Hello 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade families. Thank you so much to those who were able to to fill out last week's Google Form about songs that you liked. I'm planning to get the class playlist out to everyone in the next day or two. That post is still open for responses if you'd like to go back and submit something.
For this week's music lesson, you're going to have an opportunity to be a composer and then share your song with me using Chrome Music Lab. I may have demonstrated it a few times in class, but now you'll have a chance to use it yourself. Below are two videos I made that demonstrate how to use the app as well as a link to Chrome Music Lab.
Chrome Music Lab - It works great across most web browsers on a computer or Chromebook. I believe it will also work on tablets, but I haven't tried it on that yet. It might be difficult to use on a smartphone as the screen will probably be too small.
Chrome Music Lab Video #1
Chrome Music Labe Video #2
Google Form for Chrome Music Lab
I hope you are all staying healthy during this overwhelming time. Please reach out with any questions you may have. Many thanks and check back next week!
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Week of April 27 - K, 1st, and 2nd Grade
Hello Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade families. Thanks so much to everyone who filled out and submitted the Google Form last week. It really helps me gauge which activities to include in future lessons. As I said last week, please only participate as your family is able and it is more than acceptable if your level of participation changes from week to week. I miss you all and am looking forward to the time when we can sing, dance, and be silly together again!
Click here for this week's Google Form.
Hoberman Sphere Song - Sing along to the song if it sounds familiar or move your body while you listen. Sing "your" part when the ball spins on the ground and gets tiny again.
Jump Josie / Rolling Down the River - Sing the songs if they sound familiar. For Jump Josie, move your feet to the beat around your living room, bedroom, etc. For Rolling down the River, safely sway your body to the bead while remaining in one spot.
Quiet Listening - Find a quiet place to sit or lay down and listen to a minute or two of this calming piece of music.
Move and Freeze - Ask an adult or sibling to play and pause the music as you dance and freeze with safe feet.
I hope you are all staying healthy during this overwhelming time. Please reach out with any questions you may have. Many thanks and check back next week!
Click here for this week's Google Form.
Hoberman Sphere Song - Sing along to the song if it sounds familiar or move your body while you listen. Sing "your" part when the ball spins on the ground and gets tiny again.
Jump Josie / Rolling Down the River - Sing the songs if they sound familiar. For Jump Josie, move your feet to the beat around your living room, bedroom, etc. For Rolling down the River, safely sway your body to the bead while remaining in one spot.
Quiet Listening - Find a quiet place to sit or lay down and listen to a minute or two of this calming piece of music.
Move and Freeze - Ask an adult or sibling to play and pause the music as you dance and freeze with safe feet.
I hope you are all staying healthy during this overwhelming time. Please reach out with any questions you may have. Many thanks and check back next week!
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Week of April 20 - K, 1st, and 2nd Grade
Hello Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade families. Below are this week's activities. There's one thing that's new/different from last week. I've attached a Google Form where you can enter the student's name, student's teacher, and can simply check boxes once you've participated in the activity.
Here's a picture of me at home practicing on my euphonium. It's been a while since I've played it and am trying to play it at least once a day.
I know that this is not an easy time. My hope is that, as you are able, you can use these suggested activities to engage with music in some fun ways. It is perfectly fine if your level of engagement changes from week to week, or even day to day. Please only do what works best for your family.
Hello Song - Sing along with the Hello Song and do the body percussion parts.
Ant Dance - 1) If you remember the song, please sing it with me. 2) Walk to the beat during the first part of the song and move your body in a safe way
John the Rabbit - Listen for "Oh yes" in the song.
Quiet Listening - Find a quiet place to sit or lay down and listening to a minute or two of this calming piece of music.
Goodbye Song - Sing along and I'll see you next week. I miss you all!
Google Form link
Here's a picture of me at home practicing on my euphonium. It's been a while since I've played it and am trying to play it at least once a day.
I know that this is not an easy time. My hope is that, as you are able, you can use these suggested activities to engage with music in some fun ways. It is perfectly fine if your level of engagement changes from week to week, or even day to day. Please only do what works best for your family.
