LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Have a great summer Partnership Pioneers!

 

 

Angry Birds

Let's practice reading our rhythms. Play along with the Angry Birds.

Bubble Gum on A Stick

In music class, we like to take a poem and memorize it's lyrics. 

BUBBLEGUM ON A STICK,

TASTES SO SWEET THAT I GOT SICK.

MAKES ME FEEL SO ICK, ICK, ICK,

THEN I HAD TO SIT, SIT, SIT.

Next we try to figure out the rhythms and play it on percussion instruments.

 

Sometimes we add a game to it!

 

Finally we add a melody to it and play it on boomwhackers or xylophones.

Give it a try and join our band!

Bumblebee, Bumblebee

Grab some friends and play this ball bouncing game from Alabama.

Now grab your instrument and play rhythms and pitches.

Mario Theme Song

One of my favorite musicians is a guy named Bronkar Lee. He has some massive beat boxing skills. Check out him and his friend in this video. Can you name the barred percussion instrument his friend is playing?

Youtube video by Bronkar Lee. Check out his Youtube homepage.

New Folk Song

Here's a new folksong for you to play on Recorders, Xylophones, or piano. You can even use the piano app on your android or ipad device. Try it out!

Kindergarten Sing Along!

Kindergarten let's sing and dance and play!! Yay!!

Rock out with THE NUMBER ROCK.

Can you Count to 100? Let's DO IT!

1-2-3-4-5 FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS jumping on the bed.

What does a monkey eat for breakfast? BANANAS!

I like bananas, and oranges, and apples. Especially apples that are WAY UP HIGH IN THE TREE.

Ms Laney/ Ms Gorman's First Grade Class

Hello First Grade Class!     Let's have music online today!      First off, will you feed the fish for me?

 Now let's sing The Hello Song.

Who's ready for The Freeze Dance?

Click Here.

Time to play some Boomwhackers.

Let's start with a Counting Song.  Click Here!       Can you Count by Two's? Click Here!

Let's try counting some Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Click Here!     

What do monkey's eat? Bananas of course! Let's try this Banana Song. Click Here!

Time to put the boomwhackers away and come back to the carpet for a musical story.

One of my favorite monkeys is Curious George. Let's see what happens to him when he tries to play Betsy's Xylophone.

Curious George Gets All Keyed Up. Click Here!

Recorder Music for 4th Graders

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As I Went Up The Apple Tree

Let's learn a children's rhyme from Ireland!

As I went up the apple tree-

All the apples fell on me.

Apple pudding, apple pie,

Did you ever tell a lie?

Yes you did. You know you did.
You broke your mother's teapot lid! 

Ten apples up on top video

Way up high in an apple tree 

Pitched and Unpitched Percussion Instruments

Pitched Percussion Instruments = they can produce two or more pitches when you play them = Glockenspiel

Unpitched Percussion Instruments = they produce only one pitch when you play them = Hand Drum

Sound Examples:
Hand Drum 
Glockenspiel
Maracas
Keyboard
Recorder
Sand Blocks

SNOW BREAK

Hey Partnership! Are you enjoying your snow days? Me too!

Have Music Class at home by visiting the links under the fish!

Giachino Rossini - Composer

wikipedia.com

WHO: Giachino Rossini

WHAT: Composer

WHEN: February 1792 – November 1868

WHERE: Born in Italy.

WHY: He wrote an Opera called the William Tell Overture. It is based on the legend of William Tell, the archer.

Click to hear the William Tell Overture.
Click to read Rossini's Biography.  
Click to read the Legend of William Tell.

William Tell Overture

A long, long, LONG time ago in Switzerland there lived a ruler who was very, very strict. His name was Gessler. He was always making rules for the people which made their life very hard.

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One day Gessler put a very tall pole up in the middle of the town square. He put his hat on the very top of the pole and made a rule that everyone in the town had to bow down in front of his hat!

Everyone was too afraid to break the rule so they bowed down,

except for WILLIAM TELL!

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William refused to bow down to the cap. He even laughed and said how silly the rule was. When Gessler heard about William Tell refusing to bow down be became VERY angry and worried. What if other people decided that they would not bow down either? 

Gessler decided that he should punish William Tell for laughing and breaking the rule. So he ordered him to come to the town square immediately and bring his son with him. Gessler took William Tell's son and stood him in front of the tall pole. He put an apple on top of the boy's head, then he turned to William, "I challenge you to use your bow and arrow to shoot the apple on your son's head".

Everyone watching gasped. What a dangerous challenge! What if William missed? What if his arm began to shake? What if his son accidentally moved? He could get very hurt. Would William accept the challenge?

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Of course he would! You see William Tell was an excellent archer! He was known all throughout the mountains of Switzerland for his skill with a bow and arrow. Without a word, William drew out his best arrow. He lined it up, and stretched out his bow. He took aim......and......

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WHOOSH......The arrow flew through the air and straight into the apple! The crowd standing around them cheered with joy! William Tell was the hero of the day!

Many years later, Giachino Rossini (a composer from Italy) heard this legend. He was so impressed that he decided to write an opera about William Tell's story. Here is the finale. 

Have you heard it before?

thank you youTube

This finale has been used on tv shows (The Lone Ranger) and in movies. It has also been used in cartoons. Let's watch some cartoon characters play this finale on their instruments in a band concert.

thank you youTube

William Tell Overture - By Giachino Rossini

How to hold the Recorder

Plank Road Publishing  Music K8 Recorder Karate



Now that you know how to hold the Recorder, Try to play Hot Cross Buns.

Plank Road Publishing Music K8 Recorder Karate

How it's Made: RECORDERS

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FROM THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL

How It's Made - The Recorder

British Schoolyard Songs

Second and Third Graders are exploring songs, chants, rhymes, and rhythms from England.

Writing the Lyrics.

 One, Two, Three Alary

I saw Missus Scary 

sitting on a dictionary 

just like a green canary.

Notating the Rhythms.

Now Grab a playground ball, a few friends and play the game!!

Brrrr! It's Cold!

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE PARTNERSHIP!!!   Make sure you bundle up and stay warm!!