The Cup Song Continued...
Follow along with the video to review and finish learning the cup song. You will need a plastic cup and a hard surface (a table or the floor). Once completed, click the button to record a Flipgrid of yourself doing the pattern.
Game : If you want to extend the pattern you can make it into a game you can play with your family. Once everyone has learned the pattern sit in a circle. Everyone should have their own cups. Do the pattern together (in sync) but at the end when you place your cup down move it to the right, "passing" it off to the next person. You then repeat the pattern with the cup on your left, slowly changing cups with each run through of the pattern.
Flipgrid
Cup Song Music - Sun Flower Slow Drag Cup Song Music - Sun Flower Fast Drag
Explore Colourful Sounds - Kandinsky
Click the button to go to Chrome Music Labs Kandinsky. This experiment is inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, an artist who compared painting to making music. It turns anything you draw – lines, circles, triangles, or scribbles – into sound. Try writing your name and see what its shapes can create. Draw with shapes and colours to create a unique melody of your very own.
Music Lab - Kandinsky
Fun Fact : Did you know that some people "see" music instead of just hearing it. This neurological condition is called synesthesia. Synesthetes can often “see” music as colors when they hear it. Watch the video below to learn how Kandinsky was a synesthete.
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Video
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was composed by British composer Benjamin Britten. The work was written at the request of the British Ministry of Education to be used for a short film called "Instruments of the Orchestra" (1946). Its concert premiere was given in Liverpool, England, on October 15, 1946.
Click the button below to watch the video and answer questions along the way for Britten's piece of music. Once on EdPuzzle enter your name to watch the video.
EdPuzzle - A Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
Click the button below to play a game about the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Click the "Local Game" to play.
Listening Adventures