Sing with Ms. Driscoll!
and your whole family, too! --- March 30th, 2020
Let's make music with the BEST instrument EVER. Our Voices;)
For the next 10 weeks, we're going to explore singing in the "Round". You don't need special instruments or know how to read music. Just gather round and use your voices to make music. Besides sounding AWESOME, singing makes us feel better. We can destress and connect with others. Even those who can't be near us can sing to us from across the street, through their windows, or on their porches. Challenge yourselves, your family and even your neighbors to join the voices with simple, fun songs that become unexpectedly complex when we sing them in a "Round".
What is Singing in a Round?
But, what if one person started singing, and then the next person started a few words later? Almost like an echo. In the videos below we will learn a simple round together.
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Row, Row, Row your Boat
Melody
Let's learn the song in unison, singing it all together at the same time.
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Phrase 1: Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.
Phrase 2: Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
Got to admit, it's not a very interesting song, right?
Two Parts
Now split up into two groups.
Group 1 will start.
Group 2 will wait until the word "Merrily" (or Phrase 2) to begin singing the song.
See how long you can keep the song going!
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(hint: each group starts every 8 beats)
Now things sound a little more fancy.
Three and four parts (challenge time)
You think you can handle three, even FOUR, groups?
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Group 1 will begin
Group 2 will wait until "Gently" to begin
Group 3 will wait until they hear GROUP 1 sing "Merrily" to begin.
Group 4 will wait until they hear GROUP 1 sing "Life" to begin.
(hint: each group starts every four beats)
Phrase 1: Row, row, row your boat
Phrase 2: Gently down the stream
Phrase 3: Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Phrase 4: Life is but a dream
Merissa Driscoll
https://www.smore.com/c4sta (Oh How Lovely)
https://www.smore.com/bh18t (Frère Jacques)
https://www.smore.com/vf3cn (Mi Gallo)
Email: Driscoma@pwcs.edu
Website: https://kilbyes.pwcs.edu/class_pages/encore_teacher_pages/merissa_driscoll
Phone: 703-494-6677