Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Kye Kye Kule - Song from Ghana



Che Che Koolay
Che Che Kofinsa
Kofinsa Langa
Ka Ka Shi Langa
Whoops A Lye Lye





Che Che Koolay is a children's song that comes from Ghana.
This is a map of Ghana. Did you notice that Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean? What ocean does Onslow County sit on? If you said Atlantic, you are correct! We share the same big ocean!
Notice that Ghana has an Academy of African Music & Arts. An academy is a place you can go to study and learn. This academy specializes in Music! That sounds awesome!



Here is the flag of Ghana. How does it compare to our flag?
What is the same? What is different?
Comment and let me know.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Instrument Frenzy






The New York Philharmonic website has a GREAT music game called Instrument Frenzy. In this game you can classify the orchestra instruments and put them into their correct families to earn points.






WARNING: This game is highly educational and addictive!




Click to play Instrument Frenzy!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Friday, September 9, 2011

Africa

These are some PERCUSSION instruments from AFRICA. I found this picture on the internet when I googled the words "africa percussion". It came from a website called drumdoctors.com. They sell, rent, and repair all kinds of percussion instruments.





Why don't you try a google search for different kinds of percussion instruments. See what kinds of pictures you can find and share with our class!

Percussion Pictures


Friday, September 2, 2011

Percussion



A PERCUSSION instrument can be played by shaking, scraping, or striking it.
Can you think of some percussion instruments that we use in our classroom?
Use the comments button below to tell me the name of a percussion instrument that we use in the music room.