Owen Public School, Wednesday Nov. 14 (12:05 - 12:45)

Hello everyone!

We have had great classes these last two weeks. We had a drumming competition last week with Djembe Drums and everyone had a lot of fun and did very well! We learned more about holding notes for 1, 2, 3, and 4 beats. We learned to clap rhythms on our hands within 4 beats phrases. When we hold notes in our 4 beat phrases, we dip our hands on each held beat. So if we are counting 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +, if we clap and hold the first two notes, we would dip our hands on the second beat to to show that we still know where the beat is and how many have gone by. We learned about Staccato, which refers to music that is short and bouncy, and Legato, which refers to music that is smooth and connected. We have learned about Double Notes, which is when you play two notes at the same time, one high and one low

Home Assignments

1. If there is a keyboard at home, review "Group of 2, Down to C" up and down the piano,
finding all the C's.
2. Practice holding notes as I described above. If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
3. If there is a keyboard at home, the children should try and practice double notes, playing them in a staccato fashion and legato fashion. If there is no keyboard, this exercise can be sung. Try singing Mary Had a Little Lamb staccato and legato.

See you next week!

- Laura