THREE VERY EASY UKULELE CHRISTMAS SONGS

CLICK IN THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD A FAMOUS CHRISTMAS SONG 

MARRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

WELCOME TO THE MUSIC CLASS

In this video you will be able to listen to the famous song " Stand by me"  composed by Ben E. King in 1961. This song was inspired by a spiritual written by Sam Cooke called " Stand by me father" 

In this video  you can see a special version of this song. It will be played by street musicians taking part in a wonderful project called " music for change". 

1. OPEN YOUR EARS AND TRY TO GUESS THE MISSING WORDS OF THE SONG clicking in the link below.

STAND BY ME "Lyrics"

UKELELE PLAY ALONG 

NOW, PLAY THE SONG WITH THE RECORDER
RECORDER MUSIC SCORE

LEARNIG HOW TO SING THE NOTES

Clicking in the link below you will download the music score of the  famous song "DO RE MI". This song belongs to the soundtrack of the film " The sound of music"  a 1965 American musical film. 

DO RE MI song

In the video you will watch the scene where the main character of the film  is singing the song to teach a group of children how to sing the musical notes. 

LYRICS OF THE INTRODUCTION: 

Let`s start at the very beginnig

a very good place to start

When you read you begin with A, B, C

When you sing you begin with DO, RE, MI 

The fisrt three notes just happen to be DO RE MI 

THE ROMANTICISM: BEETHOVEN. 5TH SYMPHONY

In this two videos you will listen to the  fifth symphony by Beethoven as an example of music made by romantic composers. This work was composed between the years 1804 and 1808 and was released in december the 22th in 1808.  The beginning of this symphony is one of the most famous in music history ( the fate knocking to the door).  As every symphony it has four movements and it is music performed by an orchestra. 

In the video on the left you can follow the music reading the music score. 

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

On the right you will find the official video of the famous song "Crazy little thing called love" written by Freddie Mercury in 1979 and included in the album " The Game" released in 1980. This song has been composed in the classical rock and roll style 

HOW THE PIANO WORKS

Take a look at this video where you will see the different pieces of a piano and what happen when a key is pressed. 

THE MUSIC FROM THE CLASSICISM

In this video you will see and example of music composed by W. A. Mozart. This music has most of the characteristics from the Classicism; beauty, simplicity, serenity, elegance, clarity and of course BALANCE. 

THE BAROQUE: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

During the baroque period instrumental music achieved a definitive independence from vocal music, thanks to the development of the bowed string family and the birth of the orchestra. As a result new music styles were born. The most important was the BAROQUE CONCERTO. Take a look at these two videos where you will watch  two concertos by Antonio Vivaldi( 1678-1741).  " The 
winter" and " The spring". 
As every "concerto" in the baroque period, these two concerts have 3 movements in different speed ( allegro- andante or adagio- allegro). Also, in a concerto you will always find one o more soloists ( solo players) who make a dialogue with the whole orchestra ( tutti)

THE WINTER
THE SPRING

The sonnets by Vivaldi

Now, take a look at the video below.  It is a concerto by Vivaldi and the soloist in this case is a RECORDER ( the flute that you play in class) 

THE RENAISSANCE

Listen to this music and try to follow the different voices. The title of this piece is "Sanctus" by the English composer William Byrd( 1543-1623). Remember that in the Renaissance the texture of every kind of music used to be polyphonic, having at least four different voices. 

THE MIDDLE AGES: THE NAME OF THE NOTES

In this video you will learn how the names of the notes were created. The responsible was a monk called Guido d`Arezzo,  who decided to use a well - known  song  called " Saint Jonh Hymn". Whit this song he  gives a name to  each sound  according to their pitch.

MIDDLE AGES

Listen to this music. It`s an example of gregorian chant. Check your workbook and have a look at the characteristics of this kind of music. 
1.  the texture of this music is monophonic, because there used to be only one voice or line.
2. there isn't a regular beat. They used to follow the rhythm of the latin words.
3. It used to be played a capella, that means without instruments. 
4. this music used to be sung by a choir with only male voices. 
5. The language used to be latin.