A place for Mr. G's P.S./I.S.78Q students to get materials.
Substitute Teacher Resources. Feel free to choose from these resources to use when covering my classes. I have left the items listed here open ended where possible to allow for your own creativity and adaption. Have fun! If you’re stuck for something to do, have the students write or draw a response.
In this episode, David Walliams explores the world of Weird Instruments with his usual humor and wacky approach.
Unusual Instruments
More Unusual Instruments
Rube Goldberg Machine Piano. Can you tell what song it’s playing?
Rube-Goldberg’esque Music Machine (Powered by Intel and LabVIEW)
In this episode, David Walliams presents the history of the piano with his usual humor and wacky approach.
Here are some of the pianists and musical pieces mentioned in the edisode you just listened to. Enjoy some beautiful piano playing.
Beethoven’s Fur Elise
Performed by Lang Lang
Chiara Massini plays Bach’s Zweistimmige Inventionen (BWV 772-778) on the harpsichord.
An Introduction To The Harpsichord
Harpsichord Performance: Comparone Plays Scarlatti
The Making of a Steinway Piano.
A very detailed video about how pianos work.
Martha Argerich Chopin Scherzo 3 cis-moll op.39
Glenn Gould Playing The Art of the Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Glenn Gould Playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Really pretty. Listen as closely and quietly as you can.
Chopin Nocturne E Flat Major Op.9 No.2
Duke Ellington: Take the A Train (solo piano)
Thelonious Monk Playing Duke Ellington’s Music
1.Satin Doll
2.Sophisticated Lady
3.Caravan
4.Solitude
5.Unknown Monk Tune 6.Blues For Duke
7.And I Love Her (Bonus)
Live At The Berlin Jazz Festival 1969
Another episode of But Why?
We’re turning things around! Instead of you sending us the question, this time we’re asking the question and looking to you for some answers. We wanted to explore why music moves us.
Sometimes it makes you feel like moving physically — wiggling, spinning, shaking and shimmying. And sometimes it moves you emotionally — makes you feel happiness or sadness or it brings back a strong memory.
But why does music make us feel all the feels? When you listen to music, it goes straight to your brain.
On this episode of But Why? pianist Annemieke McLane shows us the inner workings of a piano, and cellist Emily Taubl shows us how strings and stringed instruments make sounds. Plus we learn how record players make sound.
Enjoy!
Listen to this episode of “But Why,” which is a podcast for kids. In this episode of But Why, we hear music from Music for Sprouts’ Mr. Chris, Drummer Seny Daffe, and cellist Emily Taubl and answer questions about strings, percussion, and the magic of music itself. Get ready to dance.