Recorder Tunes For Practice
Each tune has one or more "empty" measure to set the tempo.
mp3 files
Grade 3:
1. One Bird
2. Merrily
3. Au Claire de la Lune
4. Waltzing
5. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
6. Lightly Row
Grade 4:
1. Hush Little Baby
2. Red River Valley
3. Oh, When the Saints
4. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
5. Ode To Joy
Desert Rider (official mp3)
A Minor Melody (official mp3)
The last 2 are links to Jim Tinter's site. The recordings are the same as we use in class!
Faculty & Staff > Music > Links
Ascension School Music Gallery Student Music Projects and activities
Bibme - Bibliography creator EasyBib-- Bibliography creator
Bibme - Bibliography creator
EasyBib-- Bibliography creator
Music Games for all! Great for learning lines and spaces!
Virtual Keyboard play the piano on your computer
Birds on a Wire inspire Music! (Short video)
Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.
Primary: Homemade Instruments
Nancy Stewart's Page
Family Corner 9 easy instruments
Panpipes Instructions
Clay whistle (ocarina) instructions
Drinking Straw Whistle instructions
KidZone New York Philharmonic Orchestra
The San Francisco Symphony's Kid Site
State Songs for All 50 States "Illinois" Our State Song
Grade 5:
New York City Ballet Glossary
Video of "Revelations" by Alvin Ailey (1960)
Grade 6:
Music Dictionary at Virginia Tech Table of Musical Instruments (Grade 6) Virtual Instrument Museum (Grade 6)
Instruments of the Gamelan (Grade 6)
Chinese instruments encyclopedia
Indian instrument encyclopedia
Many Aerophone samples (Grade 6)
Grade 6: Careers in Theater
Thesaurus of Musical Instruments (Grade 6) Glossary of Folk Instruments and Styles Worldwide (Grade 6)
Grade 7:
Lyric Opera of Chicago
History of Classical Music site from Medieval on. . .
Composer imformation by Era:
Renaissance Baroque Classical Romantic 20th Century
Grade 8:
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame All Music Guide Rolling Stone Magazine Artist Guide NotationMachine Database of top songs by year
PBS Jazz Kids (Louis & Duke)
New! Jazz Resources and links
Star Dust Examples: Hoagy Carmichael mp3 (the composer) Louis Armstrong mp3 Fats Waller mp3 Nat "King" Cole mp3
List of Jazz Greats for Projects
Jazz: ImportantPlaces: check all 4 cities
Folk Song Index
Audacity sound editing software.
B.B. King Muddy Waters B.B. King (guitar)
Smithsonian Jazz Class: Duke's Match Game American Roots Music
There is always something happening in the Music Room. Music and Movement:
Many grades learn folk games and dances in Music class.
2nd graders learned a play-party game to "Paw-paw Patch."
First graders learn about steady beats playing a game from Ghana, "Obwisanna". A small pom-pom is passed on the beat.
Chicago's fabulous Auditorium Theater.
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