Music's in Me! K - 2nd Grade General Music Class
Join me in this ongoing weekly class for building musical skills while fostering appreciation. Through fun, engaging teaching and practice, musical ability and appreciation will flourish and enrich your child's life!
Lisa Ann
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(85)
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1 hour per week. Small projects demonstrating knowledge such as homemade posters may be assigned to aid in learning. Also, practice of short musical phrases (ostinatos) both melodic and rhythmic may be assigned.Assessment
Learners will be assessed in class by the teacher as they participate in activities such as: playing rhythms; singing scale notes and chords; and recognizing staff notes. Learners will also use manipulatives (see Materials section) to show their understanding of the concepts being taught.Class Experience
No previous music experience is required to enroll in this class. This is an all-around great general music class that will get learners building musical skills that will stay with them for a lifetime. This is also a great supplemental class for learners who are learning a musical instrument, as there isn't always time to practice fundamental skills and cover musical terms and genres in instrumental lessons. I have been teaching music for many years and make acquiring music skills fun!
🎯 Class Focus -
• Major emphasis on building music skills through learning basic music theory
￮ performance and practice is key
• Scale and chord (harmony) building skills
￮ by using manipulatives (see Materials), singing solfege (Do, Re, Mi)
✫ playing optional glockenspiel or piano keyboard
￮ explanation of basic music notation
✫ practice reading & writing through dictation
• Rhythm practice using rhythmic solfege using rhythm instruments
￮ playing different rhythm patterns in both hands
￮ rhythmic dictation
• Minor emphasis on music appreciation
• Musical games to check for understanding and fun
🎹 Main Music Concepts Covered:
• Music theory
￮ scale notes
￮ intervals
￮ basic harmony, primary chords, and their progressions
￮ rhythm
￮ basic music notation
￮ musical symbols and terms: dynamics, and tempo markings
• Singing
￮ vocal warmups
￮ basic singing technique
￮ simple melodies created w/ scale notes in solfege (Do, Re, Mi)
￮ folksongs and seasonal songs
• Music Appreciation - exploring instruments & genres
￮ instrument families in the orchestra
￮ non-orchestra instruments (ie guitar, cajon etc)
￮ genres of music and instruments used -
✫ classical, rock, pop, jazz, country, folk
￮ music production on a computer
📌 Materials Needed: Very important!
• colored glass gems, painted beans or popsicle sticks
to represent the notes of the scale in the following colors
￮ 2 red, orange, yellow, green, 2 light blue, dark blue, purple/violet
• homemade or inexpensive rhythm shaker or drum
• wide-ruled music notation paper
• small whiteboard
• love for singing!
• an inquisitive mind!
👉 To get optimal benefit from class!
• optional glockenspiel or electronic piano keyboard 🎹
🎼 About the Teacher
• Bachelor of Arts in Music
• 5 plus years teaching music, choir, and orchestra K - 8th grades
• 20 years teaching piano, singing, and music in a private music studio
• Music is my lifelong passion. I do my best to spread the joy of it.
• I mix up activities as I teach to keep the students engaged and having fun!
• I teach in such a way as to inspire students to make connections.
Class breakdown:
Week 1: (April 17th)
scale notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol (C, D, E, F, G)
rhythm notes: quarter note, eighth notes and sixteenth notes
music appreciation: the anatomy of a song
Week 2: (April 24th)
Scale notes: more practice with Do through Sol
Rhythm notes: review and practice with previous rhythm notes
Music Appreciation: Spring Song
Week 3 (May 1st)
Scale notes: The Do (C) chord
Rhythm notes: the half note
Music Appreciation: the orchestra and its sections
Week 4: (May 8th)
Scale notes: La and Ti (A and B)
Rhythm notes: Ta (quarter) rest
Music Appreciation: the string section of the orchestraLearning Goals
Students will be able to:
• Understand the basics of vocal production
• To sing the Do (C) scale notes forward and backward and in skips without hesitation and associate the correct color for each note
• Remember and sing simple melodic phrases (ostinatos)
• Identify Do through Sol in the Treble staff and Sol through Do in the Bass staff
• Identify and play rhythms using the quarter note, the half note, eight notes, and sixteenth notes and sixteenth note patterns
• Name and understand the role of verse and chorus in songs
• Name and understand the sections in an orchestra and the basic instruments in each section
• Name basic musical terms both tempo and dynamic markings
Other Details
Supply List
For the Rhythm Component: ✩ A rhythm instrument or two. A shaker or maraca is probably the easiest to choose as it is small and fun to use. For the Scale Component: Students will need items that are easy to manipulate that are colored the following colors of the scale notes: ▻ 1 each: orange, yellow, light green, dark blue and purple ▻ 2 same red color ▻ 2 same light blue Some ideas: ▪︎ colored glass floral gems ▪︎ red popsicle sticks ▪︎ buttons, ▪︎ pieces of cardboard or heavy paper colored Optional for scale practice: ✥ A glockenspiel would be a good investment for this class long-term, for the purpose of this class please only purchase the suggested ones as the colors of the notes are correct on these. Most found on Amazon have the wrong colors assigned to the notes. Contact the teacher for the best options for purchase. Expect to spend $15 - $45 ✥ Also, if you already own a piano keyboard, or can borrow one that will be a great aid in this class. If you would like to purchase one email me for recommendations.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from University of Arizona
I have a Bachelor of Arts in Music and have been teaching music to all ages for many years! I have run my own piano studio as well as having taught in the public school system. I have experimented over the years and have found ways of teaching music fundamentals that gets music inside the learner's heads all while providing lots of fun.Reviews
Live Group Class
$12
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-9
3-6 learners per class
