Mr. Oliver's Music Class

Hello all, Last week was an extremely busy week because of Fall Fundraiser. Some classes I didn't see much this week but we will resume normal classes next week, continuing with band for the grade 5 and 6s and the ukulele with grade 4s. The sheet music for practice for band is posted here. Hope you are all enjoying the weekend! Mr. Oliver

We had another great week this week!: Grade 4 In grade 4 we continued our instrumentation unit and spent some time learning about different types of woodwind instruments. We also did some music theory and learned about treble clef notes. Grade 5 We practiced together as the band this week. Students can now play excercises 1,2 and 3 which they should practice at home.  Grade 6 We also continued practicing together as the band in grade 6 as well as starting a new unit about the history of Western music! Have a great weekend everyone! Mr. Oliver 

Hello everyone, Please find here the music for those students in band in grade 5 and 6 as well as a fingering chart. Mr. Oliver https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V5WwX6QMcO9z6XxPrnqINTxW4tQLUtY3

Hello everyone, We have completed our first full week of music in grades 4,5 and 6. Here is what we did: Grade 4 We continue to work on both playing the ukulele and learning about different instruments in class. Students learned about keyboard instruments and created a labeled poster about a choice of keyboard instrument. We reviewed the C major chord on the ukulele and also learned F major and started with the G major chord. Students discovered that these chords can be used in many songs and we started to sing and play 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' by The Tokens. Grade 5 In a big moment, the grade 5s played their instruments together for the first time! This week we have just concentrated on music theory and creating a sound on ourinstruments, but also practiced making sounds in both 4 beat and 3 beat patterns, which students should practice at home. Next week we will start work from our musical excercise book and I will post the music here on the blog as necessary. Gr

Hello everyone! We had a great first week in the PYP; This is what we did: Grade 4 The Grade 4s were reintroduced to the ukulele and were taught the proper technique for holding and strumming the ukulele as well as seeing examples of how different chords were played. Students played the C chord together and we hope to learn some more chords next week. Grade 5 Grade 5s were very excited this week as they received their band instruments. Some things to remember for grade 5 students: 1. Students should practice at least once a week 2. Students only need to make sure that they have their instrument at school on the days that we have music (Days 1,3 and 5) 3. When we begin practicing together I will post the music notes on this blog for students to look at at home. 4. When instruments are at school they should be stored in the music room, not in their own classroom or locker. They will be allowed to drop off and collect their instrument at the beginning and end of the day.