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