5th Grade Music Assignments
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Please check eschool to make sure all of your work is in and graded. Some of you have "Incompletes" because I made comments on your submitted assignments that need to be corrected and/or finished and resubmitted. GRADES CLOSE ON FRIDAY 6/12 SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! If you have questions or need help please contact me. We can video chat if that will make it easier for you. Some students have found that to be helpful. Just a few more days to go...YOU CAN DO THIS!!! :-)
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Woody Guthrie
Have you ever heard of Woody Guthrie? You know some of his music! Listen to the links, read the articles, fill in the answers and comment on the songs in the class comment section. I am giving you a long time to complete this as there is a lot to watch/listen to and read and I want you to take your time. THIS IS DUE JUNE 2
Do you remember these from Kindergarten and 1st grade?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGGF0l-96UY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frRcDMGdTWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBZta6ggp9s
Woody Guthrie wrote many songs that were grouped together as the Dust Bowl Ballads. The picture on the front of the CD looks like a shack in a blizzard but it was actually dust piled high, not snow. The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpsGkC5-tE&list=PLNR0lFqwl9GwsHkK50JCXhgMlAjIOd3v5
Do you remember these from Kindergarten and 1st grade?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGGF0l-96UY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frRcDMGdTWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBZta6ggp9s
Woody Guthrie wrote many songs that were grouped together as the Dust Bowl Ballads. The picture on the front of the CD looks like a shack in a blizzard but it was actually dust piled high, not snow. The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpsGkC5-tE&list=PLNR0lFqwl9GwsHkK50JCXhgMlAjIOd3v5
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Original Ballad
Now it's your chance to write your own ballad!
~Write it in any style you choose using one of the melodies from the ballads you've listened to in the assignments. (Please tell me which one you're using.)
~Make sure your ballad tells a story with a beginning, middle and end. NO REFRAIN! Put some thought into your story and the lyrics you chose. Think about the ballads you listened to.
~Make sure your ballad has at least three verses and follows the form (rhythm and rhyme) of the music you selected. You may write more than three verses if you would like! :-)
~You may upload a video of yourself or someone else singing it or just send me your lyrics.
~Have fun!
~Write it in any style you choose using one of the melodies from the ballads you've listened to in the assignments. (Please tell me which one you're using.)
~Make sure your ballad tells a story with a beginning, middle and end. NO REFRAIN! Put some thought into your story and the lyrics you chose. Think about the ballads you listened to.
~Make sure your ballad has at least three verses and follows the form (rhythm and rhyme) of the music you selected. You may write more than three verses if you would like! :-)
~You may upload a video of yourself or someone else singing it or just send me your lyrics.
~Have fun!
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More ballads
Here are a few more examples of ballads. Please comment on how these compare the The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Do you have a favorite? Can you think of another song that is a ballad?
Father Grumble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvkxtd7KOXo
This is a true story. Dolly Parton grew up very poor in the Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and used to sing at church.
Coat of Many Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7I_9MMcWvk
Dolly Parton’s actual Coat of Many Colors
https://img.srgcdn.com/e/w:1740/RkJTTzNOZzFpalVINVFqZVh5ajIuanBn.jpg
Brady Bunch theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JooUMsDdA
Father Grumble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvkxtd7KOXo
This is a true story. Dolly Parton grew up very poor in the Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and used to sing at church.
Coat of Many Colors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7I_9MMcWvk
Dolly Parton’s actual Coat of Many Colors
https://img.srgcdn.com/e/w:1740/RkJTTzNOZzFpalVINVFqZVh5ajIuanBn.jpg
Brady Bunch theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JooUMsDdA
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Ballads
Ballads
A ballad is a song that tells a story without a refrain. It has a beginning, a middle and an end.
Watch the link of the famous ballad The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
It is based on true events of a cargo ship that sank on Lake Superior in 1975. Pay close attention to the lyrics he wrote, how he uses loose rhyming and rhythm and the eerie music he composed. Have you ever tried to talk under water? It sounds distorted. Listen to how he makes the music sound distorted like it’s under water. I am uploading the lyrics for you as well so you can see the song verse by verse. I would like to have a “discussion” on your thoughts about the song so please comment in the class comment section.
A ballad is a song that tells a story without a refrain. It has a beginning, a middle and an end.
Watch the link of the famous ballad The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A
It is based on true events of a cargo ship that sank on Lake Superior in 1975. Pay close attention to the lyrics he wrote, how he uses loose rhyming and rhythm and the eerie music he composed. Have you ever tried to talk under water? It sounds distorted. Listen to how he makes the music sound distorted like it’s under water. I am uploading the lyrics for you as well so you can see the song verse by verse. I would like to have a “discussion” on your thoughts about the song so please comment in the class comment section.
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Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was a musical treasure! Read about him, see how many words/phrases you can find in the word search and watch the following videos.
The music in this is Fanfare for the Common Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLE-cp2LpfQ
This may sound and look familiar from out BPO prep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un0BCd3Kb3I
You may listen to this entire piece, but it is very long. You may start at the 20:30 mark to hear a familiar melody. Tell me what church song this sounds like to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYVH_kZkOk
Billy the Kid is a western themed show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEO1lZ9FxLk
“The inclusion of links to other websites does not imply any endorsements of the material, postings, advertisements or comments on those websites. St. Gregory the Great Parish reserves the right to remove objectionable content if and when we become aware of it.”
Aaron Copland was a musical treasure! Read about him, see how many words/phrases you can find in the word search and watch the following videos.
The music in this is Fanfare for the Common Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLE-cp2LpfQ
This may sound and look familiar from out BPO prep:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un0BCd3Kb3I
You may listen to this entire piece, but it is very long. You may start at the 20:30 mark to hear a familiar melody. Tell me what church song this sounds like to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYVH_kZkOk
Billy the Kid is a western themed show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEO1lZ9FxLk
“The inclusion of links to other websites does not imply any endorsements of the material, postings, advertisements or comments on those websites. St. Gregory the Great Parish reserves the right to remove objectionable content if and when we become aware of it.”