WELCOME TO YOUR MUSIC CORNER 

YEAR 2023-2024

We love music and we listen to music everyday. 

There is a music style we are not used to listen to but it is worth knowing a little about it.

Talking about singing we are used to listen to singers who sing, more or less, in the same way but in Classical music, this is, in OPERA , 

singers have to develop a great singing technic because microphones are not usually used. 

That is why OPERA SINGERS have such a peculiar way of singing.

In OPERA there are different type of voices, according to the variety of singers (male and female, for example) and the type of roles that have to be played on the stage.

In other music styles we have different voices too, although we don't usually classify them as in OPERA.

Let's see some examples, from different music styles of music where the voices change from one to another.

MALE VOICES

From the lowest to the highest voice we have:

Bass - Baritone (most common) - tenor - countertenor

FEMALE VOICES

From the lowest to the highest voice we have:

Contralto - Mezzo soprano - Soprano 

Music to connect people over time.

FOLCKLORE: more than just traditions.

We start practising this dance in class, The candle (El candil) which comes from Extremadura, 

it brings us fun and union. 

Enjoy it! 

Singing exercises

Progressive vocal exercises to train your singing.

Before starting your vocal practice, remember these directions:

1. Listen to the tune once.

2. Then, try to follow the music singing the notes: Sol-Mi.

3. Don´t forget to make the hand movements while you sing the notes.

(You can change the tempo if you want).

MUSICAL NOTES ON THE G CLEF STAFF

C-D-E-G-A

CARNAVALITO FROM ARGENTINA.

We have lot of fun with this group dance to celebrate the carnival. 

Follow the leader! 

It is time for us to know the first notes in the music Staff.

We have started by listening, singing and showing in our hands high and low sounds. 

And we have seen that these sounds all called NOTES, and that they are located down or up in the Staff. 

These notes have their names on the door where they live, they are: E-G-A.

They talk saying: Mi-Sol-La, when we call them.  

Do you remember their names?

Could you say on which line or space they live in the Staff? 

Try to name the notes as they show us on their frontdoors in their house, the Staff.

Here you have a litte practice for you to learn it better.

MUSIC FOR OLIMPIC DREAMS

In music we are singing and dancing the song "Dale vida a tus sueños".

Here you have the music and the lyrics for you to practice:

You gotta sing.

Follow your spirit's directions and try to think of some more movements you can imagine.

YEAR 2022-2023

TIME TO SING

LOOK, MEMORIZE AND PRACTICE WITH THE HELP OF A VIRTUAL PIANO TO PLAY THE NOTES:

RHYTHMS

PLAY THE RHYTHM!

RHYTHMS BASED ON QUARTER NOTES AND QUARTER NOTE RESTS:

NOW, PRACTICE YOUR LISTENING WITH RHYTHMS BASED ON QUARTER AND EIGHTH NOTES.

FIRST, WAIT FOR THE BEAT (4 COUNTS).

LET'S PRACTICE THESE RHYTHMS.

REMEMBER:

1. READ ONE BY ONE SAYING THE RHYTHM SYLLABLES (TA-A , TA , ...).

2. CLAP AND SAY THE RHYTHMS AGAIN.

3. TRY TO PLAY THE RHYTHMS ONLY USING BODY PERCUSSION (CLAP, STOMP, TAP THE KNEES, ...) 

THE BEATLES

CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BEATLES:

OB-LA-DÍ OB-LA-DÁ (practice the song):

WHO WERE THE BEATLES AND WHAT INSTRUMENTS DID THEY PLAY?

TRY TO LABEL THEM PROPERLY WITH THE FOLLOWING WORKSHEET:

NAME THE NOTES: DO - RE - MI - SOL - LA

DO THE WORDSEARCH TO RECALL SOME FALLA'S FACTS

DO - RE - MI - SOL - LA

NAME THE NOTES: DO - RE - MI - SOL 

FOLK MUSIC: music over time. 

PLAY THE RHYTHM

DON'T MISS THE BEAT!

MANUEL DE FALLA

PLAY THE FOLLOWING CROSSWORD ABOUT SOME FACTS FROM FALLA'S BIOGRAPHY.

