Do Re Music Notes June 3

We began class by singing our hello song today, "Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed":

You will find the hello song on your class CD Track 1 as sung by children's folk singer Rachel Buchman from her CD entitled "Hello Everybody" I really love this CD and fortunately it's now available on iTunes. I grew up with this on LP in the early 80's. I believe it was released in the 70's although I can't seem to find an exact release date.

Hello Everybody, Yes indeed, Yes indeed, Yes indeed

Hello Everybody, Yes indeed, Yes indeed my darling

Hello (child's name), Yes indeed, Yes indeed, Yes indeed

Hello (child's name), Yes indeed, Yes indeed my darling

We warmed up our voices today by drawing vocal maps on the white board. Some of our maps looked like roller coasters and some looked like mountains. We sang the shape we drew by singing "oooh" and changing our pitch as the vocal map went up or down.

Our minor key song was "Leaves are Falling" Track 33 on your CD. It is the second melody on the track and falls between the seconds (0:19-0:26)

We had lots of fun with the Mixolydian song, "Little Brown Beagle" Track 33 (2:25-2:41). In this song we clap and jump after many of the phrases. The Mixolydian mode is like the Major (Ionian) scale except that the 7th pitch is lowered. Parents:"You Really Got Me" by the Kinks is based on the Mixolydian mode. Give it a listen and I think you'll begin to realize that you've probably heard this mode before but may have not known know it was called Mixolydian! Many of Jazz, Blues, Latin and Rock music also utilizes this mode.

The children took turns singing a "Frog in the Meadow" Solo. We are also learning a new song this week "Pitter Patter". Today the children were invited to listen to me as I sang the song for the first time.

Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter

Listen to the Rain

Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter

On my Windowpane

Today we improvised musical conversations (arioso). The children are beginning to sing their ariosos. Some are using "Frog in the Meadow" as their arioso which is a very good start!

We listened to Orff intsrumental recordings as we moved to music today Track 28. As we listened to the music we moved, danced, bounded, skipped around the room, changing movements as the music changed. Feeling the music and using our imaginations to decide which move to do next.

Today's rhythmic chant:

Bate Bate Chocolate

Bate Bate Chocolate

Con arroz y con tomate

Today's story song was Jenny Jenkins. Each child took turns picking a color that Jenny might wear. However, it seems she didn't like any of them! We had fun trying to figure out what rhymed with Orange and Purple. A couple of students thought of Porridge for Orange. And Burple for Purple! There's a wonderful recording of Jenny Jenkins on your CD by the late Jerry Garcia and David Grisman from the "Not Just for Kid's" CD: which is, true to it's title, very listenable!