Music - 9/23/22

 

Music: Week of September 19th-23rd

I hope that everyone had a wonderful week.

Younger Grades:

In Kindergarten, we are testing this week. Students are working on identifying opposites with our singing voice as highs and lows. We sang Baby Beluga and Old Blue this week.

In 1st-2nd grade, we are testing this week. We are organizing various dynamics (piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, and forte). We are learning about more typing of voices.

Whisper, Talk, Shout, and Sing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOWgQLGnDY

Decibella and Her 6-Inch Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWl5MfjhGuE

Older grades:

In 3rd and 4th grade, student finished their lyrics to You're A Grand Old School. Students will have to accompany a recording of You're A Grand Old Flag/School on boomwhackers for a grade.

In 5th-6th grade, we are going over the instruments of Africa. Some instruments we have discussed are the shakere, seed shaker, caxixi, and atoke, djembe, and ahoko. Knowing how to classify instruments according to idiophone, aerophone, membranophone, or chordophone is the goal.

Anything not finished in their African Instrument packet is homework.

In 7th-8th grade, we are working on time periods/genres of music. We are moving on to the 1920s music genre and learning about the Blues and Jazz.

Band:
Band will be inside Jenn's room, she is the 5th and 6th grade teacher.
We are using Essential Elements Book 1 this year.
Advanced Band is moving past Basic Blues in their book.

Advanced Band Schedule
Monday: 7:30am-8:10am (Advanced Band)
Wednesday 3:45-4:45pm (Advanced Band)
Friday: Sectionals during school.

Beginning Band Schedule
Wednesday: 4:45-5:45pm (Beginning Band) First Beginning Band Rehearsal October 5th.
Please have instruments ready by then.

Next week's Instrument Fittings: 9/20/22 @4:45-5:45 and 9/23/22@3:45-4:30pm
Beginning band students must have instruments and books by October 5th.