Warner Ave Elementary

Tuesdays (1:55PM - 4:00PM)

Ukulele Chords

Practice the following songs for our Spring Concert!

Mr. Chris' Classes

Piano 1:55

  • Mary had a little lamb- page 10
  • Hot Cross Buns- page 8
  • Super Hero Blues
  • Traffic Jam

Ukulele 2:30

  • Yellow Submarine- page 8
  • Eleanor Rigby- page 11
  • Super Hero Blues
  • Traffic Jam

Winds 3:00

  • Yankee Doodle cha cha- page 13
  • Caribbean Cruise- page 13
  • Super Hero Blues
  • Traffic Jam

Ms. Alondra's Classes

Beginning Violin 1:55

  • I See a Star & Whistle at the Stars- page 19
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb- page 28
  • Super Hero Blues
  • Traffic Jam

Beginning Piano 2:30

  • More Hot Cross Buns- page 26
  • Rain Rain Go Away- page 27
  • Super Hero Blues
  • Traffic Jam
 
  • Advanced Selections:
    • Moonlight Sonata 
    • The Sound of Music

Violin 3:00

  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star- page 18
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb- page 11
  • Super Hero Blues
  • Traffic Jam

Advanced Strings 3:30

  • Spring Theme- page 14
  • Ode to Joy- page 17
  • Super Hero Blues
  • Traffic Jam

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Previous Weeks:

What we practiced this week- Feb 15th

Piano 1:55

Today we: 

– Warmed up with music connect the dots
– Learned how to identify notes on the piano with stickers
– Self-labeled each piano with notes stickers
– Please practice identifying notes on the piano
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Tuned instruments
– Reviewed counting various rhythms in music
– Tried playing single notes using rhythms on page 19-20
– Please review single notes on page 21
 

Winds 3:00

– Assembled instruments and reviewed reading notes on the staff in treble clef and bass clef
– Played through page 13 in our blue book
– Played “Dr. Fix-it” using the songs on pg. 13
– Please practice page 13-14

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:

  • Played a game to fix our postures and violin holds!
  • Played our open strings 
  • Practiced and began learning “Shortnin Bread”
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:

  • Warmed up with “Are you Sleeping”
  • Continued working on “More Hot Cross Buns”
  • Some of us started working on “Oh Susannah”
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:

  • Warmed up with “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
  • Practiced through “Hey Diddle Diddle” and “Cukoo Bird”
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Advanced Strings 3:30

Today we:

  • A major scale
  • “Spring Theme from the Four Seasons” and “Ode to Joy”

What we practiced this week- January 10th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Warmed up with coloring a musical picture
– Started learning “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (Page 16)
– Played Simon says to review notes on the piano
– Please practice twinkle twinkle little star
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Assembled and tuned instruments
– Practiced “Eleanor Rigby” reviewing the F and Am chords
 Practiced “Three Little Birds” reviewing the G chord
– Please review the following chords: C, C7, F, Am, G
 
 

Winds 3:00

– Assembled instruments and reviewed music theory
– Played pages 10-11 in our blue book
– Discussed proper breathing technique
– Please practice page 11

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:

  • Played Simon says! Refreshed on our strings knowledge- note names, plucking, bowing, etc
  • Practiced playing our F# on our E string 
  • Practiced ad learned from our blue books

**Please remember to keep off of the stage during class, otherwise we may not be able to use the auditorium for music any more.**

 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:

  • Practiced “Are you Sleeping” – some of us started the left hand chords!
  • Played the song all together at the big piano – some of us played individually for the class 
  • Learned more about the piano- identified it as a percussion instrument
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:

  • Practiced some exercises to get more dexterity on our fingers and help us remember our 1, 2nd and 3rd finger notes on the D string
  • Rehearsed through the challenging parts of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and then played the whole thing together! 
 

