In Term 2, Grade 5 and 6 students explored the style of music known as the Blues. We learnt how to play a 12-Bar-Blues chord pattern and experimented with improvisation using the Blues Scale. Here is a sample of our Blues arrangements.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Grade 3 and 4 ukulele
In Term 2, Grade 3 and 4 students learnt more about the ukulele and worked on popular Australian song ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. Changing chords can be tricky, so we used sticker dots to help us find the chord shapes more easily. We even had a go at playing along to the backing track and singing the song. Practise, practise, practise!
Grade 1 and 2 – Funga Alafia
In Term 2, Grade 1 and 2 students learnt the African greeting song ‘Funga Alafia’. They worked on different parts of the song and then added them together as a whole class arrangement. They learnt the singing part with the actions, the body percussion part and how to play the melody on a tuned percussion instrument.
Prep Singing!
In Term 2 Preps began learning about pitch and how you can change notes with your voice to make a melody and make a song sound great!
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