Week 6 Treble Island Tales Finale

Toc complete our programme today 2nd class joined 6th class and Senior and 1st joined 3rd and 4th for two special afternoon mega sessions. Bravo tutti!

Click on the links below for our special Treble Island Tales told through songs and tunes drawing together many of the elements of our class over the last six weeks.


Treble Island Tales Version 2 (2nd and 6th Class)


Treble Island Tales Version 1

Tales from Treble Island

Senior /1^st     Steady Beat Rap

         Teddy Bear Rock and Roll

           Jack and Bean Stalk  Song Story

         Penguin Song

 

3^rd 4^th French Folk Song

   / Shoe the Donkey  Mazurka

      Ceol ars an t-asal

Drunken Sailor

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*Once upon a time there lived a happy group of folk on Treble Island.   The Islanders liked to move to a beat and they began each day with a rap to help them get in the groove  Cue (Steady Beat Rap)  2^nd class

On the south coast of the Island lived a colony of Penguins who occasionally came to tea Cue Penguin Song                               

* Even the animals were musical on Treble Island. In a field lived a very vain donkey  Ceol ars an t-asal   Tutti .

Every morning the men of the island put out to sea in fishing boats. They liked to sing seas shanties while they worked on the decks . So what do you do with a drunken sailor – listen and you’ll find out! Drunken Sailor

On days when the waves grew higher and the wind blew hard the their families waited anxiously on the shore looking out to sea   Cue Tá na  Baid .

In one corner of the island lived a giant This is the story of Jack ………….Jack and Beanstalk Song Story

 To celebrate Jack slaying the giant, there was a big party  with a céili and the pop group Beat Bears came to do a special concert. Everybody danced and sang to the Teddy Bear Rock and Roll

Finish with   party set Shoe the donkey  Mazurka /French Folk Song  /Polka

 Teddy Bear Rock and Roll.

Week 5 Uke Can Do

Exciting day at the Rathgormack MMS music programme as every student in 5th and 6th class got acquainted with the ukulele. We learned to play 3 chords C G and F . Click on the link below to view our special beginners ukulele lesson.

 Beginners Uke Lesson







Thanks Anna who volunteered to keep the class ukuleles in tune this week.

3/4th class learned a new tune to play on tin whistle and accordion with 3 beats to add to Shoe the Donkey.

Chord sequence  D_ _  A __ _ G_ _  D _ _     French Folk Song
                            G      D          A       D
                            D      D          D       G
                            A     A           A       D
                            D     D           A       D
 

Shoe the Donkey  G G G D
                              D D D G x 2          Nice easy pattern to this chord sequence
                              G D D G
                               G D D G x2
                           

Ceol ars an t-asal  Best combination for canon was 1 Tin Whistle followed by accordions

Warm Up  Tooty ta Song 

Senior /1st jack and the Bean stalk songs from Singing Sherlock 

This Old Man  with Katie on tin whistle 

2nd class: 

Thanks Josie for playing your piano rag  adding Ta Ta on A 

Drunken Sailor with added tin whistle riff

Ceol ars and t-asal 

Junior Infants.

Tapping Song / Train Songs / Three Little Pigs 

Hee Haw Rodeo week 4

Ten Pieces

Rodeo by Aaron Copland   Track 9 on MMS Ten Pieces Mix
Worksheet here https://docs.google.com/document/d/19oMzyLDypuzxEgUTXtiL7BYQsOztk_Ivg9l-3SUHsFs/edit?usp=sharing

Elements

Warm Up Seven Sassy Sailors Sailed the Seven Sassy Seas

New instrument today a big Bass Drum 
 5th /6th .rhythm

Adding ostinatos on accordion and tin whistles





2nd class
Warm Up Seven sassy Sailors /Steady Beat Rap/Teddy Bear Rock and Roll/Ceol ars an tasal

 Senior /1st  Steady Beat Rap/ Teddy Bear Rock/ Rodeo

3/4th Shoe the Donkey / Ceol ars an tasal/ Rodeo  
5th /6th  We will Rock You Ceol ars an t asal    Outro on tin whistle using  A C# D 


 Junior Infants Steady Beat Rap A Tooty Ta action song Aon Do Tapping Song Engine Engine

Week 3 From Mountains to Sea

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We warmed up with another echo song. We set an 8bt rock tempo on keyboard and chanted Boom Chicka Boom    Video link here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2XVfTzel8E
1st / 2 (Steady Beat Rap)

We sang a sea shanty The Drunken Sailor. We learned some riffs to make it more interesting. Listen to the riffs here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8tZsiLja6jUaHZfSDFCOUx1OWM/view?usp=sharing

3/4 class adding riffs on tin whistle and accordion Adding Cminor and D major chords on guitar and open string cello 

Worksheet for 3-6th class here Ten Pieces The Swan Ten Pieces The Swan

Chords  We listened to the difference between major and minor chords. We added  guitar chords.

