Learning At Home Spring 2020

Gutten Morgen

We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.

Think of our classroom singing wheel and try singing the song in one of those styles.

Have a sing along with your family to this classic folk song.

Tell my Ma'.mp4

(Folk Song)

Tell my Ma'

Chorus: Tell my ma when I go home,The boys won't leave the girls alone,They pulled my hair and stole my comb,But that's all right 'till I go home.She is handsome, she is prettyShe is the belle of Belfast city,She is courting, one two threePlease won't you tell me who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her,All the boys are fighting for her,Knock on the door and they ring the bellOh my true love, are you well?Here she comes, as white as snow,Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,Old Johnny Mary she says she'll dieIf she doesn't get the boy with the roving eye.
Chorus
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow highAnd the snow come tumbling from the skyShe's as nice as apple pieShe'll get her own boy, by and byWhen she gets a lad of her own,She won't tell her ma 'till she comes home,Let the boys stay as they will,For it's Albert Mooney she loves still.
Chorus

4, 5, 6 May 19-29 Music 2020

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Hymn-to-Freedom-Lyric-Sheet_EN_FR_Bilingual.pdf

Hymn to Freedom

When every heart joins every heart

And together yearns for liberty

That’s when we’ll be free

When every hand joins every hand

And together molds our destiny

That’s when we’ll be free

Any hour, any day

The time soon will come

When we will live in dignity

That’s when we’ll be free

When every voice joins in our song

And together singing harmony

That’s when we’ll be free

“Jam or No Jam”

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Wake Me, Shake Me

We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.

Chrome Music Lab

Explore with Chrome Music Lab. Let me know your favourite experiment by emailing asheffield@gnspes.ca.

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments

Corner Grocery Store.mp4

4-6 April 27 - May 1

Corner Grocery Store.mp4

Corner Grocery Store (Folk Song)

4-6 May 4 - 15 Music 2020

The Git Up

I plan to learn all the steps to "The Git Up" over the next few weeks. I challenge you to do the same.

Here is a tutorial and video. See if you can find another step not included in the fours listed in the tutorial.

1. Cowboy Boogie

2. Hoedown (with sprinkle fingers and all)

3. Butterfly

4. Two-step

(Blanco Brown, 2019)

The Git Up Tutorial and Video.mp4

(Blanco Brown, 2019)

Welcome to Music (Action song)

We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.

Chrome Music Lab

Explore with Chrome Music Lab. Let me know your favourite experiment by emailing asheffield@gnspes.ca.

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments

Down by the Bay.mp4

Down by the Bay

Get ready to add your own rhymes to the verse.

(Raffi, 1976)

Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks (AABA Form)

A Section

||: Let me out, let me out,

Icky sticky, icky sticky I am feeling icky sticky :||

Peck, peck, peck, peck,

Peck, peck, Peck, Peck,

Push!

B Section

The chicks are freed and frantically looking around for their family.

Do you remember the rhythms to the A section?

(Fun with Composers, 2009)

(Natasha Turovsky, 2007)

Hey Dum Diddley Dum

We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.

P/1 April 27 - May 1

2-3 May 4 - 15 Music 2020

Tideo.mp4

(Folk Song)

Down by the Bay.mp4

(Raffi, 1976)

2-3 May 4 - 15 Music 2020

P/1 May 4 - 15 Music 2020

Song - (Raffi, 1976)

Video - (Plans4Nobody, 2009)

Down by the Bay.mp4

(Raffi, 1976)

Welcome to Music

We may not be together, but we can still sing our welcome song together (somewhat) with this video.

P/1 April 27 - May 1

Criss Cross Apple Sauce

Criss cross applesauce,

[Pepperoni pizza]

What do you want with your applesauce instead of pizza?

(Goodkin, 2008)

Criss Cross Applesauce.mov

Sleepy Bunnies

Teach your family how to play the sleeping bunny game. See if you can sing along with this recording as you play the game.

Little bunny snoozing in the morning sun

I would like to wake him up, so we can have some fun.

Shh, be quiet.

Hop up bunnies, hop, hop, hop,

Wiggle those tails and ears go flop,

Hop up bunnies, hop, hop, hop,

Hop until you drop.

(Theme & Variations, 2018)

Five Songs for Summer

Sing, dance, and play along to these classic summertime songs.

Goin' on a Picnic Finale.mp4

Goin' on a Picnic

What would you want to bring on a picnic?

Make up your own verses for this song.

Vacation Song.mp4

Vacation Song

By: Donna Rhodenizer

You get a chance to improvise short rhythms or tunes frequently throughout this song.

Sing or play your own rhythm or tune after each time we sing "She/He/I/We play like this *" occurs throughout the song.

Country Roads.mp4

Take Me Home, Country Roads

By: Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver

Enjoy singing along to this hit made famous by John Denver.

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Swimming.mp4

Swimming ~ Action Song

Sing the whole song.

Repeat the song humming the first phrase instead of singing it, then continue singing the song.

Repeat the song again, this time humming the first and second phrase.

Repeat the song again, humming the first, second, and third phrase.

Continue this increasing pattern hummed phrases until you eventually hum the whole song.

Try this again, but instead of humming just think the words in your head.

They Say That When You're Camping.mp4

They Say That When You're Camping

Add your own verses about your camping experiences.

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Rhythm & Recess

Take a weekly glimpse into the musical lives of some great performers from the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. Check it out every Wednesday at 10:30am (Nova Scotia Time).

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Interactive Links

Check out the interactive music activities found in the "links" section of this website for lots of interactive websites and resources.

Here is a new addition shared with me this spring:

Toy Theater - compose your own music and hear what it sounds like, or play an interactive keyboard instrument.

https://toytheater.com/category/music/

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Have a sing along with your family to this classic folk song.

Tell my Ma'.mp4

(Folk Song)

Tell my Ma'

Chorus: Tell my ma when I go home,The boys won't leave the girls alone,They pulled my hair and stole my comb,But that's all right 'till I go home.She is handsome, she is prettyShe is the belle of Belfast city,She is courting, one two threePlease won't you tell me who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her,All the boys are fighting for her,Knock on the door and they ring the bellOh my true love, are you well?Here she comes, as white as snow,Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,Old Johnny Mary she says she'll dieIf she doesn't get the boy with the roving eye.
Chorus
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow highAnd the snow come tumbling from the skyShe's as nice as apple pieShe'll get her own boy, by and byWhen she gets a lad of her own,She won't tell her ma 'till she comes home,Let the boys stay as they will,For it's Albert Mooney she loves still.
Chorus

Try this action song with your family. See who can sing it the fastest while still doing the actions.

Tony Chestnut.mp4

(Action song)

Tony Chestnut

Tony chestnut knows I love you,

Tony knows, Tony knows.

Tony chestnut knows I love you,

That’s what Tony knows.

Make it an action song by pointing to

~ toe, knee, chest, nut(head), nose

Toe knee chest nut nose eye love you,

Toe knee nose, tone knee nose.

Toe knee chest nut nose eye love you,

That’s what (clap twice) toe knee nose.

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Star Wars - Song Maker (add melody)

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April Showers Bring Musical Hours