Week of May 18-22, 2020
Music Class
Hello Students! For this week's assignment, you have several options. Please click on the file below to read the text and answer the questions. You may also choose to click the video and listen to me reading the text to you. Finally, you can also read the text below.
We will begin our work on the instrument families. You should already have a foundation with this based on your work with Peter and the Wolf. Remember, in Peter and the Wolf each character had their own unique theme which was played with instruments from the same family. Today we will begin working with the String Family. The members of the String Family use strings in order to create their sounds. These sounds can be created using several different methods. Please read or listen to the text and answer the questions for the String Family.
The String Family
“String instruments are easy to recognize, with pretty, curvy shapes and long strings and a really wide range of beautiful sounds. Depending on how you pluck, strum, or rub the strings, you can make so many different sounds.
The four main string instruments are the violin, viola, cello, and double bass.” (Rumens-Syratt 60)
These instruments are played by using a bow. A bow is a long, specially shaped stick, often made from wood, and strung using hair from the tail of a horse. The bow is then scraped or rubbed along the strings of the instrument to create the sound.”
Violin
The violin is the smallest member of the string family. Even though this is the case, people manufacture smaller versions of the violin in order to accommodate children who are interested in learning to play the violin. If you are playing music in an orchestra or a string quartet, the violin often plays the melody or solos. A string quartet is a group of four string instruments playing together. Many times a string quartet is made up from two violins, a viola, and a cello.
Viola
The viola is the middle sounding instrument of the string family. It is lower in tone than the violin. Many musicians who play the viola often begin with the violin and transition to the viola at a later time.
Cello
The cello may look like a big violin and have the same features, but the cello is a completely different instrument. The cello player, who often is seated while they play, holds the cello between their knees. The body of the instrument rests against the musician’s chest. The musician who plays the cello is known as a cellist. Even though the cello is played while it rests on the floor, the musician still uses a bow to produce sound.
Double Bass
The double bass is a large, stringed instrument. The bassist must stand or sit in a high chair in order to play the double bass. Double basses (or any string instrument for that matter) make use of a technique where they pluck the strings to create different sound. This technique is called pizzicato. Due to the size of the double bass, a musician who plays the instrument using the pizzicato technique will often create a loud sound.
Syratt, Becky. Batsford Book of Music for Children. B T Batsford Ltd, 2016.
Please answer the following questions:
1. The four main string instruments are the ________________, _______________, _________________, and _____________.
2. These instruments are all played by using a _______________.
3. The smallest of these instruments is the ___________________.
4. The _____________ is the middle sounding instrument.
5. When playing string instruments with a small group of four, this is called a string ___________________.
We will begin our work on the instrument families. You should already have a foundation with this based on your work with Peter and the Wolf. Remember, in Peter and the Wolf each character had their own unique theme which was played with instruments from the same family. Today we will begin working with the String Family. The members of the String Family use strings in order to create their sounds. These sounds can be created using several different methods. Please read or listen to the text and answer the questions for the String Family.
The String Family
“String instruments are easy to recognize, with pretty, curvy shapes and long strings and a really wide range of beautiful sounds. Depending on how you pluck, strum, or rub the strings, you can make so many different sounds.
The four main string instruments are the violin, viola, cello, and double bass.” (Rumens-Syratt 60)
These instruments are played by using a bow. A bow is a long, specially shaped stick, often made from wood, and strung using hair from the tail of a horse. The bow is then scraped or rubbed along the strings of the instrument to create the sound.”
Violin
The violin is the smallest member of the string family. Even though this is the case, people manufacture smaller versions of the violin in order to accommodate children who are interested in learning to play the violin. If you are playing music in an orchestra or a string quartet, the violin often plays the melody or solos. A string quartet is a group of four string instruments playing together. Many times a string quartet is made up from two violins, a viola, and a cello.
Viola
The viola is the middle sounding instrument of the string family. It is lower in tone than the violin. Many musicians who play the viola often begin with the violin and transition to the viola at a later time.
Cello
The cello may look like a big violin and have the same features, but the cello is a completely different instrument. The cello player, who often is seated while they play, holds the cello between their knees. The body of the instrument rests against the musician’s chest. The musician who plays the cello is known as a cellist. Even though the cello is played while it rests on the floor, the musician still uses a bow to produce sound.
Double Bass
The double bass is a large, stringed instrument. The bassist must stand or sit in a high chair in order to play the double bass. Double basses (or any string instrument for that matter) make use of a technique where they pluck the strings to create different sound. This technique is called pizzicato. Due to the size of the double bass, a musician who plays the instrument using the pizzicato technique will often create a loud sound.
Syratt, Becky. Batsford Book of Music for Children. B T Batsford Ltd, 2016.
Please answer the following questions:
1. The four main string instruments are the ________________, _______________, _________________, and _____________.
2. These instruments are all played by using a _______________.
3. The smallest of these instruments is the ___________________.
4. The _____________ is the middle sounding instrument.
5. When playing string instruments with a small group of four, this is called a string ___________________.
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Click the video below to listen to Mr. Conti read the text. After you watch the video, please answer the questions.
Art Class
For this week's Art Project, you will follow along with the video to draw cotton candy. For this project, you will need paper, a pencil, crayons or color pencils, and a black marker if you'd like to outline. Please watch the entire video before you begin your drawing. As I've said over the last few weeks, the leader in this video uses a marker to draw, but I would prefer you to use a pencil since you can not erase a marker in the event that you make a mistake. After you watch the video, please begin your drawing by following the steps presented in the video. Please pause the video as you need. Once your drawing is complete, you may use a black marker to outline your work. Once you have completed outlining your cotton candy, please color your drawing. You may color your cotton candy using any colors that you wish. Your colors do not have to match the video.
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Click the red button if you'd like to submit your work to be featured in a web gallery for IMS students!
*Please note not all work submitted can be featured each week!