Adding a rhythm We added a short rhythm  on drum

Listening and responding  The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals. I played a live version on my viola. Listen to the version track no 2 on the special ten pieces cd or watch the video

Viola

Instruments of the Orchestra : The Viola

Introducing the viola Find out more about theviola here http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-instrument/viola/.aspx      

Looks like a violin but has one string C  lower string  below G .

MP3 Track for Jack and the Beanstalk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8tZsiLja6jUejBBNVh4Sl9qRW8/view?usp=sharing

Notes 

2nd class Mountain Song / Drunken Sailor/ Hit the Diff/ Ta na Baid
Senior/First Drunken Sailor/ Ta na Baid / Mountain Song
3/4th Drunken Sailor/ /  Polkas Terry Teehans  Adding G chord/ Ireland's Call
Junior inf jack and the Beanstalk  Fi fi Fo  Chip Chop Chip
Warm Up Boom Chicka a Boom

Listening The Swan Carnival of the Animals
Performing Drunken Sailor with riffs. (Voicewroks 1)
Mountain Song (Singing Sherlock)

Week 2 From the New World

The elements in today's class had a link to American music  Gospel Blues and Jazz

Warm Up Steady Beat Rap
                 Drum Kit   with voices   15 Voiceworks 1

Oh When the Saints   with Counter melodies  1 and 2 (5th/ 6th)   Voiceworks 21

Double Bass     Open String Notes 

Elephant Alligator, Donkey. Goat

Putting it all together Tune/ chords/ Drum rhythms 

Tune  Singing the song and counter melodies  1 and 3
 Harmony  Adding open string notes following chord symbols  D G A 
 Add in Drumkit Vocals  Boom ch Bm Bm  ch.

Link here for worksheet on Now You has Jazz https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cre6zk2VYgAWTHh6IOLK1fIzBDqWEe5u-sufwzUbiX0/edit?usp=sharing

Senior  / First  Teddy Bear Rock and Roll  Click here for audio and lyrics  http://msfionamusic.weebly.com/ks1-choir.html

Junior   Aon Do  Jack and the Beanstalk  songs

Week 1 Sea Songs

Our Classes today had an Irish flavour and were inspired by the sea. 

Warm Up We warned up with a nonsense song Lickety Split (6/8 rhythm) varying volume and tempo.

Singing We worked on a traditional Irish song , Ta na baid 

(lyrics below)

Adding dancing feet

We saw some great Irish dancing to the jig tempo of the song

Adding Percssion and Bass

We used a set of bongo drums to add a rhythmic ostinato ( short repeated thythm)

Adding a pizz note on cello to emphasize first beat in bar.

Yo Yo Ma 

Close up on Cello Today the focus was on one of the bass string instruments. 

Ten Pieces senior classes had a closer look and listen to a popular piece by Irish composer Shaun Davey

Ten Pieces: Shaun Davey:

 Granuaile  (Ripples in the Rockpools)  Click here for the worksheet and notes  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x1h-luAluhEDAqfT-9_SXqxKQCvKXr8G-bxnE3VrQNo/edit

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4th /5h /6th Warm Up Lickety Split Nonsense song in 6/8 varying dynamics and tempo Relate to jig time in song Ta na Baid Amhrain: Ta na Baid go domhain sa farraige   Adding an ostinato : repeated fragment of Polka John Ryan's Polka     1  2   1 skip rhythm Hornpipe- 4 beats like a reel but slower tempo Heartbeat rhythm (dotted rhythm) Cornpíopa Off to California Jnr/Snr infants  Row Row Row Yr Boat  Three Singing Pigs  Trotting Down The Road      Have you any Straw for Sale Penguin Song  Seniors and First

3/4th class introduced me to Marty Mone's hit song Hit the Diff.

Tá na báid go doimhin sa bhfarraige X 3
Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir

Curfá
Tá na báid go doimhin sa bhfarraige
Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir
Tá na báid go doimhin sa bhfarraige
Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir

II
Tá na báid go doimhin sa bhfarraige
Iasc ar snámh is líonta tarraingthe
Tonnta arda 's gaoth is anaithe
Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir