Our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders have been having a ball playing the ukuleles in general music during the 3rd quarter! We have mastered playing melodies using the open strings, and now we are moving on to chords. During the first 4 weeks of the quarter, we will learn four chords using the song You Are My Sunshine. We are also learning how to read tablature, and we will be doing a project in which students will teach themselves a chord using tablature, and then will teach their chord to the class. During the second half of the quarter, we will be moving off of ukuleles and into technology for a composing project on the iPads. Students will wrap up the year by creating a composition that uses everything they have learned about rhythms and note reading to compose their own music and share with the class.
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February 2016
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