Welcome to Music!

Please click the link to be introduced to a new song we will learn on our recorder next week: https://youtu.be/fvONENnpwWw

Please click the link to take the do-re-mi-so challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN5vsSitLK0

Please click the links to learn more about "Hoedown" from Rodeo. To do the writing portion of the assignment, click on the google doc link and copy it into your google drive. You can type right into the document and share it back with me. If you would rather print it off and take a picture and send it to me, that's fine too:

About Aaron Copland and your assignment: https://youtu.be/zF6IA0mkmTs

Link for Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Et7s_C5XKcHdMxXVMNlbmhk6jm106F4AeXed0esC-o/edit?usp=sharing

"Hoedown" link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoOCHvxaOUw

Please click the link to sing the chord roots first, and then play along with the recorder to "Skip to My Lou": https://youtu.be/0xS6sLnn9xw

Click the link for an explanation on Theme and Variations: https://youtu.be/5LVE7_kNYlM

Click the link to hear "Theme and Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezvj-De6bxY

This week we will begin to get into early Rock and Roll! Please read the following information about the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. There is also an audio link at the bottom of the page if you would like it read to you:

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/entertainers/elvis_presley.php

We will be doing another compare/contrast activity this week, and will compare Rhythm and Blues to early Rock and Roll. Please click the links below to guide you through your assignment.

Assignment Explanation: https://youtu.be/PW9u04kVoyQ

Compare/Contrast Chart: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14zN5O5ERhwujySFYZuUm_Xrbki32wcsoxLfuMJEkOAc/edit?usp=sharing

Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmljYkdr-w

Sam Cooke - "Good News": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDmasOKAneI

This week's uke challenge is "I See the Light" from Tangled. This is a fabulous tutorial and the chord switching is very well explained:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pOATeG1WU

How to tune your ukulele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJGRk3Bny5M

Please let me know if you have trouble tuning your ukulele! I recommend using a uke tuner app, but if that isn't an option, please let me know!

Click the link below to guess which melody you hear! You will need flash to run the link:

http://www.musiclearningcommunity.com/Free%20Game%20Pages/FREEMelodyMayhem1-Play.html

Thank you all for your emails and google classroom communications! You all are doing an excellent job keeping up with your assignments. I miss you all, and can't wait to see your faces when we are back at school!

Email: rsolgat@lakefentonschools.org