This week in music class we explored using shakers! Among our other songs and fingerplays this week, we sang a fun song called "Walk All Around". I've posted the lyrics and movement below so that you can try at home! Anything can be a quick shaker: a peanut butter jar filled with beans and tightened safely, two stapled paper plates with a few pieces of macaroni between them, and anything else you can thing of! Give this fun "freeze" song at try!
WALK ALL AROUND
Walk all around now, Walk all around
Walk all around now, Walk all around.
Walk all around now, Walk all around
Walk all around now, Walk all around…
AND
POSE!-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight!
(freeze your body in a pose and shake your instrument eight times to the beat).
Continue with dance, tiptoe, circle, etc.
THREES and FOURS
Learning about piano and forte: musical dynamics.
Today in music class we are learning about musical dynamics. Dynamics usually refer to the volume that music is played, but can also mean more than that at times, like tone or execution.
In order to illustrate the difference between piano (playing soft) and forte (playing at a loud, or full volume), we made a graph on the white board of everyday things that are either piano or forte.
I drew pictures representing the great ideas the classes had regarding everyday things that were quiet and loud. We then practiced our songs and fingerplays using these dynamics!
SCHOOL AGE
This week in our school age we will be practicing our xylophones, our choral music, and also talking about "intervals". Music can be compared to taking steps. Because we are learning about "do re mi", solfege, and curwen hand symbols in our class right now, we are also talking about the "steps" that create different pitches in music. So, to recap, an interval is the distance between pitches!
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MOM AND DAD CONNECT:
Want to learn more about our lessons this week?
Make a cool homemade shaker!RHYTHM WEB: Shakers
All about musical dynamics: Musical Dynamics.
Here is a great website explaining all about "intervals": Intervals