Term End Classroom Music Junior Classes

Rhythm Conductor for Apple Tree

As we draw  to the end of the term's activity, here is a look back at the material we have been working on at Mobile Music School classes for  junior groups at The Marist Primary School.

Songs : Aon Do as gaeilge Snr Inf  , (One Two Buckle My Shoe Junior Inf)

Toot Toot, Hob Shoe Hob , Paddy on the Railroad, Engine Engine, Clap Your hands Oh Belinda, Tapping Song , Apple Tree, Hot Cross Buns, Zumba Zumba, Row Row Row Your Boat, Old Mc Donald,  Baby One , Plainy Mrs Brown, Baby One Two Three Head and Shoulders , The Farmer in the Dell, Rain Rain Go Away

Chants Alphabet Chant, Steady Beat Chant

Narratives Hairy Scarey Castle ( la ti doh riff ) vocal and percussion sounds skeleton rattle, creak stairs, rats, bats, door bang, ticking clock, whooshing wind , 

 Three Little Pigs : Songs adapted from Knees up Mother Brown, Muffin Man,  House building music – distinction in weight and duration.

 Elves and Shoemaker Hob Shoe Hob , Hammer Hammer (Elves song adapted from Frere Jacque)

 Listening  and resounding : Various samples include , The Swan, Vivaldi allegro, Rimsky K The Bumble Bee, Skaters’ Waltz, Carmen Prelude- march  related to Q & A on musical elements  Loud soft, tempo slow fast

 Improvising  Say your name -Beat Your name

Resources : Three Singing Pigs Kaye Umansky http://www.kayeumansky.com/teachers-resources/

                      Sing With Mike http://www.singwithmike.com/

                       Fiddle Time Starters Kathy David Blackwell