1. In a few sentences, write about what you’ve learned and experienced as a Seaforth music student this school year. If you like you can also write about what you hope to learn and experience in music next year.
2. Make a short song or instrumental piece of music that expresses what you’ve learned and experienced as a Seaforth music student this school year.
3. Record yourself playing your favourite song that you have learned on recorder this year. Try to play it as well as you possibly can, with the best tone and with all the right notes and rhythms.
4. Complete a previously posted activity of your choice that you have not yet done.

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

• Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
• Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
• For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
• Also for large file submissions, Mr. Clift can add you to a Microsoft Team where you can upload the file in the “Assignments” tab.

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Imagine you are in a particular place where you would hear lots of particular sounds (e.g. in the city; in a forest with sounds of birds and leaves rusting). Recreate the sounds that you might hear using your recorder and objects that you have at home. Write down the sounds that you thought of with a description of how to play it on recorder and which objects at home you would use. If possible send a recording of yourself making the sounds, and say what each sound is supposed to be, or send a write-up of the sounds you were thinking of and how you’d recreate the sounds with instruments/objects.
2. Choose one of the following 3 songs and learn to play it on the recorder based on your music reading skills. You may want to find the song on Youtube and listen to it so that you know what the tune should sound like:

• Auld Lang Syne
• Morning Has Broken
• Aura Lee

3. Pick a song from the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXA1IqBgeZROfhsGkUE2HrFGN7bKqgpF. Play along with your chosen song in an improvised fashion with two or three notes on your recorder, or with objects in your home that can make drum sounds. Submit a video of you playing along to your chosen song.
4. Compose a short melody using the following online tool (make sure to select your grade level). Play your composition on your recorder, or another melodic instrument such as piano. Submit a recording that shows your composition with you playing it: https://musicplayonline.com/activities/melody_compose/exercises/staff_composition/menu/menu.html
5. Complete any previously posted activities that you have not yet done.

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

1. Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
2. Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
3. For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
4. Also for large file submissions, Mr. Clift can add you to a Microsoft Team where you can upload the file in the “Assignments” tab.

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Compose a jingle (short melody) with your recorder that could be used on TV or radio. Submit an audio recording or notation of your jingle with a written description of how you imagine your jingle being used.
2. Study and practice any of the following three recorder songs. Submit a recording of you playing it:

• This Little Light of Mine – https://www.8notes.com/scores/31187.asp
• Li’l Liza Jane – https://www.8notes.com/scores/19270.asp
• I Love You Truly – https://www.8notes.com/scores/18109.asp

3. Make your own musical instrument out of materials that you have in your home. Compose a short piece of music using your home-made instrument. Submit a recording of you playing this piece of music. For a little help and inspiration, follow the steps in this link: https://musicplayonline.com/modules/156841/
4. Complete any previously posted activities that you have not yet done.

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

1. Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
2. Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
3. For large file submissions add them to Google Drive and invite Mr. Clift through the ‘share’ option.
4. Also for large file submissions, Mr. Clift can add you to a Microsoft Team where you can upload the file in the “Assignments” tab.

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Compose your own piece of music to from instruments/objects that you have at home. Maybe consider expressing in your music the thoughts and feelings you’ve experienced since you’ve been at home away from school. Maybe get family members to help by playing other instruments/objects at the same time. If possible submit a recording of your composed music.
2. Learn, practice, and perform on recorder one of the following 3 songs, using the resources on the web page along with your current knowledge and resources from your music duotang:

Yankee Doodle – https://www.8notes.com/scores/17221.asp,

Once I Caught a Fish Alive – https://www.8notes.com/scores/15469.asp

Bobby Shaftoe – https://www.8notes.com/scores/17576.asp

3. Pick a song from this YouTube playlist. Learn to sing the song without any accompanying music. Submit a recording of yourself singing the song. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXA1IqBgeZROfhsGkUE2HrFGN7bKqgpF

How to submit work

Please submit work through one of the following three methods:

1. Comment on any of the blog posts (if comments are to show on the blog site I have to ‘approve’ them, so I can just not approve your comment and view the work at my end).
2. Email it to me at adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca
3. Add it to Google Drive and invite me through the ‘share’ option (probably the best method for submitting large files such as long video recordings).

If you need assistance with submitting work please email me at Adrian.clift@burnabyschools.ca

1. Submit a video or audio recording of yourself making music at home. Suggestions include singing along to one of the videos on the HOME page, singing one of our school concert songs along to the song’s Youtube video, or playing Seaforth Music repertoire on an instrument.
2. Go outside, close your eyes, and listen. Think about what sounds you can hear. Then write a list of all the things that you could hear, describing the sound quality and volume of each sound you heard.
3. Learn and explore music using any of the resources posted on the HOME page of the blog site. Write about, or get video footage of, what you’ve done or learned and submit it to Mr. Clift.
4. Pick one of the songs from the “Recorder Songs to Learn” file found in the “Recorder Divisions Resources” page. Learn to play the song using your knowledge of recorder and music reading. Record yourself playing a segment of the song that’s at least 8-bars long, and submit the recording to Mr. Clift.

Here are some activities that can be done from home:

1. Using your recorder, can you compose your own melody using the notes B, A, G, E, and D? Can you write words to go with your melody and turn it into a song?
2. Can you take one of the songs from your duotang that we learned in term 1 and make your own version of the song by changing things like the rhythm, dynamics (loud/soft), and the order of notes?
3. 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), and dynamics (loud/soft)?