Thursday 22 January 2015

Hallelujah: Term Resumes

4th Class  

18th century song about Scottish Bonny Prince Charlie


6     Six beats      Top no tells you how many
8                        Bottom tells you what kind of beat  8 means short quauver beats

4 new rhythms   crotchets , quavers crotchet rest and dotted crotchet  Q K G
Intervals doh Soh

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

Bonnie Prince Charlie
My Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me...
 Bring back, bring back
Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my Bonnie to me
 Last night as I lay on my pillow
Last night as I lay on my bed
Last night as I lay on my pillow
I dreamt that my Bonnie was dead
 Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean
And blow the winds o'er the sea
Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean
And bring back my Bonnie to me


Dotted Rhythms   Dot makes the note longer by half 


Track 8 Chopsticks
 
 












Listen to today's piece  Hallelujah Chorus  
This is one of the best known pieces by Handel . It was composed in 1741 and the first performance was in Dublin.It was a big hit.  It is one number from a long musical work called Messiah 
lhttp://www.hallelujah-chorus.com/audio/hallelujah-chorus-9MB.mp3

a The tempo of the music is (slow, moderate, fast, very fast)
b The rhythn of the music is (varied, repetitive)
c The beat of the music is (steady, changing)
d The dynamics are soft, loud , moderate, varied)
e The instruments used are ( keyboard, orchestra,voices)
f The style of the m,usic is (rock, pop, classical)
g The metre is (3,4)
h It was composed by (Handel,lloyd Weber,


Read more about Handel here http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=26
and
http://www.classical-music.com/article/ten-pieces-special-handel-zadock-priest


‘Ten Pieces’ Special: Part 3 – Handel’s Zadok the Priest

Wilmott First finger exercises  Shark's Out pizz
3rd class  Song, Arco Triplets,  String Crossing  D to A