Advanced Strings 3:30

Today we:

  • Warmed up with “Jingle Bells” 
  • Played a D scale in quarter notes 
  • started the beginning passages of “Spring Theme from the Four Seasons” in our yellow book 
  • Played through “Largo from the World Symphony”

What we practiced this week- December 13th

Mr. Chris’ Classes

 

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Warmed up with connect the dots of a Piano and Bassoon
– Reviewed right hand vs left hand on the piano and high notes vs low notes
– Played Musical chairs
– Please practice Mary Had a Little Lamb (pg. 10) and see how many notes your child can identify on the piano
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Assembled and tuned instruments 
– Reviewed single notes A, B, C
– Attempting learning “this land is your land” (pg. 23)
– Please review all chords we’ve played so far: C, F C7, G, Am
 

Winds 3:00

– Assembled instruments and discussed proper breathing technique
– Played through pages 10-11 in the blue book
– Reviewed music theory and learned sharps/flats
– Please practice pages 11-12 over break

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:

  • Played a competition game where we split into groups and fixed our friends postures and bowholds’ … had a couple of winners!
  • Played and sand our open strings 
  • Played and remembered our first finger F#
  • Started practicing “I see a star” from our blue books
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:

  • Played “Musette” all together
  • Learned about the C major scale: sang it together at the piano and then practiced playing it with our finger formula at our keyboards 
  • Practiced and played “Are you Sleeping” from our books 
  •  
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:

  • Practiced some slow exercises to get more familiar our third finger G, second finger F# on the D string 
  • Learned and understood “octaves” and how a note can exist in different places
  • Practiced slowly together through our challenging parts of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” 
 

Advanced Strings 3:30

Today we:

  • Warmed up with “Jingle Bells” in our yellow books
  • Practiced and learned the first couple of lines of “The Nutcracker March” in our green books
  • Learned and identified how to plate dotted eighth notes tied to sixteenth 

What we practiced this week- December 6th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Warmed up with a music word search
– Reviewed where notes E, D, and C are on the piano
– Performed “Mary had a little lamb” as a class
– Please practice mary had a little lamb
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Assembled and tuned instruments
– Reviewed single notes A, B, and C
– Learned Music theory about 3/4 time, and reading notes on the staff
– Please practice single notes A, B, and C
 

Winds 3:00

– Warmed up on Mary had a little lamb
– Played through pages 9-10 in our blue book
– Learned music theory on sharps and flats
– Please page 10

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:

  • Warmed up by singing, then playing “Ping Pong” 
  • Played “Simon Says”, and this helped us remember the notes we’ve learned so far and find our F sharps! 
  • Practiced plucking and bowing different combinations of our first finger F# on the E string
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:

  • Sang a C major scale in solfege and explored the concept of a tonal center and how improvisation ties to it 
  • Took turns in improvising a melody with all of our “white notes” as the teacher playing backing chords 
  • Practiced and finished Learning “Musette”, then played it at the big all together!
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:

 

  • Warmed up by playing through “Mary Had a little Lamb” a few times 
  • Heard one our classmates perform “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” which led us to a conversation about major and minor keys
  • We went to the piano to further understand how F# and F natural change the key our song 
  • After some examples, teacher quizzed the class on identifying major and minor chords
  • We resumed to
  • Our books by practicing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
 

Advanced Strings 3:30

Today we:

  • Rehearsed together through “Jingle Bells”- focused on challenge sections and being together with the tempo 
  • Practiced slowly and together the first two lines of “House Up Top” a few times 

What we practiced this week- November 29th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Played connect the dots to learn about new instruments
– Reviewed mary had a little lamb and learned our first scale (C Major)
– Finished with music chairs
– Please practice the C Major scale
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Assembled and tuned instruments
– Learned how to restring the Ukulele
– Reviewed single notes A & B and music theory
– Please practice notes A & B and playing them to a metronome
 

Winds 3:00

– Warmed up and worked on rhythmic accuracy
– Played through pages 7-9 in our blue book
– Discussed music theory of reading a staff and learning sharps/flats
– Please practice page 9

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:

  • Reviewed and sang our string names 
  • Played Simon Says and identified our technique names and notes !
  • Played “fix the teacher” to refresh our bow hold and posture 
  • Practiced our first finger F# on our E strings 
  • Practiced “Play the F Sharps. How many are there?” From our books
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:

  • Refreshed on all the notes we have learned so far
  • Learned new note “B”
  • Sang and began learning C major scale 
  • Practiced and learned “Musette” from our piano books
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:

  • Warmed up with a few rounds of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
  • Refreshed our notes and fingerings 
  • Identified our 3rd finger G on the D strings and our first finger B on the A string
  • Practiced and played through “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
 

Advanced Strings 3:30

Today we:

 

  • Practiced the “Canon in D – Round” from our green books
  • Practiced and learned “House Up Top” from our yellow books 

