A place for Mr. G's P.S./I.S.78Q students to get materials.
This beautiful duet is from an opera by Léo Delibes. It is from the first act.
Listen to the way the two voices interact and harmonize.
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!
Antonín Dvořák wrote Largo as one of the movements, (that’s what the parts of a piece of classical music is called) of his New World Symphony. Dvořák was an immigrant to America and he wrote this piece to show American composers that black people’s music was a really amazing and beautiful part of the American culture. He hoped that more classical composers would use the ideas in black music in their compositions.
There is a radio show that tells the story, but it is probably best if you listen to it with your favorite grownup so they can explain some of the ideas in it. Let them know it’s only 8 minutes long, so it will be quick!
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!
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This is a classic song that is loved by kids of all ages. It was written by a man named Joe Raposo, who also wrote a lot of other great songs such as “Bein’ Green“, “Sing” and “The Sesame Street Theme Song“.
Grab a cookie and let’s get started!
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!
Let’s have some fun this week! This is a silly, fun song that gives us an opportunity to show some of the skills we’ve learned so far and have a fun time doing it.
The first 4 measures are played a little differently than you’re used to so pay attention to the lesson video. This song is played in “First Position” with an adjustment, (the 4th finger is moved up to the black key). Check out the Piano Fundamentals page for information and tutorial videos that should help.
This is a fun, easy song to play, and who doesn’t love BABY SHARK!??!?
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!
This is a famous and beautiful piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was the most prolific composer in baroque music. He wrote hundreds of pieces of music in every type except opera.
Bach was not famous during his lifetime. He was a composer and choir director at a church for most of his life. His manuscripts, (written music) were discovered long after he died and people realized how incredible his music was and started to play it.
Since then, Bach is generally considered the greatest composer of all time.
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!