12/16/2010

rests and names: especially for 4th graders!!!!

Dear 4th graders,


Your music test in the elements of music theory will contain rests also :)!


Please, take a look at the picture below - it will help you remember the names!



12/13/2010

4th, 5th grade and 6th grade music test: due dates / helping notes!

Hi all!


Please take a look at the terminology below, it will help you study for your music test (due date: 4th grade - January 6th, 14:00 , 5th grade- January 7th, 13:00 and 6th grade- December 16, 13:00)



  • Stave /Staff: the 5 lines we use to write music notation on.

  • Clef: Treble (G) and Bass (F). The music symbol that indicates the pitch of the written music notes

  • Stem: the line which extends from the notehead. Look at the picture below to see the parts of an eight note:









  • Bar lines: The vertical lines drawn through the staff to mark off metrical units:






  • Accidentals: The symbols which mark a music note and alter their pitch. There are 3 accidentals:  Sharp (+ a semitone or half pitch), Flat (- a semitone or half pitch) and Neutral (brings the note in it's original form)






  • Dynamic markings:
 p: piano (soft)
mp: mezzo piano (moderately soft)
pp: pianissimo (almost as a whisper)

f: forte (loud)
mf: mezzo forte (moderately loud)
ff: fortissimo (very loud)













Diminuendo: from forte to piano

Crescendo: from piano to forte














Photo album from Beauty and the Beast


Our performance in "Beauty and the Beast" on Friday went amazingly well!

What a feeling for everyone!

Thank you all for this great show, for your time and patience during the rehearsals, and for your indescribable energy and enthusiasm during the performance!

YOU ROCK!


http://picasaweb.google.com/ceri.his.photos/20101210BeautyAndTheBeastElementaryDeptPerformance#


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