Keep Calm and Make Music Weekly Wonder Read

Keep Calm and Make Music Weekly Wonder Read, Write and Remember Music YR/KS 1 Notation

Read, Write and Remember Music Toys, pictures, signs and symbols

Read, Write and Remember Music Can you read, write and remember music? Yes you can! Lets start with some animal toys Here is a mouse and a lion

Loud and quiet toys (all about dynamics) Make the sound of a lion “roar” Is it loud or quiet? (loud) Make the sound of a mouse? Is it loud or quiet? (ssh……quiet) Look at each toy and try out your best roar and squeak

Click to play a loud and quiet game Make the sound as the toy appears The picture tells you what sound to make

Loud and quiet animal patterns roar loud squeak roar quiet loud Can you make your own loud and quiet animal pattern? Find or draw pictures so you can remember your pattern and show it and perform it to a grown up

Play it fast , play it slow (all about tempo) Find an instrument you can play – here are some ideas If you haven’t got any of these, find something to tap or shake or scrape Try playing each instrument or sound maker fast and then slow

Can you change from slow to fast? Here are some pictures to look at to help you change the way you play Try this with different sound makers. Which is your favourite one to play? Make up your own pattern

The long and the short of it (all about duration –long and short sounds) Blow some bubbles Choose one bubble to watch Shout pop when it pops Blow some more bubbles Choose one to watch Hum as your bubble floats – stop when it pops

Bubble music the sound of a “pop” as the bubble bursts is a short sound the sound of a “hum” as the bubble floats is a long sound Can you make other short sounds with your body or a sound maker? Can you make other long sounds with your body or a sound maker?

Can you play this bubble music (use any long and short sounds you like) 1. hum 2. 3. 4. Draw and play your own bubble music pop

High and low sounds (all about pitch) Can you make a high sound with your voice? (a high sound is something like a squeak, a squeal or a tweet) Can you make a low sound with your voice? (a low sound is something like a moo, a growl or a woof from a big dog)

Click to play a high low game Make a high or low sound as the picture appears The pictures tell you what sound to make

High or low on the farm Make a high “squeal” sound like a piglet Make a low “moo” sound like a cow Try this pattern Make up and draw you own high low animal pattern

Play high, middle or low You can play high and low sounds on a glockenspeil high end (shortest bar) low end (longest bar), left hand side Can you play a high low pattern on a real or virtual glockenspeil or xylophone? You could also try it on a keyboard (low notes on the left) – see next two slide for instrument suggestions

Can you play a high low pattern? high low Make up and record your own high low pattern – click to reveal a high low dots pattern If you haven’t got a real instrument to play there are free apps on the i. Pad, i. Phone or an Android device that you could try e. g. xylophone, marimba or keyboard ASK A GROWN UP FOR HELP

High, middle or low? high middle low Choose a note in the middle of your real or virtual instrument and play this high, middle and low pattern If you haven’t got an instrument to play ask a grown up to help you find 3 clean and empty glasses, jars or bottles and fill them with different amounts of water. Tap them gently with a metal spoon and decide which one is high, which is low and which one is in the middle! Now you can make up, write and perform your own pattern? Ask a grown up if they can play the pattern using your music

Diamond Sandwich (a bit about structure- how the music is put together) Sing the song Twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are Choose a sound for the star and another sound for the diamond Play star music / diamond music / star music to make a “diamond” sandwich Make up a new pattern

Whatever the Weather (a bit about timbre – different sounds) Use your voice, body sounds and instruments to play this weather music Make up your own weather music, draw the pictures to remind you of the order, you could add some lightning! Play it to an audience

Fireworks (a bit more about timbre - different sounds) Can you make the sound of each firework with your voice? Can you draw a symbol to represent the sound you made? (see the next slide for help)

Sound symbols here are two ideas to get you started catherine wheel falling stars Can you draw a pattern of firework symbols? Perform it using your voice, then try on instruments – you might need someone to help you (tell them what to do)

Through thick and thin (a bit about texture – layers of sound) • You will need someone to play with you as this is all about layers of sound happening at the same time • Ask someone to play the footsteps music as Rosie the Hen goes for a walk - layer 1). Choose their instrument – they need to play all the way through • Your job is to make the sounds as the fox (layer 2) has lots of mishaps, Rosie, doesn’t seem to notice and just keeps on walking

Storm at Sea (a bit more about texture / layers of sound) (you need 3 or more players, all playing together, from left to right) Layer 4 (thunder and lightning) Layer 3 (rain) Layer 2 (wind) Layer 1 (waves)

Man on the Moon Music can you play this outer space music? You need 4 players one for each line / instrument Play together from left to right

Congratulations! You can…………. read and play write and play remember and play You can read, write and remember music!