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ZuluHello students,
Mr. Post told me that I should supervise the students, whose parents are essential service workers, at school during the month of June, so I will not be able to continue with the music class.
Mr. Yang
Category: Div. 11
“Do Your Ears Hang Low” is not an easy song to learn. Its tempo is rather fast and there is not much repetition in the lyrics. It is like a tongue twister. However, a lot of lines end with rhymes. Identify the rhyming words in each verse. Sing the song silently in your head and sing aloud only on the rhyming words. If you have another family member who can sing the song, both of you could start singing the song together quietly in your head and sing aloud only on the rhyming words. See if you could sing those rhyming words together at the same time. Here are the lyrics:
Do Your Ears Hang Low
- Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o’er your shoulder
Like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?
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Do your ears stick out?
Can you waggle them about?
Can you flap them up and down
As you fly around the town?
Can you shut them up for sure
When you hear an awful bore?
Do your ears stick out?
- Do your ears flip-flop?
Can you use them as a mop?
Are they stringy at the bottom?
Are they curly at the top?
Can you use them for a swatter?
Can you use them for a blotter?
Do your ears flip-flop?
- Do your ears stand high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they hang when they’re wet?
Do they stand up when they’re dry?
Can you send-off for your neighbour
With a minimum of labour?
Do your ears stand high?
Week of May 19-22.
Learn and sing “Do your ears hang low.” Feel free to slow down the video by clicking Settings at the bottom right hand corner of the YouTube video, click Playback Speed, then click 0.75. Once you get more familiar with the lyrics, you could sing at its Normal tempo.
This is another example of mirroring where the lady takes the role of the mover. You take the role of a mirror. This one is longer though.
Week of May 11-15.
This week’s musical activity is Mirroring. Mirroring basically requires two people, one taking the role of a mover and the other person is the mirror. The mover must move slowly while the mirroring person copies off the mover’s movement. If the mover does not move slowly, the mirroring person would have a hard time following it. The Mirroring.mp4 is shorter than the the YouTube video below and it shows a stick man being the mover. Nonetheless, move slowly to get to the stick man’s position. Try mirroring with a family member. Have another person watch and figure out who is being the mover and the mirror. If the mover moves too quickly, the mirror would not be able to move in time, and the observer will easily figure out who is who. The music is set to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Air on a G String.
If you could send me a picture of your mirroring movement to mark.yang@burnabyschools.ca, I will put a sticker on your face for privacy share it here. Feel free to click Comments to make some comments.
Just for fun, I found a nice YouTube video that is altered from the original rhythm of Boom Dee Ah Da. Take a look.
By now you would have learned both Boom Dee Ah Da and I love the City Life. I would like to hear from you what you prefer and why. Do you prefer the city life or nature? Please click the Comments button and write your response.
Week of May 4-May8
I have created a video of Boom-Dee-Ah-Da in two voice parts. First sing the melody (Voice 1), then sing the harmony (Voice 2). Then sing harmony again as you listen to the melody. If someone in your family could sing the melody while you sing the harmony, that would be great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDK8HxUEk4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDK8HxUEk4M
Week of April 28-May 1
These are two songs that are paired together: Boom-Dee-Ah-Da & I love the City Life.
I knew “Boom-Dee-Ah-Da” but I learned “I love the City Life” from Mrs. Seminara at Chaffey-Burke Elementary when I was teaching there last year. I took a video recording of her last June and I just got her permission to share her video with you to teach the songs. Here are the instructions:
- Click https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/828daf4d-c3a5-4eba-aa31-0bcba195000d
2. Under “Details,” click “See more” to view the lyrics.
3. Play the video and learn to sing the two songs.
4. Once you are able to sing the songs by memory, watch Mrs. Seminara’s action and learn it.
I am not sure how many of you know the Cameron Song, but if you don’t, I would like you to learn the song.
Click Here to access the audio file.
Here is the lyrics:
Tell me friend
Where can I go?
I need a place where dreams can grow
Where I am seen
For who I am
And everyone’s respected.
Cameron, Cameron
Why don’t you come to Cameron?
You’ll be seen for who you are!
And everyone
Everyone’s respected.
Tell me friend
Where can I go?
I need a place where dreams can grow
Where I can know
That I belong
And everyone’s accepted.
Cameron, Cameron
Why don’t you come to Cameron
You can know
That you belong
And everyone
Everyone’s accepted!
If you come to Cameron my friend
You’ll discover kindness without end.
You’ll discover learning and achievement
And laughter all around.
And laughter all around.
C-A-M-E-R-O-N (Clap)
Tell me friend
Where can I go?
I need a place where dreams can grow
Where I am seen
For who I am
And everyone’s respected.
Cameron, Cameron
Why don’t you come to Cameron?
Cameron, Cameron
That’s where the dream begins.