counting the beat - famous singers

 

Famous singers- Counting the beat

For counting the beat we had to do Famous singers and we had to do a slide that we made about Famous singers that we know.We had to right about them and we had to write some facts about why they are Famous and how they are Famous singers.We had to do people that we liked.I put it all on a slide this is what I did on my slide and what I think about them and what I know about them and how they got Famous. 

This is what I think and what I know about them and what I think about Them and how they got  Famous for and how they got  Famous it also tells you how old they are.

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counting the beat - invent your own instrument

Hello today I am going to tell you what I have been been doing in 7/8 hurumanu 

We had to make a drawing about a weird interment that is like if you put a guitar and a drum together. That was an example of what we are doing for the drawing part.Here is a link to the video.

My drawing is about a guitar xylophone and a drum with bells on the end.

It is made out of wood and metal, it took me 5 minutes to get an idea.

it is in the string family. it would be an orchestra as a back instrument.

 

Counting the beat - Stomp

Today in hurumanu 2 we had to chose a song and make a beat. percussion is were you use objects to make a noise.Some people used body percussion,body percussion is were you use your body to make a sound.For my beat I used a abacus and a wooden  stick.this is the video that my group and I made with our objects.it was pretty hard to try and find a song that had a beat that we could use. In our group we used a old film can a cone and 2 abacus

This is a link to a body percussion video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlfgPCmOO7w

  

counting the beat - Guitars

 

                                  Guitars

we are learning to count the beat on guitars we have learn how to pick.

these are some things that we learnt about guitars

• Some are electric

• They have strings

• They make music

• Made out of wood

• It’s a musical instrument

• Stan Walker and lots of other singers play the guitar

• They are tuned instruments

• There are lots of different types

these are some different guitars

counting the beat - Orchestra

                          Orchestra

Today I am going to show you what I am doing in hurumanu 2.

We have been looking at what an orchestra is and what is in an orchestra.

we had to guess what sounds were playing and what instrument they were.

we got most of them right.

An orchestra is a group of instruments that typically play classical music.

There are four types of instruments in an orchestra: 

• Woodwind
• Brass 
• Percussion 
• Strings

woodwind instruments is when a musician blows air into the blow hole and puts his fingers on the little buttons to makes different noises

string instruments make a noises with moving the string.A string instrument plays soft noises.   

                percussion instruments make noises  when you hit the drums,bells,xylophone,

                 bass drum.

counting the beat-The Violin

                            The Violin 

Today in hurumanu 2 we have been learning about the violin. Violins can be electric The violin has a few weird feature on the violin and the bow that have weird names, like the frog, the frog is where so you can change the hair. and then there is the sound holes on a violin is a shape of and F. 

violins can be electric,when Villon is electric they don't need a sound hole 

violins have a sound hole like a guitar

violins have to have a special wax that needs to go onto the bow so it can slide across the violin strings 

Do you like violins?

Counting The Beat- ukulele

Today we are learning about the ukulele in hurumanu 2. The teacher brought in 5 ukuleles for us to see.We watch the teacher play some cords.She was really good at playing the ukulele

There are different types of ukuleles  that you could get.                                                                             On the ukulele there are 4 strings on a ukulele but on a guitars there are 6 string

What do you know about the ukulele 

1. there are 4 strings - nylon
2. nstrumental art piece
3. Related to the guitar family
4. Came from Hawaii
5. It has a sound hole
6. There are lots of different types and sizes

Do you like ukuleles?

        

counting the beat

Our definition of Music is: Sounds, notes and beats that are put together to express ideas or emotions. 

These are a range of different types of music: Rock and roll, rap, country, hip hop, jazz, blues, lyrical, metal, heavy metal, classical, calm, pop, karaoke, electric, singing, soft

We can find, hear and experience music in the following places:

• Spotify

• Public toilets

• Radio

• Social media

• Movies

• TV programmes

• Concerts

• CDs

• Speakers

• Youtube

• I hope to learn about

counting the beat on different instruments