1. READ THE CLUES.

2. WRITE DOWNWARDS (DOWN), OR FROM LEFT TO WRITE (ACROSS) THE WORDS IN THE CROSSWORD.

3. WRITE EACH LETTER OF THE WORD IN A SQUARE.

4. THERE IS NO SPACES BETWEEN TWO WORDS IN THE CROSSWORD

LISTENING AND DRAWING THE MUSIC.

Music for orchestra, 

flamenco dancers and singers 

(bailaores y cantaores), 

where Falla was inspired by 

Andalusia folk music 

FLAMENCO.

RITUAL FIRE DANCE 

(From the ballet 'El amor Brujo', 

by Manuel de Falla)

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND TRY TO MAKE YOUR OWN PICTURES 

THAT HELP YOU FOLLOWING THE MUSIC  LIKE WE DID IN CLASS:

BEAT AND ACCENT

Play bouncing a ball in two times with the music ...

...'Ritual Fire Dance'.

Try to keep a steady time (beat).

FIRST MUSIC NOTES: E-G-A (MI-SOL-LA)

        LOOK AT THE NOTES ON THE STAFF AND  WRITE              MI-SOL-LA

NOW, WRITE THEIR NAMES IN ENGLISH.

REMEMBER, 

IN ENGLISH WE USE LETTERS. WHEN WE NAME THEM       

E   -   G    -   A

PLAY AND REVIEW THE LATEST  MUSIC CONTENTS

LISTEN AND PRACTICE THE SONG ... 'TOMORROW'

SING IT ALONE WITH THIS  KARAOKE VERSION:

YEAR 2021-2022

VIVALDI: MUSIC TO CELEBRATE THE SPRING

CELEBRATING THE SPRING. 

Easy paper flowers to decotate your class, bedroom, ...or whatever you want.

Choose the one you like the most!

LET´S TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH VIVALDI´S MUSIC.

LISTEN CAREFULY THE FIRST MOVEMENT (3 MINUTES AND 25 SECONDS OF MUSIC) AND THEN DO THE ACTIVITIES BELOW.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

1. THE INSTRUMENTS THAT PLAY THE MUSIC BELONG TO THE...

A. WIND FAMILY.

B. PERCUSSION FAMILY.

C. STRING FAMILY.

2. THE MAIN INSTRUMENT IS ...

A. THE PIANO.

B. THE GUITAR.

C. THE VIOLIN.

3. COLOUR SOME THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS VIVALDI USED TO MAKE HIS MUSIC AND LEARN THEIR NAMES:   

Let's make a review about Vivaldi's life and music. 

Choose an activity:

HOW ARE THE SOUNDS AROUND?

LISTEN AND WRITE F (FORTE) OR P (PIANO):

 LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND IMAGINE THE SOUNDS THEY MAKE. THEN CHOSE HIGH OR LOW:

Are the following sounds long or short. Choose the correct answer:

NAME THE NOTES ON THE STAFF: DO-RE-MI-SOL-LA-DO:

LEARNING TO LOCATE THE FIRST TWO NOTES IN THE STAFF...

BANDYROWE (Ireland)

Practice the first three verses of the song.

Read the text carefuly and play the music then to sing the song.

 Enjoy it!

FIND AND NAME THE NOTES MI-SOL-LA

CHRISTMAS FLASHMOB.  

SPANISH CHRISTMAS CAROLS COMPILATION FOR YOU TO PRACTISE THE DANCE AT HOME.

WE WILL  DO IT ALL TOGETHER  NEXT WEDNESDAY, TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS YEAR.

PRACTICA EL BAILE CON ESTA RECOPILACIÓN DE VILLANCICOS TRADICIONALES. 

¡LO HAREMOS TODOS JUNTOS EL PRÓXIMO MIÉRCOLES PARA DESPEDIR EL AÑO!

THE ORCHESTRA

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS BY DOING THE FOLLOWING TEST:

LISTEN AND FIND WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS, WHEN IT HAS A STEADY BEAT AND WHEN IT GETS LOUDER...

SONGS