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General Music: Students in grades K-5 receive 45 minutes of general music per week. This quarter we will be focusing on the study of rhythm. Students will clap, pat, perform, read, write, move to, improvise, and compose rhythms. We will use rhythms sticks, tambourines, woodblocks, drums and xylophones.
Grades: Student grades are available for viewing through HAC. Frequently students may complete or retake assignments for additional points. I am available in the hallway in the morning to answer questions or help with assignments. Students may also choose to complete an extra-credit assignment or create a poster or report for extra-credit. Extra-credit projects should always relate to what we are doing in class.
General Music: Students in grades K-5 receive 45 minutes of general music per week. This quarter we will be focusing on the study of rhythm. Students will clap, pat, perform, read, write, move to, improvise, and compose rhythms. We will use rhythms sticks, tambourines, woodblocks, drums and xylophones.
Grades: Student grades are available for viewing through HAC. Frequently students may complete or retake assignments for additional points. I am available in the hallway in the morning to answer questions or help with assignments. Students may also choose to complete an extra-credit assignment or create a poster or report for extra-credit. Extra-credit projects should always relate to what we are doing in class.
We have an exciting new music resource! Quaver Music! Enter through Clever.
Need a QuaverNotes code? The current code is
"PumpkinJack."
It will give each account 100 QuaverNotes!
As a reminder, QuaverNotes will NOT expire.
Below are instructions to redeem the code:
- Go to QuaverMusic.com
- Click on your Avatar on Quaver Street
- Click the MY ACCOUNT tab
- Enter the code where it reads ENTER QUAVERCODE
Recorders- Third, Fourth and Fifth Graders:
Recorder Karate Link
Please ask your parents if you may visit this website! Please note that in visiting these links, you are leaving the Calvert County Public Schools website. These sites are on external servers, and are not under the control of Calvert County Public Schools. Calvert County Public Schools can assume no responsibility for the accuracy or content of these external sites.
https://www.recorderdojo.com/
This link contains audio recordings of our recorder karate songs. For Recorder Karate 1, the username is karate and the password is rubric. For Recorder Karate 2- use the username karate2 and the password blackb3lt
https://wilson-music.weebly.com/recorder.html
This link has the written versions of the recorder karate songs.
http://parkviewcenterschoolmusic.weebly.com/beyond-black-belt.html
This link has the written versions of the recorder karate 2 songs- Beyond the Black.
Second Graders:
http://www.freddiethefrog.com/ Check out the website for coloring sheets, games, songs and videos.
Please ask your parents if you may visit these websites! Please note that in visiting these links, you are leaving the Calvert County Public Schools website. These sites are on external servers, and are not under the control of Calvert County Public Schools. Calvert County Public Schools can assume no responsibility for the accuracy or content of these external sites.
Flute
The flute is a member of the woodwind family. Other family members include the clarinet, the saxophone, the oboe and the bassoon. Flute players blow across the mouthpiece of the flute in order to make the column of air vibrate. This makes sound. Players use keys to cover holes and to get different pitches. Flutes are one of the oldest instruments. They are usually made of metal.
Clarinet
The clarinet is a member of the woodwind family. Other family members include the flute, the saxophone, the oboe and the bassoon. Clarinet players blow on a mouthpiece with a single reed in order to make the reed vibrate. This makes sound. Players use keys to cover holes and to get different pitches. Clarinets are usually made of wood or plastic. The reeds are made from a type of grass.
Saxophone
The saxophone is a member of the woodwind family. Other family members include the flute, the clarinet, the oboe and the bassoon. Saxophone players blow on a mouthpiece with a single reed in order to make the reed vibrate. This makes sound. Players use keys to cover holes and to get different pitches. Saxophones are usually made of metal. They are often used to play jazz.
Oboe
The oboe is a member of the woodwind family. Other family members include the flute, the saxophone, the clarinet and the bassoon. Oboe players blow on a double reed in order to make the reed vibrate. This makes sound. Oboes do not have a mouthpiece. Players use keys to cover holes and to get different pitches. Oboes are usually made of wood or plastic. The oboe came from the shawm which was a medieval and Renaissance instrument.
