, playing Fur Elise by Beethoven. And the Harry Potter Theme. 

Here's a musical saw and a glass harp, playing The Swan from Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals. 

Here's how you can have a go at making a glass harp at home. 

                                       

Dances: (Student requests, plus the following new ones.) 
Juniors: 
All Star (from Shrek)  skip to 28  to start 
Can't Stop the Feeling 
YMCA - Just Dance Kids 
Maxarena 

Seniors:  Y.M.C.A. by the Village People  (Just Dance) 
What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction 
                                                           

Juniors: 
This week's nursery rhyme is 1,2 Buckle my Shoe. There are many versions of this - including a second verse that goes up to 20. 

Homework: 
Check out someone's version of Spongebob doing Dynamite. 

Choir Concert Sunday 27th August

Mrs Lee and Mrs Vincent are singing in this choir.
 Do come along.