Note Reading
Additional note reading resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9LA60BtTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1v74oWfK8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9LA60BtTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1v74oWfK8s
4th Grade
4th graders have begun learning recorders!!! We are using these wind instruments to continue our progress reading notes on the staff. We are singing and dancing traditional folk dances as well as learning about jazz and using both pitched and unpitched percussion instruments.
the songs
See a Pin Traditional arr. by Jim Solomon
See a pin and pick it up,
all the day you'll have good luck;
See a pin and let it lay, bad luck you'll have all the day.
John Kanaka Traditional Folk
I heard, I heard the old man say,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Today, today is a holiday,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Too-la-ay, too-la-ay,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
See a pin and pick it up,
all the day you'll have good luck;
See a pin and let it lay, bad luck you'll have all the day.
John Kanaka Traditional Folk
I heard, I heard the old man say,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Today, today is a holiday,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Too-la-ay, too-la-ay,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
5th Grade
5th graders are continuing their recorder work, as well as learning more complex drumming pieces. Ensemble pieces now include multiple parts on multiple instruments while using voice or recorder as the melodic instrument. We also are discussing spirituals, their hidden meanings, and their place as the first truly American form of music.
the songs
John Kanaka Traditional Folk
I heard, I heard the old man say,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Today, today is a holiday,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Too-la-ay, too-la-ay,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Oh Watch the Stars Will Schmid
Oh, watch the stars, see how they run,
oh, watch the stars, see how they run.
Oh the stars run down at the setting of the sun.
Oh, watch the stars, see how they run.
I heard, I heard the old man say,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Today, today is a holiday,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Too-la-ay, too-la-ay,
John Kanaka, naka, too-la-ay.
Oh Watch the Stars Will Schmid
Oh, watch the stars, see how they run,
oh, watch the stars, see how they run.
Oh the stars run down at the setting of the sun.
Oh, watch the stars, see how they run.