Bassoon
The bassoon is a member of the woodwind family. Other family members include the flute, the saxophone, the clarinet and the oboe. Bassoon players blow on a double reed in order to make the reed vibrate. This makes sound. Bassoons do not have a mouthpiece. The reed is attached to a curved metal mouthpiece called a "crook" or "bocal" which is joined to the main part of the instrument. Players use keys to cover holes and to get different pitches. Bassoons are usually made of wood. They are one of the largest of the woodwind instruments.
Trumpet
The trumpet is the highest member of the brass family. Other family members include the tuba, the baritone, the trombone and the French horn. Sound is produced when the player buzzes their lips into a cup shaped mouthpiece. Players can change the pitch in two ways: they can change the speed of the buzzing or they can press the valves. The valves direct air into different tubes making the instrument bigger and smaller. For many years, the trumpet was used to call troops into battle.
Tuba
The tuba is the lowest member of the brass family. Other family members include the trumpet, the baritone, the trombone and the French horn. Sound is produced when the player buzzes their lips into a cup shaped mouthpiece. Players can change the pitch in two ways: they can change the speed of the buzzing or they can press the valves. The valves direct air into different tubes making the instrument bigger and smaller. The sousaphone is a version of the tuba often used in marching band.
Trombone
The trombone is a member of the brass family. Other family members include the tuba, the baritone, the trumpet and the French horn. Sound is produced when the player buzzes their lips into a cup shaped mouthpiece. Players can change the pitch in two ways: they can change the speed of the buzzing or they can move the slide to make the instrument bigger and smaller. The trombone can “slide” from note to note- hitting all of the notes in between!
French Horn
The French horn is a member of the brass family. Other family members include the tuba, the baritone, the trombone and the trumpet. Sound is produced when the player buzzes their lips into a cup shaped mouthpiece. Players can change the pitch in two ways: they can change the speed of the buzzing or they can press the valves. The valves direct air into different tubes making the instrument bigger and smaller. The French horn originally came from the horns of animals.
Violin
The violin is the highest member of the string family. Other family members include the viola, the cello and the string bass. Sound is produced when the player rubs the bow on the strings to make them vibrate. Players can change the pitch by playing strings of different thicknesses. They can also change the pitch by placing their fingers on the strings to make them shorter. The oldest violin in existence today was built by Andre Amati around 1565.
Viola
The viola is a member of the string family. Other family members include the violin, the cello and the string bass. Sound is produced when the player rubs the bow on the strings to make them vibrate. Players can change the pitch by playing strings of different thicknesses. They can also change the pitch by placing their fingers on the strings to make them shorter. Viola players read alto clef as they play pitches lower than the ones played by the violin.
Cello
The cello is a member of the string family. Other family members include the viola, the violin and the string bass. Sound is produced when the player rubs the bow on the strings to make them vibrate. Players can change the pitch by playing strings of different thicknesses. They can also change the pitch by placing their fingers on the strings to make them shorter. Cello players sit down with the cello between their legs.
String Bass
The violin is the lowest member of the string family. Other family members include the viola, the cello and the string bass. Sound is produced when the player rubs the bow on the strings to make them vibrate. Players can change the pitch by playing strings of different thicknesses. They can also change the pitch by placing their fingers on the strings to make them shorter. The string bass is also called a double bass, an upright bass and a contrabass.
Rhythm Charts
Did you know? ...rhythms are fractions. The third, fourth, and fifth graders are learning about a math-music connection. The rhythm system is based on fractions. We are looking at whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes. Fourth grade students enjoyed a Hershey bar to help them remember that, in music, whole = 4. A whole note is four beats long just as a Hershey bar has four sections.
Do you know the names of the lines and spaces? Remember.... FACE rhymes with SPACE and Every Good Boy Does Fine.
National Standards for Music Education
1.Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2.Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3.Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4.Composing and arranging music with specific guidelines.
5.Reading and notating music.
6.Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7.Evaluating music and music performances.
8.Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9.Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
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1.Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2.Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3.Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4.Composing and arranging music with specific guidelines.
5.Reading and notating music.
6.Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7.Evaluating music and music performances.
8.Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9.Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
FROM: MENC 11902 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091 (703)869-4000
Need to contact Dr. Van der Vossen?
Please send an e-mail to [email protected]