Divs 6 & 7 | Music

Monday, June 15, 2020

Mother Mother

STEP 1:

Listen to the song, ‘Mother Mother’ following the text below.
Think about how a song can tell a story.
Who are the people in this story?

Mother, Mother, I am sick,

Call for the doctor, quick, quick, quick!

In came the doctor, in came the nurse,

In came the lady with the alligator purse.

I don't want the doctor, I don't want the nurse,

I don't want the lady with the alligator purse.

Out went the doctor, out went the nurse,

Out went the lady with the alligator purse.

STEP 2:

The doctor bags below show how high or low each pitch is.
Find the lowest doctor bag.
Point to each bag as you sing.
What are the first 2 pitches? For the answer, click HERE.
Which pitch is the lowest? For the answer, click HERE.

STEP 3:

Point to the higher, middle, and lower doctor bags on the stairs below.
What is the name of the green bag with the question mark?
Do is a pitch below mi. How many steps below mi is do? For the answer, click HERE.

STEP 4:

You can read this song by naming the pitches.
Sing the song.

STEP 5:

To write the music yourself by filling in the missing pitch names then filling in the notes, click HERE for a printable worksheet.

Monday, June 8, 2020

Melody Builder: do, mi, so

Can you identify the pitches do, mi, so? Try out your listening skills with Melody Builder – a virtual deck of cards. Once you have clicked the link below to the deck of cards, click on the speaker. You will hear a pattern; listen as many times as you wish. Drag and drop the blocks to identify the pitches you hear. Click submit to check your answer. To play the game, click HERE. Send a screenshot of your final score or a photo of you playing the game to Shawnessy.Chastko@burnabyschools.ca.

June 1, 2020

Colour by Note

Scroll through the gallery of images used to review rhythm note names.

Monday, May 22, 2020

Music Autobiographies

What is a song that is special to you and your family? Students reveal that music is connected to beautiful memories of family, culture, special occasions, performances, road trips, and fun times. How many of these songs do you recognize? Which ones are new to you? Seventy eight music autobiographies are compiled below for you to peruse and maybe learn something new about one another through these stories from our Twelfth Avenue community.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 (Divs 6 & 7)

Rhythm Dictation

For this assignment, you will listen to a rhythm pattern and choose the correct answer. Check out the assignment in Teams.

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Monday, May 11, 2020 (DIV 6)

First Nations Music in Canada

We will be exploring musical instruments of the Coast Salish peoples, focusing on the box drum, an instrument unique to the Pacific Northwest. We will develop our understanding of musical life of the Coast Salish peoples and how the box drum came to be. Our virtual exploration will include the following: a trip to the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona; a visit with artist John Livingston; and a look through a musical instrument picture gallery. Some questions for you to answer will be posted in Teams.

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Monday, May 4, 2020 (Divs 6 & 7)

Chrome Music Lab – Star Wars Theme

To celebrate May the 4th – Star Wars Day – you are invited to create your version of the main Star Wars theme by John Williams, using Chrome Music Lab Song Maker. Check out the assignment in Teams.

Funny Cantina Band Tribute by VSO Musicians

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra musicians celebrate ‘Star Wars Day’ in isolation. Click HERE to see the video.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (Div 6) / Monday, May 11, 2020 (Div 7)

Chrome Music Lab

Chrome Music Lab has so much to offer. If you’ve already created a song in Song Maker, there are 12 more music experiments for you to explore. Check out the experiments and choose one to write about and share your music learning. See the instructions in Teams.

Thanks to the students who submitted their forms showing how they explored the website. Here are the results of the Chrome Music Lab explorations, showing that ‘Spectrogram’ and ‘Piano Roll’ are favourites.