Author: ajones

Activity for May 13th-14th, 2020:

Line Riders is a game where you can design tracks and obstacles for your line rider! But…you can also create amazing musical art! Watch the video for “Les Toreadors” from Carmen, by classical composer Georges Bizet. The Line Riders and their track have been synced up to the song. As you watch, make note on how the music is used and represented in the video!

After watching, answer the reflection questions. Then, try your hand at designing your own Line Rider Tracks! Maybe you can even create your own track to music!

Line Rider Game

Activity for May 6th-7th, 2020:

Music is something that everyone can enjoy in their own way! Some people play instruments, some people sing, some people dance, some people like to just listen, and some like to do all of it! Regardless of what you do, music is for everyone!

Conduct a musical interview with at least 1 member of your family this week about how they enjoy music. You can record their answers to the questions on a separate piece of paper. If you think of more questions to ask them about music, I would love to know what you came up with!

Activity for May 6th-7th, 2020:

Music is something that everyone can enjoy in their own way! Some people play instruments, some people sing, some people dance, some people like to just listen, and some like to do all of it! Regardless of what you do, music is for everyone!

Conduct a musical interview with at least 1 member of your family this week about how they enjoy music. You can record their answers to the questions on a separate piece of paper. If you think of more questions to ask them about music, I would love to know what you came up with!

Activity for April 29th-20th, 2020: 

Create your own beats using Chrome Music Lab! Follow the link to the rhythm creator in Chrome Music Lab. You can change up the beats by clicking on the on the dots. To take away beats, simply click on the dots again! When you think you have a good beat, press play and hear what you made!

There are 4 different preset beats you can change around. Try your hand at all of them or whichever ones you want! Feel free to send me an email letting me know how you did!

Chrome Music Lab Rhythm Creator

***If you have made your ukulele stick, check out the new ukulele videos and activities page!!***

Activity for April 29th-30th, 2020: 

More Chrome Music Lab Exploration! This week, explore the Song Maker feature of Chrome Music Lab. You can create a song with a melody and a beat. To add a drum beat, click on the first two rows of dots. You can get rid of something by just clicking it again! To add a melody, click on the squares to find different notes. You can even have multiple notes playing at a time! You can change instruments around on the bottom as well as change the speed.

Here is a song that I created!

Feel free to send me songs that you make by hitting the “Save” check mark and then copy and pasting a link into an email! I hope you have fun 🙂