The choir concert this afternoon was a great hit. The children have worked so hard on learning all of the songs. The musicians also performed amazingly. It was lovely to see all of the parents in the hall watching and we all feel very much in the spirit of Christmas now. Well done to all the pupils who took part.
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This week year 3 have been looking at what a treble clef stave is and how to write musical notes one.
We have learnt the notes B, A and G so far and this week we have looked at where abouts these would be placed on a musical stave.
We found there are mnemonics we can say to help us where these notes go. We have practiced FACE for notes that sit in the spaces and Every Good Boy Deserves Food for the notes that sit on the lines.
We practised writing these notes on a stave before we played them on our recorders.
As Musicians in Y4M this week, we have been exploring the concept of ‘Duration’ and identified the difference between notes which were short or long in the tunes that we have been practicing so far. In order to play a note with a longer duration the children established a longer steady blow was required. We then utilised our new knowledge and put it into practice as a class while playing a familiar tune using the notes B, A and G that we are beginning to master on the recorder.
Here is our short rendition of ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’…
Masters in the making…Encore Y4!
This week in music, the children were able to produce their first sounds using the clarinet. Lots of children found this hard to start off with and couldn’t get their mouths in the correct configuration to produce a sound on the reed. Through lots of determination the whole class were proud to be able to make their first sounds.
So far this term, Y4M have been learning to play the notes B A and G on the recorder. With dexterity and finess, we are becoming more confident moving between notes when playing complex pieces of music and are able to recognise the difference in the pitch in each note played. We are also refining playing as a group so that our timings coincide with each other.
Here is one of the pieces we learnt today using the note G…
Bravo and encore Y4M!!!
This week in music Mrs Hall introduced the year 5’s to a variety woodwind instruments of which they will be playing the clarinet over the course of the year. They couldn’t believe how many instruments there were. They particularly liked the saxophone and the Bassoon! Year 5 also looked at the rhythm and pulse of different songs.
Year 3 were thrilled to recieve their recorders this week and begin to talk about how we will be playing them. Over the year we will be learning to play the recorder. This week we begun with getting used to holding our new instrument and practising where to place our fingers.
We had a go at making sounds and discussed how we will make different notes with our finger placements. We had a go at making soft and loud sounds by blowing gently through the mouth piece. We are very excited to start to look at the different notes next week.
We also talked about how we look after instruments and how to handle them correctly.
This week in music, Year 2 have been listening to ‘Let’s Sing Together’.
We began our lesson by appraising our piece of music. This week the music made us feel a little sleepy. It was slow and calm, there was gentle instruments in the music and a soft drum was being tapped. The music mad us all feel relaxed and we wanted to hear more.
The music we performed this week was called ‘Let’s Sing Together’. this music woke us all back up. The music had a quicker beat and the words were very repetitive. We were able to sing the sing, following the words on the screen, really quickly. We loved the words and wanted to try and sing this song differently.
We wanted to try and sing this song in a round as it was repeated. We remembered how to sing in a round from Year 1 and enjoyed this.
We sang ‘Let’s Sing Together’ in a round, each table starting at a different point to create a class performance.
We hope you like our final performance.
In music this week, Year 2 have really enjoyed learning the song ‘Music Man’.
We begun by appraising our piece of music. The music made us feel happy and we all wanted to smile. We could hear lots of instruments including guitars, pianos, drums and saxophones. We were not sure what a saxophone was to start with but we discovered this together and loved the sounds it made. We knew a saxophone was played because it sang it in the song.
We sang the song, following the words on the screen. We loved this song and we could hear the beat really. Lots of us were tapping the table with our hands and tapping our feet on the floor the first time we sung.
We were able to improvise playing musical instruments to the song as we sang. We played a saxophone, a trombone and a drum as well as others.
Once we knew the song well we became composers. We used the notes we know on the glockenspiel to create our own composition based on ‘Music Man’.
We decided on a 4 note composition that complemented the music we listened to then we got to play it to the music.
We performed our 4 notes to the class and we loved being performers.
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We have had such a wonderful day celebrating the King’s Coronation. We’ve learnt about the King, listened to the National Anthem, joined in the celebrations with red, white and blue cake and joined in with Coronation activities.
Some of us braved the rain and built a coach, with 4 horses, to carry King Charles to his palace. We hope it doesn’t rain as much tomorrow!