What we practiced this week- November 15th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Warmed up with coloring and music connect the dots
– Reviewed Hot Cross Buns and learned Mary Had a Little Lamb
– Played musical chairs
– Please practice Hot Cross Buns (pg. 8) and Mary had a Little Lamb (Pg. 10)
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Tuned instruments
– Reviewed the G chord and Three Little Birds
– Worked on single notes A and B 
– Please review pages 12-16
 

Winds 3:00

– Assembled instruments and reviewed Bad News Bears
– Please through pags 9-10 in our blue book
– Worked on music theory and counting rhythms in music
– Please practice page 10 

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:

  • Reviewed our open strings, quarter notes and rests, and rest and playing position
  • Played Simon Says to practice listening for the teacher’s instructions
  • Also tried to play Ping Pong by bouncing around the class
  • Practice Ping Pong and try to make your violins sound a little louder when you play!
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:

  • Reviewed our hand position- CDEFG
    • make sure your Thumb (1st finger) is on C and each other key gets another finger
  • We played Twinkle Twinkle one note at a time around the room
    • Keep track of where we are in the music by looking at the music pages
  • As an orchestra, we have to play the same music at the same time and at the same speed
    • During class we may occasionally have solos but we work together as a group!
  • Keep working on Musette 🙂
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:

  • Talked about our bow arm
    • wrists are what move the most. Bow Elevator!
    • Try placing the frog on the strings, then lift and touch the tip to the strings. Go back and forth to warm up!
  • Rehearsed Mary Had a Little Lamb a few times, and added a teacher harmony!
  • Learned 3rd finger G 
  • Take a look at Lightly Row and try to learn it before our next class! This is a great song to play for family around Thanksgiving!
 

Advanced Strings 3:30

Today we:

  • Warmed up with D major Scale
  • Discussed Orchestra/Ensemble playing
    • We are all important members of our Ensemble, and our class is a part of our School Orchestra! Remember that we all work together as a team!
  • Learned Canon on page 3
    • Be careful of quarter note and half note rhythm changes
    • Repeat sign at the end goes back to the beginning
  • Keep working on Canon and we can play this as a round in the coming weeks!

What we practiced this week- November 8th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Played connect the dots and colored a picture of a violin and guitar
– Had piano “Show and Tell”
– Learned Hot Cross Buns
– Please practice Hot Cross Buns
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Tuned instruments
– Worked on our G chord and “Three little Birds”
– Worked on Notes A, B, and C
– Please review pages 15-17
 

Winds 3:00

– Assembled instruments and discussed posture
– Worked on playing in time and developing internal rhythm
– Played through pages 6-9 in our blue book
– Please review page 9
 

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:

  • Sang quarter notes and half notes and remembered the names of our strings 
  • Practiced and played “The Cheerleader” from our blue books
  • Practiced and played “Skateboarder” from our blue books
  • Played a game to fix the teachers violin hold and bow grip! 
  • Learned new note F # on our E string 
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:

  • Identified several different notes on our piano
  • Played through “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” All together 
  • Practiced quarter notes, eight notes and half notes 
  • Started learning and practicing “Musette” from our books 
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:

  • Played through “Mary Had a Little Lamb” all together 
  • Reviewed our first two fingers
  • Became familiar with the terms “treble clef” “staff” and “octave”
  • Practiced and played “Karate Chop” from our books all together!
 

Violin 3:30

Today we:

  • Tried a few different G major etude exercises from our green book to warm up 
  • Played together through “Musette” from our yellow books 
  • Started learning and practicing together “Spring Theme from the four Seasons” from our yellow books 

What we practiced this week- November 1st

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Worked on starting and stopping on time with “Red light, Green light”
– Played a flash card note game with our pianos
– Worked on identifying notes on the piano 
– Please practice identifying notes on the piano and counting in music
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Tuned instruments and reviewed open strings
– Practiced switching between chords C, F, and G
– Worked on “Three Little Birds” and rhythm exercises
– Please practice chords C, F, G, and A minor
 

Winds 3:00

– Assembled instruments and worked on breathing between notes
– Worked on counting and playing in time
– Played through pages 5-7
– Please practice “Hot Cross Buns”
 

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we..

