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Hi Fourth Graders!
Hi Fourth Graders!
Here's what you can explore this week. Have fun making music!
Here's what you can explore this week. Have fun making music!
Go to the website https://musicplayonline.com/
Go to the website https://musicplayonline.com/
Student log in - Username - snow Password - 2020
Student log in - Username - snow Password - 2020
Click on Grade 4. Once you are on the website, follow the directions below.
Click on Grade 4. Once you are on the website, follow the directions below.
"Note Name Memory" Game
"Note Name Memory" Game
On the far right where it says Games, click on "Note Name Memory," next, click on notes on the staff, and then click on level 2. Click on the cards to flip them over and match the letters with the notes on the staff. See how quickly you can match all of the cards!
Send me an email and let me know your score! oldfielda@victorschools.org
This week - check out the Incredibox website! If you go to incredibox.com, you can create some really cool beats and layer them together to make your own songs! Click on try web version. Then, click on one of the faces. Next, click the play arrow. After that, click and drag different clothing items onto the musicians. Take your time and listen to how each item you add changes your song. If you don't like something that you've added, just click on the X.
Ma Ku Ay
Ma Ku Ay
On the left, under song list, scroll down to song #22. It's called "Ma Ku Ay." This song is a Maori song from New Zealand.
1. Watch the video while listening and then sing along.
2. What is the meter of this song? Remember meter is how the beats are grouped together.
3. How many measure are in this song?
4. Pause the video on the conductor page. Follow the arrows to learn how to conduct a pattern for songs that have 3 beats in a measure.
5. Replay the video and see if you can conduct as you sing. Remember that every measure should start with a down motion.
6. Pause the video. Can you name the notes?
7. If you have an instrument at home, can you play "Ma Ku Ay" on it?
8. This song is used for a stick game. Watch the kids demo video. Can you find something at your house to play the stick game with?
9. The Highlights video teaches the song using a slower tempo and lights up each note as you sing. Then, you can sing the song using solfege.
Handel - "Hallelujah"
Handel - "Hallelujah"
On the far left - click on listening. Next click on Kit 4. Scroll down to Song #9. The "Hallelujah Chorus" was composed in 1741 by George Frederic Handel. Did you know that it is the custom for audiences to stand whenever this famous song is performed? That's because when the song was first performed in London, King George II stood up and it was the custom that if the king stands, everyone stands! Check out the listening log and answer the questions. Click on analysis and reflect as you listen. Finally, click on Composer to learn about Handel, a famous composer during the Baroque era of music.
What do you think of Handel's music?
Send me an email and let me know!
Click on the video above to hear a cool medley of Disney songs. How many can you sing along with? Enjoy!
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