Happy moments with my students from Early Years.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A SNEAK PEAK INTO A REHEARSAL SESSION ON SINGING
My awesome Grade 4 students rehearsing for Graduation Ceremony performance. This grade had a lot of good singer and I'm sure they'll take their talent further and become great singers in the years to come.
Monday, April 14, 2014
RESEARCH WORK BY STUDENTS OF GRADE 4
Students of Grade 4 researched about the influence of different artists and their contribution towards Music Revolution.
INSTRUMENTS CREATED USING WASTE MATERIALS
As part of the unit Waste, students of Grade 2 made musical instruments using household waste materials.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
DIGITAL ORCHESTRA
Digital Orchestra makes music beautiful
With the help of young, passionate and dedicated
musicians pursuing instrumental lessons I was able to craft an artistic
cohort. It all begun when I decided to bring them together and form the only
one of its kind, the Digital Orchestra, a band of Ipads. With the progression
of technology and students getting practical experience of the most up-to-date
equipments, I introduced the Ipad with an eye towards advancing digital
music. My young maestros use Garage band on the Ipad to play and perform live
on stage. They use sampled instruments consisting of brass, woodwind,
percussion and the string family to create a wide arrangement of sounds. Our
first debut was Coldplay’s – Paradise where for the first time we had the
Western Choir perform together with the Orchestra. Since then all members of
the Digital orchestra play the same device with different instruments on each
Ipad such as electronic helix, cello, violin, guitars, piano and performed
in occasions such as Award Ceremonies, Grand Parents Day and Founders’ Day
2013. 
GARAGE BAND ON IPADS
Students created digital music using Garage Band on IPads. GarageBand is a whole music creation studio inside your IPAD — complete with keyboard, synths, orchestral and percussion instruments, presets for guitar and voice, an entirely redesigned sound library and virtual session drummers. A beautiful and intuitive interface makes it easy to learn, play, record and create great‑sounding songs. And you can share your hits worldwide with just a few clicks.
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FEW OF MY BOARDS IN THE PYP MUSIC CLASS ROOM
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| PYP ATTITUDES IN MUSIC |
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| MUSIC INTEGRATION |
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| MUSIC STRAND - RESPONDING |
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| MUSIC STRAND - CREATING |
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| DISPLAY OF SUMMATIVE TASK ON MUSIC REVOLUTION |
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| DISPLAY OF SUMMATIVE TASK ON MUSIC REVOLUTION |
CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY
Students sang patriotic song in the occasion of Independence Day on 15th August. They went to the nearby village schools which were adopted by Pathways World School, Aravali. The day began with an assembly where our school Director hoisted the Indian National Flag. This was followed by sharing various music presentation and the day ended with students interacting and playing games with the village school students.
INTEGRATION WITH THE UNIT SIMPLE MACHINES - GRADE 5
These are some of the research work done by students under the Transdisciplinary theme 'How the world works'. Students research about the mechanism of different musical instruments and how machines play an important role in instruments to produce sounds.
“THE
KEYBOARD”
ž A Musical
Keyboard is the set of levers or keys on a musical instrument,
particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the
twelve notes of the Western musical scale. Depressing a key on the
keyboard causes the instrument to produce sounds, on electric and electronic
keyboards, depressing a key connects a circuit.
ž The keys were
traditionally made of natural materials. The white tangents were made
of ivory, the black of ebony, but now artificial materials like plastic
are used to cover the wooden keys. Cheaper materials like oak, walnut and soft
wood are used now.
Different Types of Musical Instruments
Musical instruments from all over the world can broadly be categorized as follows:
Musical instruments from all over the world can broadly be categorized as follows:
Wind Instruments: Wind instruments require a person to blow into the
instrument in order to produce the desired sound. They work on the principle of
sound waves, frequencies, harmonics, resonance and acoustics. When you blow
into the instrument, the pitch of the sound note produced, varies depending on
the length of the internal air column in which the sound waves vibrate. The
shorter the air column, the higher is the pitch of the note produced, and
vice-versa.
Percussion Instruments: Percussion instruments require a person
to strike or beat the instrument surface in order to generate vibrations, which
then produce the desired sound note. Depending on the type of surface, one can
use one's hands, sticks, or other similar objects for striking the instrument
surface. A characteristic feature of percussion instruments is that the type of
sound produced varies depending on the spot that is struck on the instrument
surface. For example, in case of the djembe, striking it at the center produces
a deep and muffled sort of thump, whereas striking it at the edges produces a
sharp and crisp sound which is totally different from the earlier one.
Brass Instruments: All those shiny trumpets and trombones that feature so
prominently in jazz and blues music are classic examples
of brass instruments. Brass instruments are named so, not because all of them
are made from brass, but because of the nature and texture of the sound that
they produce. They work on pretty much the same principle as wind instruments,
with a few modifications here and there. In case of brass instruments, the
length of the air column can be changed using press-valves or through a slide mechanism.
String Instruments: All your guitars, violins and pianos fall under the category
of string instruments. String instruments work on the basis of sound wave
vibrations that are created with the help of strings. The pitch of the sound
note produced depends on the length of the air column as well as the type and
thickness of the string involved.
Electronic Instruments: Most of them are
designed to reproduce the sounds of existing musical instruments in a simple
and user-friendly way.
STUDENTS CREATE AND RESPOND TO MUSIC
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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| Creating short melodies and presenting the same in an innovative way |
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| Creating jingle |
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| Creating jingle under the unit Media |
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| Kelly performing for Graduation Ceremony |
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| Early Years assembly |
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| Presenting a rhythmic pattern |
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| Early Years assembly |
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| Creating a tune on the guitar |
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| Unit related assembly by the Early Years |
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