Hello Song - Sing along with the Hello Song and do the body percussion parts.
Ant Dance - 1) If you remember the song, please sing it with me. 2) Walk to the beat during the first part of the song and move your body in a safe way
John the Rabbit - Listen for "Oh yes" in the song.
Quiet Listening - Find a quiet place to sit or lay down and listening to a minute or two of this calming piece of music.
Goodbye Song - Sing along and I'll see you next week. I miss you all!
Google Form link
Week of April 20 - 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Hello 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade musicians! When we are in class together at Johnson or Highland, we often don't have enough time to share the music that you like to listen to. I'm able to play songs that I like, but don't really know what you like. This week's lesson is giving you a chance to share that.
Below you'll find a link to a Google form. There is a spot for you type your name, select your teacher's name, and then a spot to paste a link to a song that you like. I only ask that the song be school appropriate. Once I get enough responses, I'm planning to create a playlist on YouTube so we can listen to each other's music. I'll share the playlist next week.
*Sorry if you tried to access this form earlier and it didn't work. The link to the Google form should be working correctly now.
Click here for the Google form.
Do you like rock, hip hop, country, classical, bluegrass, metal, pop, musicals, movie soundtracks? I'd love to hear what you're listening to. As an example, here's a song that I've been listening recently that makes me happy. Not sure why it does, but it just puts a smile on my face each time I hear it.
I know that this is not an easy time. My hope is that, as you are able, you can use these suggested activities to engage with music in some fun ways. It is perfectly fine if your level of engagement changes from week to week, or even day to day. Please only do what works best for your family.
Below you'll find a link to a Google form. There is a spot for you type your name, select your teacher's name, and then a spot to paste a link to a song that you like. I only ask that the song be school appropriate. Once I get enough responses, I'm planning to create a playlist on YouTube so we can listen to each other's music. I'll share the playlist next week.
*Sorry if you tried to access this form earlier and it didn't work. The link to the Google form should be working correctly now.
Click here for the Google form.
Do you like rock, hip hop, country, classical, bluegrass, metal, pop, musicals, movie soundtracks? I'd love to hear what you're listening to. As an example, here's a song that I've been listening recently that makes me happy. Not sure why it does, but it just puts a smile on my face each time I hear it.
I know that this is not an easy time. My hope is that, as you are able, you can use these suggested activities to engage with music in some fun ways. It is perfectly fine if your level of engagement changes from week to week, or even day to day. Please only do what works best for your family.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Week of April 13 - K and 1st Grade
Hello, Kindergarten and 1st grade families! I hope you are are staying safe and healthy. I miss you tons!
Below are a few activities that should sound familiar from music class. We worked on them before we had to stay home. Click on the links to see, hear, and sing along.
Hello Song
Clap Your Hands
Gary the Gator and Sammy the Shark
Quiet Listening
Move and Freeze
I hope that you're all feeling well! I'll do my best to update the blog a couple times per week, so please take a look. It won't be just lessons, but I'll try to post some "feel good" music posts as well. I'd love to see an email, picture, or comment here on the blog of you being musical at home. Feel free to post!
Mr. S
Below are a few activities that should sound familiar from music class. We worked on them before we had to stay home. Click on the links to see, hear, and sing along.
Hello Song
- Sing along with your singing voice. Remember, your singing voice might feel a little bit higher than your speaking/talking voice.
Clap Your Hands
- Sing and along and keep a steady beat by clapping, stomping, etc.
Gary the Gator and Sammy the Shark
- Echo the rhythm patterns with your speaking voice.
- Next echo the patterns just in your head. Use your "brain mouth." 😀
Quiet Listening
- Click on the link above to hear a calm piece of piano music. You can sit or even lay down and listen with your eyes closed.
Move and Freeze
- Click on the link above for music to do some safe "free dance" at your home. In class, we would usually use a scarf or a streamer, so feel free to use one of those if you like. Caregivers, you can pause the music at random points and start it again for our move and freeze activity.
Mr. S
Week of April 13 - 2nd and 3rd Grade
Hello, 2nd and 3rd graders! I'm miss you lots! Below are a few music activities that we were doing in class before we had to stay at home so most should sound familiar to you.
