Melody - Even as the ghosties are haunting the music room, students are learning all about melody. The highs and lows, ups and downs of the tune are easy to identify on the staff.
Native American Music As Thanksgiving approaches, the Native American drums and rattles can be heard with a song that reflects respect for nature, "Oh, Cedar Tree".
Dynamics - Students are reivewing dynamic terms, signs, and definitions. They will explore, analyze and perform music that illustrates the role and purpose of loudness and softness in music.
Rhythm - Students are reading and performing rhythm patterns and are referring to notes and rests by their real names.
Melody - A review of steps , skips, and repeats, direction, and scales will start a study that will culminate in learning the letter names of the staff. It is important to learn this before we get to recorders in the spring.
Native American Music - We completed our Native American unit just last week. Students reviewed the characteristics and performed the "Haliwa Saponi Canoe Song" using traditional Native American instruments.
Recorders - We started our recorder study last week and will continue for most of the remainder of the school year. Our first song, "BAGzilla", will be perfect for Halloween.
