Week of 4/27/2020
Ms. McDonald's Weekly Video
First, WATCH Ms. McDonald's video featuring Virtual Ms. McDonald!
This week, Virtual Ms. McDonald asks you to sing. Follow her directions in the video! Happy music-making!
Additional Music Activities
Second, COMPLETE at least one additional music activity.
If you only have time for one additional activity, that's great; if you want to complete all of the additional activities for this week, that's awesome. Do what you can!
This week we will be exploring keyboard percussion instruments. Choose one or two of these activities to explore throughout the week:
- WATCH - Mr. DiFabio’s Instrument Spotlight about the Marimba (6:47)
- WATCH - Watch these videos to hear what the Piano (1:41), Accordion (1:43), Synthesizer (1:43) and sound like!
- WATCH - Watch I am the Music Man (3:56) and pretend to play the instruments! Which instruments are percussion instruments? What are some other instruments you know? Pretend to play them!
- LISTEN & CREATE - Choose one of the pieces below and listen to the music. How does the music make you feel? Is the music happy, sad, scary, silly, or a different feeling? DRAW a picture of what the music makes you think about.
- Maple Leaf Rag (2:50) by Scott Joplin on piano
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (9:20) by J.S. Bach on organ
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations (10:27) by W.A. Mozart on harpsichord
- Clair de Lune (5:13) by Claude Debussy on piano
- Attraction (2:46) by Emmanuel Séjourné on marimba
Happy exploring!
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