Welcome Back!

I hope you had a great Christmas break!

We are back to work in the Music Room.  This week our Word of the Week is Conductor.  A conductor is the person who leads the orchestra, choir, or band.  We are watching these videos in class.

What A Conductor Really Does on Stage

7 Year Old Conductor

Sesame Street - The People In Your Neighborhood - Conductor

Woodwind Family Of Instruments

During the month of March, we will be learning about the 4 Instrument Families!

This week, we are learning about the Woodwind instruments.  

Here are the videos that we will be watching.

Class Notes - "Finding the Right Instrument for You:  The Woodwinds Family"

House of Sound - Woodwinds

Recorders!!!

This week in music class 3rd and 4th graders started learning recorders!  This is Mrs. Stahl's favorite thing that we do all year!!  

A recorder is a small instrument that comes in a variety of colors, sizes, and styles.  

Here is a snippet of Mrs. Young's class playing their very first song!

I also found this video that I thought you might enjoy!!

And,  I think Mrs. Stahl needs this shirt!  

Tempo

This week our Word of the Week is Tempo!  Tempo is the SPEED of the beat.  We are watching these videos to help us learn about Tempo!

We are also playing a passing game called Pass This Shoe.  We pass the beanie babies (not shoes. . . ) to the beat.  Then, the tempo changes and we pass at a different tempo.

(That is my super fabulous intern Emily Walters leading the activity.)

And, then we do the Chicken Dance.  It also has changing tempos!

It was a SUPER fun week in Music Class studying TEMPO!!!

Do Re Mi!

This week our Word of the Week is Major Scale!  We will be learning about the notes of the Major Scale by watching the video below:

Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music 

We will also be singing and playing handbells along with the song.

Then, we will watch this song:

Whacky Do Re Mi

And, if we have time, we will play BOOMWHACKERS along with it!

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!  I am looking forward to a great year at Dover Elementary! 

This week we are learning about Steady Beat!  Here is the video that some of you will be watching in class.

Instrument Families

We have been learning about instrument families this month.  Here are the videos that we watched in class!  First, the Woodwind Family of Instruments!

Brass Family of Instruments:

Percussion Family of Instruments:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIS!!

Today, January 8, 2016, is Elvis' 81st birthday!

Here are a few videos to help us celebrate!

A Cappella

Our Word of the Week is A Cappella.  

A Cappella is music that only uses voices with no other instruments.  We have been watching these videos in class.

(This is last year's video.)

Forte Piano

This week's Word of the Week is Dynamics!  Dynamics is how loud or how quiet the music is.  Here is the video that we watched in class!

Next week we will learn Crescendo and Decrescendo.  Here is a sneak peak!

Instrument Families

This week we are talking about Instrument Families!  

We have seen and heard several different instruments including the saxophone, trumpet, trombone, flute and guitar!

We have learned a song for each of the instrument families:  Woodwind, Brass, String and Percussion!

When we learned about the String Family, we watched this cool video!  

(Watch as the Piano Guys play songs from Frozen on piano and cello!)

Music Makes You Smarter!

Ever wonder why we play recorders?

How playing an instrument benefits your brain:

Trepak Parachute

This week (Wed. - Frid) classes did a parachute activity to Trepak from The Nutcracker Ballet. 

Here is a video we made of this activity.

 

 

Also, while searching online, I found a couple of fun Nutcracker games!  Here are the links:

 

The Nutcracker vs. the Sugar Plum Fairies from Nick.com

 Use the nutcracker to kick, hit or even eat the fairies!!

 

The Nutcracker Game (like hangman)

 Guess letters to create a word.

 

 

 

 

Mwa Ha Ha

This week we are using BOOMWHACKERS for the first time!  They are loads of fun!!!

Here is a video of Mrs. V's 4th graders playing Mwa Ha Ha!  Mwa Ha Ha is an awesome song by Plank Road Publishing.  You can hear it and lots of other songs here!