Wednesday, April 20, 2016

A Little Song From Slovenia

Have you heard the song "Marko Skace" from your daughter? I learned this song from Doug Goodkin during his workshop at Seisen International School. The song comes from Slovenia. We have been enjoying this song in many ways. We are learning about the "Building Blocks of Music." We looked at the time signature and the different sections in music. All of the students can play the entire song, and can play it in various sections. They know how to write the song on the music staff using symbols to explain the repetition. They can sing it using do-re-mi-so-la. They even know how to dance it! One of the most interesting things we did with this song was improvising our own melodies (more videos on that next time). Through improvisation, students can try out their own ideas. For some this is difficult. They would prefer to know exactly what to do. As risktakers, we encourage our students to try new things and create their own ideas.
Ane is working on writing the notation for Marko Skace on the music staff.                                                                             She has added a time signature, bar lines, and repeat signs. 

We set up our instruments in C pentatonic.  That means that we remove F and B, so that C, D, E, G, and A remain.            It sounds beautiful!

Do you know the name of this instrument?  It has thick metal barres.

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