Seaforth Music

Here are three activities that can be done from home:

1. If you have a guitar or ukulele at home, can you remember three of the chords that we have been using this year? Can you make your own chord progression using the three chords, with a specific number of strums for each chord in a repeatable pattern?
2. Can you pick one of the decades covered in our school concert (1930s-2000s) and research pop music of North America from the decade along with key events that happened in the world during this decade? Can you write about the style or styles of music that were most popular in this decade, key events that happened in the world in this decade, and suggests ways that the music was influenced by what was happening in the world at the time?
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), dynamics (loud/soft), and what message the songwriter has tried to express through the song?

Here are some activities that can be done from home:

1. 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?
2. 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?
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), dynamics (loud/soft), and what message the songwriter has tried to express through the song?

Here are some activities that can be done from home:

1. Can you sing at least three of the Primary Days of Music songs unaccompanied and without seeing the words?
2. Can you make up your own short melody to sing using the word “la”? Can you sing your melody while clapping the beat?
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)?

Here are three musical activities that can be done from home:

1. Can you sing the Elevator Song, moving your body up and down along with your voice? Can you do it fast, medium, and slow?
2. Can you find something in your home that makes a non-pitched sound, such as a pot or two sticks to hit together, and make up a rhythmic pattern using ta, ti-ti, and za that you can repeat to a steady beat?
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)?