RED LEVEL

We will continue to build repertoire and musical experiences and start to prepare for our year-end recital.

Practice keeping the beat with favourite songs & rhymes. Go over lyrics for songs and rhymes.

Concept:
Practice Beat & Rhythm

Song & Rhymes:
HARUGA KITA
CONTINENT SONG
2 4 6 8
ICKA BACKA
SNAKES IN THE GRASS
SI TU AIME LE SOLEIL
ROUND THE GARDEN

Year-End Recital songs:

Canada Songs:
THIS GREAT LAND
CANADA RAP
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND

Australia Songs:
BAOBAB TREE
KOOKABURRA
KANGAROO JUMP
LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND

Hawaiian Songs:
HUMU HUMU
PEARLY SHELLS
HUKILAU
HEAD & SHOULDERS

Pic: Tuba

 

 

YELLOW LEVEL

We will continue to practice making notes (quarter and eigth notes). The children will need to learn that notes can be upside down and that the dots will go on the other side when the notes are upside down. Plus we will prepare songs for the year-end recital in June!

Please make sure to POINT AT THE RYTHMS each day, sing the song words and clap the rhythm.

Booklets:

Point & Clap
ROUND THE GARDEN

LUCY LOCKET chart
ss ll ss mm

Song & Rhymes:
HARUGA KITA
CONTINENT SONG
SNAKES IN THE GRASS
ROUND THE GARDEN
ICKA BACKA
SI TU AIME LE SOLEIL

Year-End Recital songs:

Canada Songs:
THIS GREAT LAND
CANADA RAP
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND

Australia Songs:
BAOBAB TREE
KOOKABURRA
KANGAROO JUMP
LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND

Hawaiian Songs:
HUMU HUMU
PEARLY SHELLS
HUKILAU
HEAD & SHOULDERS

Pic: Tuba

 

 

GREEN LEVEL

In the Green class the students will now learn to read and write music upon the staff in C major pentatonic. They will learn to make the leger line for the C note and continue to learn the Pitch Names (or Letter Names) for the notes as opposed to the solfege (or hand sign names).

RECORDER: (3 times each day)
Please remember to play the recorder song three times each day!
Play only the songs on the GREEN PAPERS with the recorders

Recorder Songs:
WHALE WHALE WHALE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH

Booklets:
PETER PETER (solfege)
GOOSEY GANDER(write notes)

Staff #10

Songs & Rhymes:

HARUGA KITA
I SEE THE MOON
CUT THE CAKE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
SI TU AIME LE SOLEIL

Hawaiian songs::
HUMU HUMU
PEARLY SHELLS
THERE'S A LITTLE WORD
HUKILAU

Australia songs:
BAOBAB TREE
GREAT BARRIER REEF
LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND

Canada Songs:
CANADA IN MY POCKET
THIS GREAT LAND
EMILY CARR

STEMS: are the lines to the side of the dots on the music staff: They are essentially the 'ta's and the 'tee tee's, the rhythm names we learned in yellow class.
STEM RULE: if the dot is higher than the middle line, then the stem goes down to the left of the dot. And opposite for if a note is below the middle line. If a note is on the middle line, the stem can go either way, doesn't matter.

'doh' on staff
If 's' is on a line, 'mi' is on the line underneath and 'doh' is on the next line underneath. There three notes are called a 'TRIAD'. They always have the same positioning in relation to each other, no matter which note 'doh' is on.

Pic: Tuba

BLUE LEVEL

The Blue level students will finsih the year reading and writing music in the key of C major and A minor.

They will also learn to play in the key o f C major on the recorder. Please remember to ask them to play the recorder for you every day!

Theory Book:
WILLUM ( A minor)
Staff 17

Recorder Book:
Please make sure to play each new song three times each day.
LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH
BIFFY WAS A ROBBER
SKIP ONE WINDOW
BEETHOVE THEME
(try to memorize)

Songs:
HARUGA KITA
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
CUT THE CAKE
HOP OLD SQUIRREL
OLD MR. RABBIT
SI TU AIME LE SOLEIL

Recital Songs:

Australia Songs:
AUSTRALIAN CLOCK SONG
WALTZING MATILDA
LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND
I'M A ROO
BAOBAB TREE

Hawaiian songs:
HUMU HUMU
PEARLY SHELLS
THERE'S A LITTLE WORD
HUKILAU

Canada Songs:
THIS GREAT LAND
CANADA IN MY POCKET
GRANDFATHER
EMILY CARR

Pic: Tuba

 

PURPLE LEVEL

The Purple class will finish off the Musical Rainbow program during the next two months. Each student will write their own composition to perform at the 'PURPLE RECITAL' held in June at Place des Arts. JUNE 20TH 7pm. We will also focus on reading and writing music in the key of C major and A minor.

Theory Section:
Composition: Make up your own song using the form ABAC and the rhythms on the page given.
Third composition. We will go through and put together a piece to perform.

Think of a name for your composition. Choose KEY and write in notation.

Recorder Section:
SOLO PIECE: should make the choice soon. I will help individually in class with learning your piece.

Students are to pick a solo piece to perform at PURPLE RECITAL for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th 7pm

F major:
O CANADA
BACH MINUET (section two)

G Major
WHITE SAND & GREY SAND
Mozart: EINE KLEINE NACHMUSIK

C major:
EIDELWEISS

Extra Section:
Music in the Air puzzle

Composer Section:
Pic:BRAHMS
Listen to music by Brahms

Instrument Section:
Pic: Tuba

Lyric Section:
Australia Songs:
AUSTRALIAN CLOCK SONG
WALTZING MATILDA
I'M A ROO
LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND
BAOBAB TREE

Hawaiian songs:
HUMU HUMU
PEARLY SHELLS
THERE'S A LITTLE WORD
HUKILAU

Canada Songs:
THIS GREAT LAND
CANADA IN MY POCKET
GRANDFATHER
EMILY CARR