Term 3 beginning activities for Gr. 5/6
Here are some activities that can be done from home:
- If you have a guitar or ukulele at home, can you remember two of the chords that we have been using this year? Can you make your own chord progression using the two chords, with a specific number of strums for each chord in a repeatable pattern?
- Can you pick one of the decades covered in our school concert (1930s-2000s), research pop music in North America for the decade, and write about the style or styles of music that were most popular and the musicians that made music in this decade?
- Can you write about one of your favourite songs and why it’s one of your favourite songs? Can you talk about elements of music such as pitch (high/low), tempo (fast/slow), dynamics (loud/soft), and what message the songwriter has tried to express through the song?
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Julia Kalirai
Hi, it’s Julia from Division.5. I have memorized all of the songs, including my lines for the spring concert. I will try to write about one of the songs from the spring concert and what style of music they incorporate. I will probably inform you by next Monday.
aclift
Thank you, Julia! I look forward to seeing your written work
Julia Kalirai
The 1940s
Pop Music in North America:
Some major types of music that were trending in the 1940s were Swing, Big Band, Latin, Jazz, and Country music defined and dominated the decade’s music. After the Second World War, the Big Band sounds of the earlier part of the decade had been gradually replaced by crooners and vocal pop.
Musicians:
Some musicians from the 1940s were John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Frank Zappa, Tom Jones, Vincente Fernandez, Dianne Warwick, Cliff Richard, Phil Ochs, Levon Helm, Nancy Sinatra, Denny Doherty, Smokey Robinson, Ricky Nelson, Tim Hardin, Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley, Bucky Heard, and Jimmy Walker (the Righteous Brothers.)
Styles:
Some styles in the 1940s were Electro Swing or Swing House: a music genre that combines the influence of vintage or modern swing and jazz mixed with house hip hop and EDM. Electro Swing groups typically include singers and musicians playing traditional jazz instruments.
Instruments:
Some instruments that were popular in the 1940s were saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm. Those were the four sections of popular instruments, but the piano, bass, drums, and guitar were also included.