- students continue to work on keeping a steady beat through movement, listening, and playing xylophones
- students are confident singing "so" and "mi" using hand signals
- we are beginning our Valentine's Day songs, including Roses are Red (xylophone song), Valentine, Valentine (circle game), Skinnamarinki Dinky Dink and A You're Adorable
Gr. 2-3
- students have tested for their green belts in Recorder Karate. We are now moving on to purple belt - which means a new note, "low D", and a new song, Country Swing
- students have learned about the staff, and where notes are placed on the staff. We have talked about the names of lines and spaces.
- Students are learning a new circle game, Stella Ella Olla, which helps them to keep a steady beat while singing
- Valentine's songs include 1,2,3, Who will it Be! (partner clapping game), Circle Round the Zero (circle dance)
Gr. 4/5
- we continue to work on playing ukulele chords D, G, A7 and Bm
- Students have started a new song, "Country Roads"
- Students have started a new ukulele technique where we pick the strings and play the melody instead of chords - they have learned to play Mary Had a Little Lamb and will soon begin to learn Happiness Blues
- Students will also play the circle game, Stella Ella Olla
Gr. 4/5/6 and 5/6
- students continue their study of the Blues - playing the 12 Bar Blues on guitar (chords D, G, and A)
- students discover the lyrical form of the Blues (AAB), and write a short blues song with a small group
- Students learn how to play a shuffle beat, essential to making their guitar playing sound more "bluesy"
- students will combine the above skills to create a class blues song, that contains 3 AAB verses, and will sing and accompany themselves while playing the 12 Bar Blues on guitar
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