Blues and Brass

Spotlight today was on the trumpet , the smallest and brightest of the brass family of instruments . Read more about the trumpet and the other members of the brass  family on the link below . http://www.classicsforkids.com/music/instruments_list.asp?family=Brass

Listen to Niall O Sullivan play Somewhere Over the Rainbow on trumpet. What other instruments are playing in the quartet?


 

Junior Infants Cool NEW SONG Teddy Bear Rock and Roll  Listen here

http://msfionamusic.weebly.com/ks1-choir.html



Senior Infants Ms Maloney Amhrain as Gaeilge Penguin Song
                        Ms McDonagh Jack and Beanstalk Songs

1st class 1 Bow Hold with pencil  Yo Bow Rap
               Bally boden Blue bell

2nd class Foxtrot First finger down  Note lengths Notes on stave

3rd class  Foxtrot Old Macdonald new note G'

4th/ 5th  class Blues Task 3
First Finger Blues   Notes on stave

D E D E  G G G_   x 4
0  1 0  1   0  0  0

A B A B  D E D E

G G G G G z D z



 

Viola Day

Here is what we did in our music classes at Marist Crumlin  this week.

Junior infants are working on some new story songs and a Fee Fi Fo Fum chant to go with our latest story
Jack and the Beanstalk.   (Singing Sherlock Vol 1)

Jack climbed up the beanstalk, up up up so high,
Jack climbed up the beanstalk til he reached the sky

Jack climbed down the beanstalk with the money sack
Jack climbed down the beanstalk, I'm never going back

more verses next week




Amhran as Gaeilge  Buail Bos  (Sing with Mike)
                                 Buail bos , gread cos , cas timpeall and glac sos
Aon Do muc is bo

Nursery Rhyme time 
Baa Baa Black Sheep  Rhythm patterns

Senior Infants : Three Little Pigs song with percussion 
shakers for straw
claves for sticks
wood blocks and drums for bricks

Trotting down the road

new vesion Running down the road
Help me help me someone help me

1st- 3rd class

                            The Mountain Song

 gaze    Ta aa aa aa  4 heart beats

               Climb Climb Ta - aa 2 beats
            
Walk walk walk walk    Ta aa aa aa  1 beat each
     
Run run run run run run run run     ti Ti ti ti ti  ti ti  ti  


2/3 rd Balloon Bowa and shivery bows  Yo Bow Rap  Ireland's Call


5th /4th

Sing and Play:Ireland's Call :Tremelos,  Down Bow Retakes

Sing and play : First finger riff to Drunken Sailor
                          EEEEEEEE DDDDDDDD EEEEEEEE DDDD E_ E_

Foxtrot : Arco

Instruments of the Orchestra : The Viola
Introducing the viola Find out more about the viola here http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-instrument/viola/.aspx      
Looks like a violin but has one string C  lower string  below G .

Stringschool Ten Pieces :  Ten pieces of classical music everyone should know. The piece I played in class on my viola is called The Swan by French composer  Camille Saint Saens. The solo part is played here on a cello . What is the other instrument you can hear?






 

Ten Pieces: No 2 The Swan from the Carnival of the Animals

http://viewpure.com/Yej7GLtdkaw?start=0&end=0 Watch a ballerina dance to The Swan  by Saint Saens here .                                                                                   

More about the Carnival of the animals here http://www.welbourneprimary.com/Links/Music/Saintsaens/Carnivalofanimals.htm


Rhythm and pitch conductors



Infants task list

 

All About The Bass

Junior/.Senior Infants

Infants Classes had lots of fun singing two new songs . The Penguin Song. 
(Singing Sherlock Vol 1)

New Today Where is Thumbkin    (Tune Frere Jacque)  Finger play
Where is Thumbkin Where is Thumbkin
Here I am , Here I am
How are you today sir, Very well I thank you
Run away, Run away

Where is pointer etc. Where is Tall Man, Ring Man, Pinkie, Where are all the men

String groups
All string classes met the daddy of the violin family today  when the Stringschool
Double Bass  visited the classroom.  Click on the link to read more and hear a sample.

We learned the names of the strings starting with the lowest  Elephant, Alligator, Donkey , Goat


1st Class / 2nd class
Steady Beat rap
Rest position, Play position , Proper pizz,  Lollipop lady
Greedy Dinosaurs Ate Everything   a good way of remembering the violin  strings

John Ryan's Polka  pizzicato open string D

Playing each string in turn .
 E for elephants ta ta ti ti ta  A for alligators ta ta ti ti ta
D for Dolphins G for gorillas

3rd -5th Class

Stringschool Ten Pieces
 Ten pieces of classical   music you should know about          
Playing along today to
Piece no 1 Carmen Prelude  Read more about the composer here Bizet

Listen to the piece again here
1 Describe what happens to the tempo  during the piece
2 It is mostly a march.  How many beats in each bar?
3 The music is heard at rugby matches and is associated with one team in particular. Which Irish province? (It's not Leinster)

4 Which string fitted best?.  Playing pizzicato on A in forte (loud ) sections
What happens the dynamic (loud and soft )

Foxtrot Notes

Foxtrot  DDD_ AAA_ DDD_ AAA_ DDD_ DDD_ AAA_ AAD sh   Track 2

Group 1 and 2 split the notes  and adding in the bass for a extra depth

Fact Files
 Opera A story told completely by singing. Musicals have songs too but also spoken dialogue Opera singers don't use microphones and yet fill the largest opera houses with just their voice alone . The national opera house in most countries  is usually a very grand building.


Sydney Opera House

Question Ireland has a national opera house . Can you find out where it is .  It isn't in
Dublin

This is a clip from Carmen when the Toreadors( Bullfighters ) come into town with everyone shouting and cheering.

Finally , pop super-star David Bowie died this week.
 Considered by many to be a genius He had many hits and always tried to be different  to other pop stars in his stage clothes and music  This is one of my favourite hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muMcWMKPEWQ