What do we do in music class?
Grade 4 Boston Symphony Orchestra Field Trip
All students in grade 4 will be going to a concert by the BSO at Symphony Hall on ???. Students should dress nicely and bring a lunch to school that day for the field trip. Click on the link below to hear the music that will be performed.
Grade 3 - Recorders
All third graders in Needham learn the recorder as part of the third grade music curriculum. Order forms are due Sept. ???. You may also bring a recorder from home to use.
Here are the notes for
Hot Cross Buns: BAG, BAG, GGGG, AAAA, BAG. (Mi re do, Mi re do, Do do do do, Re re re re, Mi re do)
Au Clare de la Lune: GGGAB-A-GBAAG--- repeat (Do do do re mi- re-, Do mi re re do---)
Rolling Merrily: BAGABBB-AAA-BBB-
BAGABBB-AABAG---
Go To Sleep: GAB-GAB-AAAABAG-
GAB-GAB-A-A-G---
Here are the notes for
Hot Cross Buns: BAG, BAG, GGGG, AAAA, BAG. (Mi re do, Mi re do, Do do do do, Re re re re, Mi re do)
Au Clare de la Lune: GGGAB-A-GBAAG--- repeat (Do do do re mi- re-, Do mi re re do---)
Rolling Merrily: BAGABBB-AAA-BBB-
BAGABBB-AABAG---
Go To Sleep: GAB-GAB-AAAABAG-
GAB-GAB-A-A-G---
Fifth Grade Composition Projects
The fifth graders have been learning how to use the computer program Garage Band, which comes with all Mac computers. PC users can get the program Mixcraft for a similar experience. They created musical compositions from the prerecorded loops within a certain form (AABA).