Hello Song
- Are you using your singing voice or your speaking voice? Remember that your singing voice will feel a little bit higher than your speaking/talking voice.
- Sing along with the song 2-3 times and choose a different "body percussion" part each time.
- Click on the link above to see the Sasha folk dance
- It will feel a little different without all of your classmates, but I wonder if you can try to teach a adult or sibling the dance moves.
- The first words are, "Sasha! Sasha! Ras, Va, Tri!"
- The first moves are: Right, Right, Right. Left, Left, Left. Both, both, both. Knees, knees, knees.
- Next is the safe spin with arms linked. Remember to switch arms after the first 8-count spin.
- Then you say, "Das Vadanya" to your partner.
- Then to a free dance and start over from the beginning.
- This link will take you to just the audio where you can try the dance as a family.
Quiet Listening
For a "warm down" after the Sasha Dance, try closing your eyes, turning off the lights, and listen quietly to this recording of someone playing a piano.
I hope that you're all staying healthy! I'll do my best to update the blog a couple times per week, so please take a look. It won't be just lesson, but I'll try to post some "feel good" music posts as well. I'd love to see an email, picture, or comment here on the blog of you being musical at home. Feel free to post!
Mr. S
Week of April 13 - 4th and 5th Grade
Hello 4th and 5th grade families! Bummed doesn't even begin to describe how it makes me feel that we can't all be in the same room together singing and playing our instruments. Hopefully a few of the activities below will help to spark your memory of what we were working on in class before COVID-19. For the 4th grade families, this will all be brand new. For the 5th grade families, this will be familiar from last year and will be a good review for what I think I have planned to send out next week.
This new recorder tune has four different parts to it. There are three accompaniment parts and one melody part. If you need one, click here to see or print a copy of your recorder fingering chart.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Click this link to hear all of the recorder parts together and then I'll go over how to break it down into manageable parts. This week we'll only work on the accompaniment or harmony parts. Next week will start to add the melody.
This is a link to the accompaniment parts. All of the letter D's are the note Do. All of the letter T's are Ti. All of the letter F's are Fa's, and so on. Click here to hear what the rhythm will sound like for each note. Echo that rhythm with your voice 2-3 times.
Next, have the accompaniment parts in front of you and listen here to what the first line would sound like if someone was singing it. Sing along with your singing voice.
Below are links to all of the individual accompaniment parts. You can click on each one to hear them individually. The last link is what they will all sound like together. In the C part, all of the So's you see are low So's. We finger those T123/123.
This new recorder tune has four different parts to it. There are three accompaniment parts and one melody part. If you need one, click here to see or print a copy of your recorder fingering chart.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Click this link to hear all of the recorder parts together and then I'll go over how to break it down into manageable parts. This week we'll only work on the accompaniment or harmony parts. Next week will start to add the melody.
This is a link to the accompaniment parts. All of the letter D's are the note Do. All of the letter T's are Ti. All of the letter F's are Fa's, and so on. Click here to hear what the rhythm will sound like for each note. Echo that rhythm with your voice 2-3 times.
Next, have the accompaniment parts in front of you and listen here to what the first line would sound like if someone was singing it. Sing along with your singing voice.
Below are links to all of the individual accompaniment parts. You can click on each one to hear them individually. The last link is what they will all sound like together. In the C part, all of the So's you see are low So's. We finger those T123/123.
Try and take few minutes to see if you can figure out each part. You don't have to play it as long as the recording is, but 2 or 3 times would be absolutely fine.
I hope that you're all staying healthy! I'll do my best to update the blog a couple times per week, so please take a look. It won't be just lesson, but I'll try to post some "feel good" music posts as well. I'd love to see an email, picture, or comment here on the blog of you being musical at home. Feel free to post!
Mr. S
I hope that you're all staying healthy! I'll do my best to update the blog a couple times per week, so please take a look. It won't be just lesson, but I'll try to post some "feel good" music posts as well. I'd love to see an email, picture, or comment here on the blog of you being musical at home. Feel free to post!
Mr. S
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