Spring Concert- May 16th!
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
Yellow Submarine:
Hokey Pokey:
Eleanor Rigby:
Watchin the Waves:
Three Little Birds:
Ain’t too proud to beg:
Helpful Videos:
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”
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!