SHAKE UP YOUR BODIES

SHAKE UP YOUR BODIES

As summer is round the corner third graders are feeling more like dancing.

First proposal: an easy basic salsa dance.

Zumba dance workout for beginners .

BLOWING TO MAKE MUSIC

BLOWING TO MAKE MUSIC

All wind instruments have one or various tubes that produce a sound

when we blow into them and the air inside the tubes vibrates.

Wind instruments can be made of wood or metal wind.

Woodwind instruments.

Brass instruments.

JAZZ INSTRUMENTS

JAZZ INSTRUMENTS

Although jazz can be played on any instrument, 

the most common are the human voice, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, bass, drums and guitar.

Saxophone

The saxophone family was invented by the Belgian instrument maker

 Adolphe Sax in 1840.

He wanted to create a group of instruments
 that would be more powerful than the woodwinds and more adaptive than the brass section.
Saxophone players are called saxophonists.

Here they show us the main four saxophones.

Saxophones are used in classical music,military bands and in jazz style.

Top saxophone solos in pop and rock.

JAZZ BAND

JAZZ BAND

These are the most common instruments in a jazz band.

At the beginning of the 20th century in the American city of New Orleans,

 the black people organized festivals and new bands playing with and percussion instruments appeared.

Their music , which they called DIXIELAND ,

was very often improvised ,strong and rhythmical.

Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday.

New Orleans 1947.

Dixieland,sometimes referred to as hot/traditional jazz,

 is a style of jazz based on the music that was developed at the start of the 20th century 

in New Orleans.

JAZZ MUSIC

JAZZ MUSIC

Jazz, music that originated in the United States.,is the music that the African slaves combined with the music that was popular amongst the white population and created their own style.

'Oh ,Happy Day',traditional song.

'The Entertainer' by S.Joplin.

'When the Saints Go Marching In',traditinal song, performed by L.Armstrong

Now sing along this "classic"

Here you are the karaoke version to taste jazz stylein New Orleans.

SORTING STRING INSTRUMENTS

STRING INSTRUMENTS

We classify string instruments into three sub groups:

* Strings we play with a bow.

Have a look at this video on how orchestral string instruments are played.

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* Strings we pluck.

* Strings we strike.

 Cimbalom

Upright piano

What's inside a piano?

Grand piano

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

 We can enjoy music in many different ways. we can listen to music or we can see other performances where music is combined with other kinds of artistic entertainment.

FOLK DANCE

Enjoy "Kalinka", this Russian well-known folk dance.

MUSICAL SHOW

"Summer Nights", from the film Grease.

Sing along with this karaoke version.

CIRCUS

You've watched "Circle du Soleil, Alegría"

BREAKDANCING

JAZZ SESSION

SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA

Beethoven's 6th Symphony.

OPERA

"Hebrew Slave's Choir"from the opera Nabucco, composed by G.Verdi.

HUMOURISTIC MUSIC

"Les Luthiers " play "Rapsody in Balls"