Music
Beat, Rhythm and Notation
This half term we are looking into what beat, rhythm and notation really is.
Beat and rhythm with Boomwhackers!
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We love to sing!
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Using Crotchet, Quaver and Minim notes we wrote down and played our own tune.
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Drumming notation
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Singing “Don’t stop believing”
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Notation video
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La Bamba
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A little bit of improv
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Disco Fever
Today we improvised with the glockenspiels to our song Disco Fever.
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DISCO FEVER!
Today we sang the 70’s song Disco Fever.
We played chime bars in the instrumental section.
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Improvisation
Improvisation is a fun and spontaneous way of making up music on the spot.
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