HAVE YOU BEEN TRYING TO PLAY YOUR REAL PIANO, PIANO KEYBOARD or the VIRTUAL PIANO?
use all your fingers and they usually play one at a time. You can play by finger number or letter name. At Casey we often used the colorful xylophones and would therefore play by color. We did this when we played the Handbells/deskbells and the boomwackers. Some of you may have a Fisher Price colorful xylophone from your preschool days. You may also add stickers to your instruments and play by color.
See examples in these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFpSH5sYiuI
PLAY BY COLOR on the piano or you could play on your instrument.........BABY SHARK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=403Gx70GBwE
play a familiar tune -- Twinkle Twinkle
if you want to label your piano keyboard with letter names remember to first find the C (by two black keys/chopsticks) and the F (by 3 black keys/fork)
You can learn to play a xylophone, glockenspiel also but you need mallets. When you get to middle school you might play a marimba or vibraphone. Check out these videos!
grades 3-5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnIiRnBaZBU
Star wars on the piano -- play by letter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0b-9MC18Vc
the way Star Wars will sound in middle school if you play the bells/glockenspiel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiVfFVMcJGc
Star Wars on the marimba! (duet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v7QC6Bl_7E
do you know what tune this is on the marimba? Email me your answer!
use all your fingers and they usually play one at a time. You can play by finger number or letter name. At Casey we often used the colorful xylophones and would therefore play by color. We did this when we played the Handbells/deskbells and the boomwackers. Some of you may have a Fisher Price colorful xylophone from your preschool days. You may also add stickers to your instruments and play by color.
See examples in these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFpSH5sYiuI
PLAY BY COLOR on the piano or you could play on your instrument.........BABY SHARK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=403Gx70GBwE
play a familiar tune -- Twinkle Twinkle
if you want to label your piano keyboard with letter names remember to first find the C (by two black keys/chopsticks) and the F (by 3 black keys/fork)
You can learn to play a xylophone, glockenspiel also but you need mallets. When you get to middle school you might play a marimba or vibraphone. Check out these videos!
grades 3-5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnIiRnBaZBU
Star wars on the piano -- play by letter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0b-9MC18Vc
the way Star Wars will sound in middle school if you play the bells/glockenspiel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiVfFVMcJGc
Star Wars on the marimba! (duet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v7QC6Bl_7E
do you know what tune this is on the marimba? Email me your answer!
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NEW ACTIVITIES FOR END OF MAY! Listed below are a few songs or music activities you might enjoy! Try them!
NEW ACTIVITIES FOR END OF MAY! Listed below are a few songs or music activities you might enjoy! Try them!
FOR k-2 sing along with this song; words on the screen.
Tap your legs with the beat If we were at school we would use the instruments with it
https://prodigiesmusic.com/demo/#recorderform
this is a fun song that shows if a word has one sound , like BEET, you tap just once. If there are two sounds, like CHERRY, you tap twice
Tap your legs with the beat If we were at school we would use the instruments with it
https://prodigiesmusic.com/demo/#recorderform
this is a fun song that shows if a word has one sound , like BEET, you tap just once. If there are two sounds, like CHERRY, you tap twice
FOR 3-5 try the Cup Song!
Once you figure out how to do it you can try it with the Pitch Perfect song, but an easier song is TURN THE GLASSES OVER, or the tune JOHN KANAKA with you may have already learned.
Several You Tube tutorials on doing the Cup Song -- which video do you prefer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5kYLOb6i5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5zuY4Nprk0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSbXsFE3l8
can you sing the Cup Song and do the cup song routine? This is the original video from the film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaV5raIVoo
Turn the Glasses Over
a game song we would do at school is we were there!
Once you figure out how to do it you can try it with the Pitch Perfect song, but an easier song is TURN THE GLASSES OVER, or the tune JOHN KANAKA with you may have already learned.
Several You Tube tutorials on doing the Cup Song -- which video do you prefer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5kYLOb6i5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5zuY4Nprk0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSbXsFE3l8
can you sing the Cup Song and do the cup song routine? This is the original video from the film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaV5raIVoo
Turn the Glasses Over
a game song we would do at school is we were there!