GENERAL MUSIC
01. KEYBOARD THEORY WORKSHEET WITH SHARPS and FLATS
........a. WORKED ON WORKSHEET #4 IN CLASS TOGETHER FINDING WHITE and BLACK KEY NAMES
02. RECORDER
........a. WARM-UP
..............1) ECHO RHYTHMS and PITCHES USING NOTES FROM "B" DOWN TO "E" and THEN "E" DOWN TO
LOW "C"
....................a) DISCUSSED THE DIFFICULTY OF PLAYING THE LOWEST NOTES ON THE RECORDER:
..USE OF WEAK FINGERS WITH SMALL FINGER TIP PADS TO SEAL THE HOLES
..BLOWING THE LOWER THE NOTES EXTRA SOFT WITH SLOW CONTROLLED AIR
........b. RECORDER SONGS WITH NOTE READING
...............1) INTRODUCTION TO THE TREBLE (OR "G") CLEF
.....................a) CLEF:
..A clef is a sign placed on the staff to designate what pitches are to be represented by its lines and
spaces.
.....................a) TREBLE ("G") CLEF:
..G clef shows us not only that the second line of the staff represents G, but that the first line
represents E, the first space F, etc.
...............2) INTRODUCTION TO THE HALF NOTE
...............3) INTRODUCTION TO THE DOTTED HALF NOTE
.....................a) THE RULE OF THE "DOT PLACE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A NOTE"
.. A DOTE PLACED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A NOTE IS ALWAYS WORTH HALF THE VALUE OF
THE NOTE IT SITS NEXT TO
...............4) PLAYING SONGS
.....................a) USING THE TREBLE CLEF RULE (LINE 2 OF THE MUSIC STAFF IS THE NOTE "G" and THE IDEA OF
STEP-WISE MOTION and THE MUSICAL ALPHABET STUDENTS DECODE THE MUSICAL
NOTATION BY SAYING THE LETTER NAMES AS THEY READ THE MUSIC OUT LOUD
.....................b) THE LETTER NAMES ARE TRANSFERRED TO RECORDER FINGERINGS
.....................c) RHYTHMS ARE REVIEWED
.....................d) SONGS PLAYED WITH TEACHER TRACKING HELP
.....................e) SONGS PLAYED WITHOUT TEACHER TRACKING HELP
...............5) NAMES OF SONGS PLAYED
.....................a) ALL ALONE (B)
..SONG USES HALF and QUARTER NOTES
.....................b) SKATING AWAY (B, A)
..SONG USES DOTTED HALF NOTES, HALF NOTES, QUARTER NOTES
.....................c) SONG OF THE SEA (B, A, G)
..SONG USES DOTTED HALF NOTES, HALF NOTES, QUARTER NOTES
(to be continued and reviewed the next time we play the recorder)
ADV. STRINGS
01. CABALITO
02. WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
02. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
03. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
BEG. STRINGS
01. MY HEART WILL GO ON
02. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
03. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (SIGHT READING)
