Recorder Ensemble -- "Air"

Recorder Ensemble Cats -- here's a recording of the top part of "Air," the new piece I gave you this week. I want you to listen to it a few times before practice on Wednesday.

Pictures from Thursday's Jazz Concert

First Grade Week 3 -- Aerophones and pitch

This week the First Graders learned about aerophones -- instruments that make music with a vibrating column of air.  Clarinets, trumpets, flutes and recorders are all in the aerophone family.  To give the students a more direct understanding of how aerophones, every student got a slide whistle, which they painted this week.  Next week we'll be using them as part of our warm up.

As an added bonus the Los Angeles Jazz Society and LAUSD provided a jazz concert in the auditorium (see pictures above).  Many thanks to Mrs. Oh and Mrs. Hutchinson for setting things up.  All in all it was very musical day!

Homework -- complete aerophone worksheet

"Keetman Canon/Kung Fu Fightin'?"

This was recorded at this morning's Orff ensemble rehearsal. Orff mixed with the Carl Douglas classic "Kung Fu Fightin'?" Who'd have thunk it -- anyway the kids make it work.

Check it!...

5th Grade Week 1 worksheet - samples 5-8

Here are the samples for questions 5-8. Remember - use that pause button if you have to.

5th Grade Week 1 worksheet - samples 1-4

5th graders -- here once again are the audio clips for questions 1-4 in part 2 of your work sheet. To Listen click on the play button.

Remember you can play them as many times as you need to and pause them if necessary. And make sure you check your work!

5th Grade Week 3 -- developing rhythm using notation

This week in fifth grade we developed our first pieces of original music with notation patterns the students developed on their own using last week's puzzle box.  Here's a couple of examples.  Can you clap out the rhythms that have been notated?

We also made some recording which I will be listening to later today, which I will be posting depending on how they turn out.  In the meantime I have reposted the audio for this weeks make up assignment.

Homework -- for those of you who need to, please complete part two of the worksheet from the first week.  The audio tracks are posted above.