We’re having music lessons with Mrs Hamilton this term. 

We’ll be exploring dynamics, rhythm and beat.

We will also investigate a music timeline throughout the ages and listen to different styles of music from around the world.

Music appreciation will also be a focus.

This week we learned pianissimo, piano, forte, fortissimo and crescendo.

Do you know what these mean?

We listened to and discussed this song by a band called Bon Iver.  We noticed the different dynamics in the musician’s piano playing.  We talked about how the music made us feel. 

Week 2

We talked about music throughout the 20th century and looked at two famous composers – John Williams and Leonard Bernstien.  They composed songs for some very famous films.

Have a listen and think about what you hear.

John Williams – Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter

Celebrating John Williams Prom

The first video helped us to think about texture.  We also remembered to listen for the dynamics that we learned about last week.

Next we talked about pitch….we made low and high sounds.

We finished our lesson by listening to Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman sing ‘Time To Say Goodbye’

We Thought:

I liked how they sang differently and the girl was high and the boy was low.

I liked their singing.  They were both good and even better together.

I liked that they sang separately then together.