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Drum making for Jacki
We made drums with Ms. Price, and it was so much fun! It took four of us to make each drum. At first, we tried to go really fast, but then we realized we needed to slow down and work together. It felt special because we learned that, for many Indigenous cultures, making a drum … Continue reading
contributing together for we are one
We spent half this class working on the playground music project and this is the second class filming it. It is almost good, it needs a bit more work. The other half was exploration time. We got pulled out of class early to practiced the song “Four Five Seconds” with Ms. Maxwell’s and Ms. Davis’s … Continue reading
chilling with the guitars and wiping out
today we practiced wipeout on the guitar and it was so fast. I got to turn my guitar over and play a drum solo on it. later we went outside to make music withe the playground equipment. “What inspired us to go outside? The young peoples concert that we went to where they made … Continue reading
THE SHENG (dum dum duuummmm)
we had to write a guitar test and it was easy and quick. I had to write chords, label the guitar, and write out notes. Mr.Yanko played the Sheng for Chinese New Year. We also learned a new song called Wipe Out which was on one string. 2b
Guitar Etc.
Today we played MANY guitar songs, like I Lived by OneRepublic and Something Big by Shawn Mendes. We played the A minor, B minor, C, D, G and E minor chords. We also reviewed our guitar worksheet for the test coming up. The boys were disruptive and disrespectful to others today. 2g, 1b
New beginnings
Today we learned new chords on the guitar, such as, Am, and the full Em. We have done “Mad Minute 9” today and beat some new scores. Today we learned some new songs, such as: “Life of The Party,” “I lived” and “Something Big” We also learned new strumming patterns on the guitar that match … Continue reading
strumm-splorations
This week in music we practiced the song “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger”. We did strumming patterns for the song it was down down down up down up. But today all we did was explorations because two thirds of the class was of skiing. Today I also learned how to put rosin on the violin bow. 1b
My Drum Kit
We worked on what doesn’t kill you makes you strong and love generation. the challenging part was when we had to switch the cords very fast. when we where doing explorations I made my own drum kit when Mr. yanko was on the computer, he was playing a song called “the papaya song” now it’s … Continue reading
stronger generation
We learned two new songs which are stronger and love generation:) we learned the F, G, C and Em. 2b
legend of polar mountain
At the Christmas Concert, we dressed up as snowmen that we made. We all thought the costumes were very funny. We also learned a fun recorder song, Snow Storm, which we preformed. 2b