Hello 3rd Graders! Welcome back for another music lesson! I hope you enjoyed last week- so let's get right into it with our Welcome Song- "Hello There!" Moving right along, we will practice our Solfege skills with the "The Solfege Song." Do you know why we practice solfege? It's to help strengthen our skills reading music and to train our ears. It will also allow us to play songs on instruments more easily. Now that you have reviewed all of the Solfege hand signs, let's practice those skills with some Call & Response singing. I will sing and sign first and then you echo me. Now let's move on to singing some songs together. Just so you know, I typically repeat songs for a couple of weeks. This allows us to learn them and be comfortable singing them, and lets us add more depth to our songs by adding movements or dances, and by adding instruments. First up, we will be singing "Li'l Liza Jane." Now we will sing and perform the American Sign Language for "Peace Like a River." (If you need a refresher on the signs you can watch this video. We are going to sing one new song this week. "Train Is A-Comin'" is an African American Spritual. Many Spirituals were sung by slaves as they worked in the fields and were used to send messages along the Underground Railroad. As you listen to this song the first time, what message do you think this song was sharing? Try singing along once you have listened to it one time through. One more song to sing before we move on to playing the recorder. "America" is our Patriotic song that the whole school is learning. Ready for RECORDER TIME?! Let's warm up our fingers and ears as you play along with this Call & Response video. I will be playing first and you echo me. Last week you sang along with "Hot Cross Buns." This week I would like you to try playing it on the recorder with the accompaniment. Next week we will learn a different version to sing and play along with. Continue working on our other songs- you can play along with this playlist There is one last song left in our Beginning Recorder Book! "Amazing Grace" may be familiar to many of you as it is often sung in Christian churches. You may have even heard it on TV at some point. But if you aren't familiar with it, don't worry because I will walk you through playing it the next couple of weeks. This week I am going to do some simple exercises with you that will make it easier for us to actually play the song next week.
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