By now I think you are starting to get the routine down. So let's start with "Hello There!" followed by "The Solfege Song." Time for some Solfege Call & Response practice- you echo me! Let's sing our school-wide Patriotic song, " America." Now for a familiar friend, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." Make sure you are doing the hand motions as you sing with beautiful voices! We have some new songs this week that are some of my favorites! And oddly enough, they are all about birds! The first one is called "Bam, chi, chi, bam." This is a folk song from the Caribbean Island nation of Jamaica and is singing about all the birds and the songs they sing. Doesn't it look beautiful?! One of the instruments that comes to us from the Caribbean Islands are steel drums. They have a really unique and surprising sound. Check them out! As the name suggests, they are made from steel drums, which are big metal barrels usually used to hold liquids. Watch this video to see how they are made. The language they speak in Jamaica is English, but it may sound a little different than you are used. "Dey" instead of "they," "dis" instead of "this." But I think you will pick it up pretty quickly after you listen to it once or twice. (Next week we will be adding some percussion parts!) Let's sing "Bam, chi, chi, chi, bam!" Another new song this week is "Cuculi." This is another song about birds singing- from Peru this time. As you sing it with me, I'd like you to pat a steady beat on your legs or chest. This is another one that we will be adding some fun percussion instruments to! One more new song to sing this week- "Five Little Chickadees." This is a counting song, so count down with me as the birds fly away. I know you guys had fun "Doin' the Penguin," so this week I would like you to learn a fun new dance to a song I bet you are familiar with, "Can't Stop the Feeling." As always, I would love to see a video of you dancing (or singing) any of our songs at home. I have enjoyed watching the videos from you all! You can email me at [email protected] or upload them to my Dropbox.
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Hello friends! I hope you have had a great week and enjoyed your music lesson from last week. Now that you are more familiar with it, let's start off with our Welcome Song- "Hello There!" Now on to "The Solfege Song!" Now we are going to practice our solfege skills with some Call & Response singing. I will sing and use the signs first, and then you can echo me. Our voices and brains are all warmed up, so let's sing some songs together! You should be familiar with these now, so really let yourself enjoy singing them! I like to work with a song for a few weeks before moving on to new music so you have the opportunity to become really comfortable with it. We will start adding some new songs next week. Join me in singing and moving along to "Rig-a-Jig-Jig." "Bluebird, Bluebird" is next. I usually do this as a big circle dance in class, but you can make up a dance that will work for you at home! Did you dance and sing along with "Snuggle Puppy" last week? I certainly did! This is a "new" song this week, but I am sure you are all familiar with it. I would love it if you would do the hand motions as you sing. Let's close out our singing time with our Patriotic song, "America." Did you have fun "Doin' the Penguin" with your family last week? Let's do it "one more time!" I would still love to see videos of you dancing along at home. You can email it to me or upload it to Dropbox.
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqoiQlzH7eKy8zb_zlDtOV2Thf466z60M I love to start class by making music right away, so join me in singing our Welcome Song- "Hello There!" You will be echoing me for most of the song, but at the end we will sing "But we're all here together again!" Excellent! This is another song I like to sing at the beginning of every class, because it helps us to learn and sing our solfege! It's called "The Solfege Song." This one has some fun motions, so join me! Now let's do some solfege practice. Repeat after me! Now it's time for some fun songs that we can sing together. "Rig-a-Jig-Jig" is one of my favorites, and you can add some movements to it. For "As I was walking down the street" walk around in time to the music. "As I was running down the street" try jogging in place! Then there is "hopping," "skipping," "jumping," and "walking." For the refrain "Rig-a-jig-jig", make up your own dance to fit the music! Bluebird, Bluebird is one of my favorite songs to sing. Next week we may add some dancing! Do you love to read books? Or have your parents read you stories? One of my favorite books that I read over and over to my kids when they were little was Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton. We passed our very well-loved copy over to my nephews a while ago, but I have never forgotten the words. I even had my own song I made up to go with it. But I like this version a lot. Why don't you grabby a favorite stuffy (maybe even a puppy?) and sing and dance along! One more song to sing for today! This is a song I will be teaching all of the kids in the school, because it is a great patriotic song about our nation, called "America!" Our last activity is a fun dance you can do with the whole family! Grab your mom and dad or your siblings, and boogie down by "Doin' the Penguin!" (The audio file is below.) I would love to see pictures or videos of you "Doing the Penguin" and share some clips on my YouTube channel. If you would like to do that you can email your version to me or add it to this Dropbox folder.
See you next week!
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