Through the singing of nursery rhymes, Grade 1 students continue to explore what makes one song sound the same as another. So far, they have noticed that if songs have the same melodic contour and the same rhythm, they sound the same.
Grade 2 students continue their journey of Musical Storytelling. They realized that opera is a form of musical storytelling in which the story is sung throughout. They made the connection between the opera Hannaraptor, presented by the Calgary Opera, and some of the questions they had asked about musical storytelling.
By exploring "marching" music vs. "galloping" music, Grade 3 students expanded their collection of "musical legos". They will soon be using these musical rhythmic blocks to create their own piece of music.
Grade 4 students continue their inquiry on "texture." They listened to a piece of music called Scheherazade through which students were able to develop a basic understanding of "texture" or the "fabric" in music. They will continue to develop the vocabulary necessary to describe what musical textures are.
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