Lessons – Page 10 – Mr. G's Music Stuff

November 22, 2020May 23, 2021

I’ve Got the Rhythm in My Head

Introduction

Like the title of the song implies, the main skill we are focusing on here is rhythm!

In fact, there are only 2 notes in the melody of this song. This simple melody puts the focus on the rhythm, so as you play it, really make the rhythm count!

Listen

The Lesson

At The Piano

Full Speed

Slower

Sheet Music

Piano

Piano Challenge Version

Ukulele

Guitar

Recorder

Xylophone or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

November 22, 2020May 23, 2021

I’ll Rise When The Rooster Crows

Introduction

This is an old folk song from Appalachia. It’s about a person from the South who is in the North and feels homesick and is deciding to go back down South.

Listen

The Lesson

At The Piano

Full Speed

Slower

Sheet Music

Piano

Piano Challenge Version

Ukulele

Guitar

Recorder

Xylophone or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

Enrichment

November 22, 2020December 14, 2020

Introduction

This is a hopping song! Don’t be afraid to jump up in the air!

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Listen

The Lesson

At The Piano

Full Speed

Slower

Sheet Music

Piano

Ukulele

Xylophone Or On-Screen Piano

Don’t Forget!

You can look up the ukulele chords and guitar chords and get help with reading tablature,
playing the recorder or rhythm (percussion) instruments right here on my website!

Enrichment

November 21, 2020May 20, 2021

Introduction

This is a beautiful ballad, written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913, and set to the traditional Irish melody of “Londonderry Air”.

It is a sad song. Sometimes the saddest songs are the most beautiful. This is one of them. Listen to it a bit and let it sink in. When you play it, make sure you give it enough respect. It’s a solemn song and it isn’t one that you should rush.

Feel it.

The Poem

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side.
The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling,
It’s you, It’s you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow,
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow,
It’s I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow,—
Oh, Danny boy, Oh Danny boy, I love you so!