5th Grade Music
Week of May 25
1. Distance Learning Survey
Please have your parents help you fill out this survey about our activities. 2. Listening Lesson: Line Rider - William Tell Overture Watch and listen to this video. 3. Your Choice! Choose your favorite activity from the past several weeks to explore again. |
Week of May 18
1. Incredibox!
Choose a DJ (we suggest "Sunrise"). Click and drag the hats onto the guys to create rhythm patterns. 2. Listening Lesson: Cheap vs Expensive Violins Watch the video and listen to the various violins. Can you hear the difference between cheap and expensive violins? 3. Sing-Along Song: This Land is Your Land Sing along with this video. |
Week of May 11
1. Piano Roll Exploration
Explore these pieces using the buttons at the bottom. The "play" button starts the music. The arrows next to the "play" button change the piece. The bottom three buttons change the sound. Use the microphone button to record your own sound using your voice, or...get creative! 2. Listening Lesson: Percussion The percussion family is a group of instruments that you strike. There are many different percussion instruments and they make a wide variety of sounds. Watch this video and learn about the many percussion instruments. 3. Sing-Along Song: Take Me Home, Country Roads Sing along with this video. |
Week of May 4
Get Your Beethoven On!
1. Learn about Beethoven Follow the link below to read about on of the world's most influential composers. 2. Listen to Beethoven's Music Beethoven wrote large variety of music. He wrote music that was loud and soft, fast and slow, high and low. Listen to several examples here. |
Week of April 27
1. Explore Rhythms
Use your mouse by clicking on dots below the creatures to create different rhythm and beat patterns. You can choose different types of percussion sounds by clicking the right and left arrows. Press "play" to hear what you've created! 2. Listening Lesson: Piano Watch this video and continue to learn about the piano. 3. Listening Lesson: Can Can Follow the line rider as you listen to the music. 4. Sing-Along Song: States and Capitals - Animaniacs Sing along with this video. |
Week of April 20
1. Time to get Composing!
Create your own music using this interactive site. Click anywhere on the page to add some music notes. Choose your favorite characters from along the top to change how your music sounds. 2. Listening Lesson: Piano The percussion family is a group of instruments that you strike. The piano is a member of the percussion family. The piano uses hammers to strike the strings when you press the keys. Watch this video and learn about the piano. 3. Sing-Along Song: America the Beautiful Sing along with this video. |
Week of April 13
1. Explore Sound
Use your mouse by clicking on the boxes to create different sound patterns. Create high sounds, low sounds, sounds that are unison (stay the same), sounds that ascend (go up), and sounds that descend (go down). Clicking on the dots along the bottom will add percussion. Press "play" to hear what you've created! 2. Listening Lesson: Timpani The percussion family is a group of instruments that you strike. The timpani is a member of the percussion family. The timpani is a unique drum that uses a foot pedal to change the pitch. Watch this video and learn about the timpani. 3. Sing-Along Song: America the Beautiful Sing along with these two videos. What similarities and differences do you notice? Focus on singing quality, tempo (speed), solo/group singing, and visuals. Which do you prefer? |