I'm sure you are getting into my routine by now, so let's get straight to making music! We will start with "Hello There!" and "The Solfege Song." Let's continue developing our Solfege skills with some Call & Response singing. I will sing first, and then you can echo me. Make sure to practice using your hand signs! Now that our voices are warmed up, we will start with singing our Patriotic song, "America." Last week we learned a new song, a Spiritual called "Train Is A-Comin.'" Join me as we sing it one more time. "Train Is A-Comin'" was a song about the Underground Railroad, where slaves and sympathetic white people would pass messages that would help the slaves escape to the north where they could live free lives. Our next song is about a different kind of train. The American West was opened up to expansion when train tracks were first laid to cross the country starting in 1862. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. The workers who were actually doing the hard work of laying the tracks would sing work songs to help them pass the time, and this is the most famous example of those work songs. The song that we know today as "I've Been Working on the Railroad" is actually a mashup of three different folk songs from that time, so it has an A, B, and C part for its form. It is one of the most beloved American folk songs around, and every child should know it. In the past few weeks, we have sung and played "Hot Cross Buns" on the recorder. This week we will be learning to sing a slightly different version of "Hot Cross Buns" before we learn a counter melody to play with it on recorder next week. It's Recorder Time! First, I'm going to give you a fun opportunity to be a composer. Print this "It's in the B-A-G" Composition Worksheet and compose your own song. Please email me completed composition so I can have a look at it. For a special bonus, send me a video of you playing your song! You can email me at [email protected]. Let's start off by playing the version of "Hot Cross Buns" we have been working on. Make sure your left hand is on the top of the recorder, and that you are blowing with steady, warm air. Now go ahead and review some of the other songs at the end of your Beginning Recorder Book. You can play along with the YouTube videos if that helps you. Last week we did some pre-learning practice to help us get ready for the final song in our book, "Amazing Grace." Take a moment to review that video lesson, I like to end class with something fun when I can! This week you can dance along to "Can't Stop the Feeling."
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