G2-5 Music 10 - 18 May 2010

http://www.musictechteacher.com/quiz_intervals_003ft.htm

This week's lesson is about intervals, the distance between two musical notes. The questions will ask you: what is the interval between A and D. All you have to do, is to count; A, B, C, D, E. The interval between A and D is 5.

Remember, we only use the first 7 letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. When we move on to the next note, we repeat A, B, C, D, E, F, G. The names may be the same but we can always tell the difference between one A and the other A depending on where it is placed on the musical staff.

Have a go and have fun. Next week, you will be quized on the Fling the Teacher musical notation and Intervals.

Mrs. Forster

Grades 3 - 5 Homework 3 - 14 May

http://www.musictechteacher.com/quiz_music_rhythm_time001ft.htm

Click on the link to Fling the teacher. You can play on your own, or you can play with your brothers or sisters, or even parents.

Make sure you revise the note values: whole note = 4 beats; 1/2 note = 2 beats; 1/4 note = 1 beat and 1/8th note = 1/2 beat.

Make sure you remember what a dotted note means. (A dot next to a musical note adds half the value onto the note it is next to!)

Have fun and be prepared for the quiz next week.

Mrs. Forster

G5 Homework 28 April - 5 May

Dear Students

TASK: Create your own 4 bar melody in the key of C major - (start on C and end on C).

• Use any lined and space note in the treble clef.
• Use a variety of rhythms using 1; 1/2; 1/4 & 1/8 notes.
• You can use dotted notes and 1/4 note rests to give it more color!
• Remember to put in your symbols; treble clef, time signature, bar lines and double bar lines.

HINTS:

1. First, decide how many beats there will be in each bar.
2. Then write your rhythms out in a line and divide them up into groups, so if you say you have 4 beats in a bar, your rhythms will be grouped into groups of four; if you said you have 3 beats in a bar, then you will have 4 groups of 3 beats. We did this in class. Just follow what I showed you.
3. Then underneath your set of rhythms, draw your treble clef
4. Put in the symbols and make sure you divide your staff into equal groups of four using bar lines.
5. Start writing your melody, using the rhythms you have created. Start on the note C. It can be middle C or the C an octave above MC.
6. Make sure you follow the rhythms you created. Make sure your notes don't jump all around the staff like a kangaroo. You should be ascending or descending in steps or in thirds. No more than that.
7. If you can, try to play your melody on the recorder.

Have fun!

Mrs. Forster

MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY

LOOK THROUGH THE DEFINITIONS BELOW: MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT EACH ONE LOOKS LIKE: MAKE SURE YOU USE YOUR RHYMES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE NOTES IN BOTH TREBLE AND BASS CLEFS AS TAUGHT IN CLASS.

1.
Treble Clef: used to put at the beginning of each stanza to represent high pitched notes above middle C

2.
Musical Staff: used to write down music. It can be used for all pitched notes.

3.
Bar lines: used to separate the written music into equal measures or beats.

4.
Double Bar lines: used to show when a piece of music has ended.

5.
Bars: are the space between the barlines where the musical notation is written.

6.
Repeat signs: look like #4 but have two dots to the left of the lines. They are used when a stanza or stanzas of music need to be played again.

7.
Time Signature: are two numbers, one on top of the other. The top number tells you how many beats there are in each bar; the bottom number tells you what each beat represents, or what type of note each beat is.

8.
Slurred notes: are groups of different notes that, when played, are played smoothly without a gap between each sound.

9.
Tied notes: look like slurred notes but the notes are the same. This means that the second note is not played, but the first note takes on the value of the second note; e.g. If two ¼ notes are tied, then the first note is held on for 2 beats instead of being played as it is written.

10.
Staccatto: are dots underneath the notes which means you play the notes as if they were hot potatoes!

12.
Dotted notes: look like full stops after a note. They add half the value of the note they are attached to; e.g if there is a dotted ½ note, the total value would be 3 because 2 plus ½ of 2 (1) = 3, but if the dot is next to a ¼, the total value would be 1 ½ , because ½ is half of 1: 1 + ½ = 1 ½.

13.
Note values:
· Whole Notes = 4 beats
· Half notes = 2 beats
· Quarter notes = 1 beat
· Eigth notes = ½ beat

14.
Lined notes: notes that are placed ON the line on the musical staff.
Treble clef lined notes are called from bottom to top: E; G; B; D; F
Bass clef lined notes are called from bottom to top: G; B; D; F; A

15.
Space notes: notes that are placed in the space between each line on the musical staff.
Treble clef space notes spell from bottom to top: F A C E
Bass clef space notes are called from bottom to top: A C E G

Kindergarten Music 16 - 23 April

Dear Students,

Are you creating music at home?

Are you singing to the songs you hear?

Are you dancing to the rhythms of the Twist?

Have you been practicing on your harmonica?

Come to school next week and show me what you have done.

Have fun!

Grade 2 Homework 16 - 23 April

Dear Students;

What a great job you did creating the cheers for all the houses! I was very impressed with what you all managed to do.

Review Test: Make sure you remember the value of the 1/2; 1/4 and 1/8 notes and be able to clap a rhythm. Revise the names of the musical notes we have been learning in the treble clef and also the names of the musical symbols that we have been learning in class.

Listen to as much music as you can and sing as much as you are able.

Have fun!

G4 Homework 16 - 23 April

Dear Students

REVIEW TEST: Revise for your review test 23 April. Make sure you know the value of 1, 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 notes and the names of the musical symbols we have learned this year. You will also be expected to remember the names of the musical notation in both treble and bass clefs and be able to use both notation and rhythms to create your own music. So BE PREPARED!

RECORDERS; You should all on Book II now. If you are not, then you have homework to do. Those who have graduated to Book II, well done! You don't have any homework! Don't forget to clean your recorders every time you use it.

Have fun!