Year+7

Hello Year 7's!

[|DJ turntable] [|Drum machine] [|BBC Music Games!] [|Drum and composition games (you can play and save)] [|Incredibox - build your own song] [|100 years of Rock - an amazing page that has audio samples of all the styles and the links between them (what turned into what!)] Button instruments (button bass etc) - stay at the top of the screen for the options
 * Things to do: **


 * 2014 **

Happy - whole school parts (only) to practise with media type="file" key="Happy - 2014 whole school parts only.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * Book Awards - Thursday 18th December 2014 at 8:50am **

PDF of colour coded lyrics for the whole school


 * GRADUATION SONG **


 * SafeshareTV video link to the song with lyrics **


 * The backing music we will use - it gives the first note and has a count in of three beats:** media type="file" key="Que sera with introduction year 6 and 7 graduation 2014.mp3" width="240" height="20"

The lyrics:


 * Lyrics as PDF: **
 * In parts:**


 * Plain:**

=Recorder music (for term 4 assessment):= //See Recorder page on Musicflower for finger placement help!// =PDF to open and save or print:=
 * Music count us in 2014 **


 * ANZAC SONG **

The ANZAC assembly will be on Friday 11th April 2014.

'Hymn to Freedom' will be our whole school song that we will sing together during the assembly.


 * Youtube link to a choir singing the song - [|Hymn to Freedom]


 * Please use the lyrics here to sing along[[image:Hymn to Freedom lyrics jpeg parts.jpg width="800" height="1035"]]
 * There is also a downloadable PDF version here //(click to open, save to your computer or print them)//


 * Music Genres: **

Reggae -
 * We are singing 'Get it together' and 'Listen to the Reggae music' in the reggae feel (style).**

Create your own lyrics for the following phrase (replace the underlined words with new words that fit the rhythm): Listen to the __Reggae__ (ti-ti) music __Tikka - tikka, ti-ti, taa, taa__
 * Week 5/6 Term 1 - 'Listen to the Reggae Music' Activity:**

//An example from the song -// //Listen to the __chocolate__ music// __//Pollywaffle (tikka-tikka), kit kat (ti-ti), mars (taa) bar (taa)//__

Although strongly influenced by traditional [|mento] and [|calypso music], as well as American [|jazz] and [|rhythm and blues], reggae owes its direct origins to the [|ska] and [|rocksteady] of 1960s Jamaica. Jamaica gained its independence in 1962, and ska became the music of choice for Jamaican youths seeking music that was their own. Ska also became popular among [|mods] in Britain.
 * From Wikipedia**
 * Reggae** is a [|music genre] first developed in [|Jamaica] in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular [|Jamaican dance music], the term //reggae// more properly denotes a particular music style that evolved out of the earlier genres [|ska] and [|rocksteady].

By 1968, many Jamaican musicians had begun playing the tempo of ska slower, while using more syncopated bass patterns and smaller bands. This new, slower sound was called rocksteady, a name solidified after the release of a single by [|Alton Ellis]. There are many theories as to why Jamaican musicians slowed the ska tempo to create rocksteady; one is that the singer Hopeton Lewis was unable to sing his hit song "Take It Easy" at a ska tempo.[|[][|2][[[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae#cite_note-NiceupHistory-2]|]]] Many rocksteady rhythms were later used as the basis of reggae recordings. The "double skank" guitar strokes on the offbeat were also part of the new reggae style.

Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of [|rhythm and blues] (R&B), [|jazz], [|mento], [|calypso], African, and Latin American music, as well as other genres. Reggae is played in [|4/4 time.]One of the most easily recognizable elements is offbeat rhythms; staccato chords played by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of the measure, often referred to as the [|skank]. This rhythmic pattern accents the second and fourth beats in each [|bar] and combines with the drum's emphasis on beat three to create a unique sense of phrasing. The reggae offbeat can be counted so that it falls between each count as an "and" (example: 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and etc.) or counted as a half-time feel at twice the tempo so it falls on beats 2 and 4.