  • Today we:

    • Started class with a bowing competition to use the rainbow bow!
    • Remembered and sang the names of our strings 
    • Practiced changing between A and E string with the help of our elbows
    • Played the Cheerleader song from our blue books!
    • Learned about Treble Clefs- and drew them in our books
     

    Beginning Piano 2:30

    Today we:

    • Practiced playing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” from our piano books all together !
    • Remembered and identified the notes C through A on our keyboards
    • Reviewed and sang quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes. Then we became familiar with eighth notes! 
    • Started learning “Musette” from our books
     

    Violin 3:00

    Today we:

    • Played  “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from our brown books all together and without the teacher! 
    • Learned our first finger B note on our A string
    • Practiced switching strings with the help of our elbows 
    • Began learning a “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” from our brown books 
    • Discussed and shared some of our favorite scores with violin! 
     

    Violin 3:30

    Today we:

    • Warmed up with the D major arpeggio from our green books 
    • Learned about triplets and practiced adding it to our list of rhythms that we use for our arpeggio exercise!
    • Had a long bowing competition to challenge our technique
    • Finished class by kea fixing together “Jingle Bells” from our yellow books 

What we practiced this week- October 25th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Played “Connect the dots” with treble clef and bass clef symbols
– Played “Red light green light” to work on listening skills
– Created a rhythm game involving sounds like claps, snaps, and pats
– Please practice identifying treble clef vs bass clef and which hand controls which
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Tuned instruments and reviewed tuning notes
– Learned the C7 chord and reviewed G
– Played through pages 9-12
– Please practice songs “Hokey Pokey” and “Eleanor Rigby”
 

Winds 3:00

– Assembled instruments and warmed up on mouthpieces
– Reviewed counting in music and watching the conductor
– Played through pages 2-6
– Please practice pages 2-6, specifically “Bumper Cars” (pg. 6)
 

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we..

  • Remembered and sang the names of each string 
  • Learned about half notes, remembered quarter notes, and sang different combinations of both. 
  • Learned, practiced and finally played all together “Karate Chop” from our blue books
  • Practiced pour bowing with the ‘longest bow competition’
  • Drew half notes in our books!

Keep practicing and bring your books, violins and pencils every week! 

 

Beginning Piano 2:30

  • Started by playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” all together
  • Went over finger numbers and note names C through G, and learned new note ‘A’
  • Began learning “ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
  • Some of us started adding left hand chords!

Keep practicing and bring your books, violins and pencils every week!

 

Violin 3:00

  • Went over 1st finger E, 2nd finger F#, and 3rd finger G on our D strings
  • Practiced and played together “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
  • Started new song “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” from our brown books 

Keep practicing and bring your books, violins and pencils every week! 

 

Violin 3:30

  • Started class by playing “Ode to Joy” from our yellow books
  • Became familiar with the terms “retake” and “half rest”
  • Learned and practiced “D major arpeggio” from our green books. Played the exercise in quarter notes and eighth notes
  • Began learning and practicing “This Little Light of Mine” from our yellow books. 
  • Practiced listening to our intonation with each other, and our togetherness as an ensemble! 

Keep practicing and bring your books, violins and pencils every week

What we practiced this week- October 18th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Reviewed where Middle C is on the piano
– Worked through pages 3-4 in our new book
– Started learning about the Grand staff and counting in music
– Please practice pages 3-4 and work on counting 
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

-Tuned ukuleles
– Reviewed chords C, F, and G
– Started learning songs “Yellow Submarine” (pg 8) and “Three Little Birds” (pg 13)
– Please practice our 2 new songs
 

Winds 3:00

Today we:

– Assembled instruments and reviewed instrument care
– Reviewed counting in music and basic music theory
– Worked through pages 1-3 in our band book
– Please practice pages 1-3 and longtones on your instrument

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:
* Rosined our bows!
* Practiced learning the names of each string from our violin through a game!
* Learned about quarter notes and practiced clapping and singing them 
* Played “My First Song” from our blue books 
 
Bring your instruments and books to class every Tuesday!
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

* Reviewed our C, D, E, F, G and A notes with their corresponding fingers
* Learned and practiced “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from our piano books 
* Played individually and then all together at the big piano at the end of class 
 
Bring your instruments and books to class every Tuesday!
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:
* Rosined our bows!
* Started learning and practicing our first finger E, Second finger F# and third finger G on our D string
* Played through “The Fabulous Mr. Ed” from our brown books
*Began learning and practicing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from our books 
 
Practice your new notes and bring  your instruments/ books to class every Tuesday!
 

