Dear Families,
Here is the Lesson 27 Homework Support video.
This week, we continued to explore
Delicious D, or
Low D, on the staff and glockenspiel,
and
our final instrument family, the Woodwinds. We also learned about
sharps and what they do - raise a tone a
half step.
We practiced steady beat with our
1 - 2 - 3 songs, The Woodwind Song and Maku E, a Maori song from New Zealand.
This week's homework is to Say, Sing, & Play
The Woodwind Song on the glockenspiel - and to practice drawing
sharps, which should be two spaces high. They look like
tic-tac-toes, so this is easy schmeezy. The bottom line points to the note which is "sharped."
Students received a
F# bar for their instruments to use while playing the seven
F#'s in the song. The
F# lives between
Fantastic F and
G Golly G - but because of the small size of our glockenspiel, we use a replaceable bar that is stored at the end of the instrument.
PLEASE NOTE: I mentioned musicteaching.com in this homework support video. Unfortunately, this site no longer exists, but there are two other options I've found for easily listening to instruments online.
1. DSO Kids (Dallas Symphony) - https://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-instrument/.aspx.
2. SFS Kids (San Francisco Symphony) - http://www.sfskids.org/perform/
Both sites have lots to explore, but I think SFS Kids is my favorite due to the "compose" option, where you can write and listen to your own music, using a piano or variety of
other instruments!
Families - Remember there is a Woodwind Demonstration next week, so there is an
Early Family Time.
Happy Practicing!
Ms. Brigid