Here is a letter that has been sent home that gives information about the recorder as part of the music programme:
 * Recorder **


 * HOW TO PLAY THE RECORDER - **

[|Wikihow information]

[|Interactive recorder fingering chart] (hover over the notes and the correct holes will be shaded on the recorder picture)

**Reading music:**
The notes on the treble clef:


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=Term 4=
 * 2013 **

**Audio -**
[|Youtube clip of the song with lyrics]

Last day of school Thursday 19th December 2013 __ We are singing: __ Audio - [|Youtube clip of the original song by Cliff Richards] Lyrics
 * BOOK AWARDS ASSEMBLY **
 * Summer Holiday (whole school)

//Please use our lyrics.//

__**Actions during the music break:**__
 * Sunshine 8 times (arms up and wave side to side)**
 * Hula (2 hula movements to each side when you do it) - 4 times total**
 * Funk (or swim) in front of you - 4 times**
 * Click (both hands click, to each side) - 4 times side to side**


 * Musica Viva visit - Monday 12th August, 2013 (Term 3) **
 * The link to the page of information is here **


 * Last term we created stunning soundscapes based on sample pieces from the song 'Freedom Dance'. You can see what it looked like and listen to it here: **


 * Year 7 Area 15 **
 * Due to Monday holidays and disruptions we have not done this yet. **

media type="file" key="Yr7 a16 freedom dance soundscape 25-6-2013.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * Year 7 Area 16 **

= = =Term 2=

=Sorry Day - 26th May 2013=

====We will be learning the 'Sorry Song' in class and here are some other websites to look at.====

====[|The sorry song] (click this one to go to a website about reconciliation that has the song to play, and also lots of information and pictures)====

====[|YOUTUBE clip with the song (check with your parents before going to YOUTUBE]====

ANZAC assembly - term 1, 2013

We will be singing the song 'The Last ANZAC' as a whole school at this important remembrance assembly.

Here are the words to practise at home:

Lyrics -



Music - (youtube clip) [|The Last ANZAC]


 * TUNED PERCUSSION **

You can use this 'paper xylophone' at home to practise the songs we are learning in class!

Click here to hear the C pentatonic scale: media type="file" key="01 c-major-pentatonic-scale-audio-download.mp3.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * Pentatonic Scale :**

Bobby McFerrin - Pentatonic scale with audience
 * Youtube link - ** Musician Bobby McFerrin (famous for the Song 'Don't Worry Be Happy' in the late 1980's) uses a pentatonic scale with the audience singing along!!

2012

Term 3 - This term we will be learning the 'Music Count Us In' song called Different People (see the page on here called Music Count Us In). It really is up to you to learn this at home if you are going to feel part of the event.

Term 2 - > Please visit the page called Musica Viva - OZMOSIS (<== click here) for the concert date, lyrics to songs and other links. >
 * This term we are getting ready for a visit by the band 'Ozmosis'.

Term 1 -

ANZAC Day song - Rest Your Head On My Shoulder by Seeker Lover Keeper Lyrics - Link to youtube - [|Rest your head on my shoulder you tube clip] ONLINE RESOURCES

During the ANZAC assembly in Week 1 Term 2 the year 3 - 7's will only sing the second and third time these lyrics appear:

//"Rest your head on my shoulder//

//And I'll take care of your worries.//

//It was you who promised this to me,//

//It was you who offered me courage.//

//In my darkest hour you can hear me,//

//Softly question my travels.//

//When doubt becomes me I'm troubled,//

//And all my fears unravel."//

Plus the "ooohs" at the end.

- You are finishing a series of reflection activities over the next two classes and are preparing for an assessment.



Following the assessment, we will be moving on to an exciting learning adventure. In small groups, you will be rotating around the room to different learning activities. 1) Music Groove interactive game 2) Sibelius (a computer composition program) 3) The Piano 4) Drama corner 5) Using the Xylophones to play sheet music 5) Making music trivia questions on power point.

ONLINE RESOURCES: Review notes and tied notes Review Note Beat Values Term Dictionary Time to Say Goodbye (Song)

Check out this fantastic interactive website to explore the science of music all around us.