Students continued their study of music using nontraditional musical instruments. We learned about Theme and Variations, sequences, and the use of silence to frame sound. Next week we'll have a quiz on our 16 vocabulary words, ways we organize sound into music, and we'll create a musical composition using MadPad.
Students are learning to compose music using Mixcraft. This week we recorded live sound with the computer microphone and added effects, then we hooked up MIDI keyboards and played the synthesizer options in the program. Students practiced the ukelele and played the C major scale.
Students continued their study of notes and rhythms, and tested their ability to hear music and notate what they heard. We practiced playing our cup rhythm as a whole class and we are working on getting the JUBA to go faster!