Month: May 2020

This is SUPER Fun! I’d love everyone to check this out. All you need are two sticks, (pencils work just fine) and a ‘drum‘ (a bucket, a Tupperware container, a box, even a tabletop or desktop – with a thick cloth on it so the surface doesn’t get dented), even the end of your bed! Use your creative brain. You’ll find something you can hit without wrecking it! 🙂

Here are the basic beats to start off with:

Click on this link and give this first song a try

Here’s another one, just a little bit more difficult:

If you don’t get it right away, try again. You should get better and better every time. Once you get this one, you can go on to the next one in the series. There are lots of songs to choose from. I will come onto the next class meeting I can to do the drumming with you to make sure you’ve got the right idea.

Have fun!

Thank you to all the students who have been handing in their assignments. Some of your work is really amazing! (If you hand in all assignments and follow instructions well, it’s quite possible that your mark will go UP from last term!) Just remember, Music assignments are as important as your other assignments, and I’ve designed them to be interesting and fun (Of course, your classroom teachers have too!) Please remember to make sure your name and Division # is on the assignment! Thanks. 

If you haven’t handed anything in yet,  just try out ONE activity from the Musical Weekly Five Activities.  (See Creative Composer, Rhythm Race, Note Master, Dance Moves, or Pro Performer tabs above). I think you will find them to be a nice break from the other things you’ve been doing. Assignments are either on your Teams, General page, under Assignments, or in the Assignment tab above.

To entice you further, here’s a new app I found out about today! You can use it to create a cool melody and choose the instruments you’d like to play it. Then you can share it with me:  https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/

Go to the Creative Composer tab to find out a little bit more about it.

Have fun! (and that’s an order!) 😉

Ms. Lea