Violin 3:30

Today we:
* Differentiated and discussed our understanding  of major and minor keys 
* Reviewed our rhythms and understanding of quarter notes, doted quarter notes, eighth notes, etc
* Practiced and learned “Ode to Joy” from our yellow books 
* Reviewed our ‘detache bowing’ technique
 
Practice your scales and bring  your instruments/ books to class every Tuesday

What we practiced this week- October 11th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

– Reviewed basics of piano posture
– Learned the beginning notes to twinkle twinkle little star
– Played musical chairs and Simon says
– Please practice identifying notes on the piano with their letter names
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

– Tuned ukuleles
– Reviewed/learned chords C, F, G, Amin, and A
– Practiced more complicated strumming patterns
– Please practice our new chords from this week A and G
 

Winds 3:00

Today we:

– Reviewed music theory knowledge and identified notes on the treble clef
– Worked on proper posture and sound production
– Reviewed notes concert Bb and A (C and B for clarinet/trumpet)
– Please practice longtones with our notes and focus on good posture

Beginning Violin 1:55

Today we:
* Checked in on our bowholds 
* Practiced playing and resting
* Played our open D strings with our bows
* Played “Three’s a crowd from our brown books
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

Today we:
* Identified the number of each finger on our right hand 
* Practiced playing and resting 
* Practiced singing different combinations of quarter noites, half notes and rests
* Practiced and learned “There’s a Crowd” from our piano books
* Played the song all together on the big piano at the end of class!
 

Violin 3:00

Today we:
* Checked in on our bow holds 
* Played our D and A strings
* Practiced playing and resting
* Learned and practiced the “Dad’s Tune” from our brown books
 

Violin 3:30

Today we:
* Practiced our D minor scales in whole notes, half notes and quarter notes
* Checked in on our bow holds and bowing technique
* Played “Baa Baa Black Sheep” from our yellow books

What we practiced this week- October 4th

Piano 1:55

Today we:

  • Talked about proper keyboard usage.
  • Worked on recognizing high vs low notes
  • Started to identify first 3 notes: C, D, and E
  • Please practice these first 3 notes (C,D, and E)
  • How to turn on/off and adjust basic settings
 

Ukulele 2:30

Today we:

  • Talked about tuning and tuning notes
     
  • Reviewed basic chords and shapes
     
  • Playing and created strumming patterns using C and A minor chords
  • Please practice making your own strumming pattern using C and A minor chords
 

Winds 3:00

  • Talked about tuning and tuning notes
  • Reviewed basic chords and shapes
  • Playing and created strumming patterns using C and A minor chords
  • Please practice making your own strumming pattern using C and A minor chords

Beginning Violin 1:55

On Tuesday we got familiar with our instrument and:
 
* Played and differentiated the ‘white keys’ from ‘black keys on the big piano
* Identified the “C” and found it on different parts of the piano
* Went over posture and hand position
* Found the on and off buttons on our keyboards
* Identified the D and E notes 
* Started Learning how to play and sing along to ‘Hot Cross Buns’ 
 

Beginning Piano 2:30

On Tuesday we got familiar with our instrument and:
 
* Found the on and off power button on our keyboards
* Played and differentiated the ‘white keys’ from ‘black keys’ on the big piano 
* Identified the “C” and found it on different parts of the keyboard
* Sang solfege exercises and related the DO to the C note
* Identified the C, D and E notes on our keyboards
* Started Learning how to play and sing along to ‘Hot Cross Buns’ 
 

Violin 3:00

Today we got familiar with our instrument, how to care for it and: 
 
* Learned how to open and handle our violin cases safely
* Identified and repeated all the parts of the violin and bow 
* Introduced ourselves and shared our connection to our instrument 
* Put shoulder rests on and off
*Learned to rosin our bows
* Learned proper posture/ sitting position 
* Achieved our first bowhold and violin hold
* Played our very first open G string!
 
Practice your bow/ violin holds and remember to bring your instruments for every Tuesday! 
 

Violin 3:30

On Tuesday, we introduced our background with our instruments and:
 
* Went over safety opening and handling of cases
* Checked in on our bow holds
* Checked ourselves for good posture and sitting position
* Became familiar with the term “Concert Position”
*identified the F# and C# in a D major scale
* Played through a D major scale together 
* Discussed note values- half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets
 
Practice your D major scales at different note values and remember to bring your instruments for every Tuesday!