How to access the student login for Musicplayonline.com
First go to: www.musicplayonline.com
The website no longer has a log-in do to the volume of users that it is experiencing. Now just go to MusicPlay via the above link and you are in!
If you have any questions about using Musicplay or have difficulty logging in and finding the activities, please email me through the contact page of this website.
If the login changes over the summer, I will post the new login information here.
First go to: www.musicplayonline.com
The website no longer has a log-in do to the volume of users that it is experiencing. Now just go to MusicPlay via the above link and you are in!
If you have any questions about using Musicplay or have difficulty logging in and finding the activities, please email me through the contact page of this website.
If the login changes over the summer, I will post the new login information here.
Fourth Grade Music Activities
Summer Activities - This will possibly be my last post of activities until next school year. I hope that you have enjoyed your online music experiences. I would rather see you in person so that we could sing, play games and play instruments in the music room, but we will be together soon and will have time to do all of our favorite music activities. Unlike your classroom teacher, you will still be my student next school year... you will just be in my 5th grade classes instead of my 4th classes. We will have awesome adventures!!! Keep checking the Pine Crest Specials Facebook page as I will post some cool things throughout the summer. Meanwhile, if you would like to play some music games this summer, go to the Musicplay website (instructions are above) and play some music games. The music games are located around the edge of the page... probably on the right side or bottom of the page. Here are the games that I would recommend for 4th Grade: Which Rhythm Do You Hear?; Match the Melody; Instruments of the Orchestra; What Instrument Do You Hear?; Instrument Bingo; Note Name Memory; Rhythm Racing. Along the left hand side of the page is an activities list. I think that you could have some fun composing music with the "Melody Composition" and "Rhythm Composition" activities. It would also be a good idea to spend some time on the "Recorder" activities. (I am hopeful that we will be able to continue our recorder lessons at some point next year.) Click on those from the left hand column of the Musicplay home page. If you would like a refresher on note names or music terms, click on the 4th grade tab and go through the "Interactive Other" and "Pop Quiz" activities. We have done both of these activities together in music class.
Have a wonderful summer. Don't forget, you can always sing, dance and find beat and rhythm is everything you do. Remember to listen...music is all around you!
Have a wonderful summer. Don't forget, you can always sing, dance and find beat and rhythm is everything you do. Remember to listen...music is all around you!
Activity #9 - (May 11 -15) Now that everyone has their recorders at home, I would like you to spend some time this week playing your recorder. Go to the Musicplay website and find "recorder" in the list on the left hand side of the website. Click on "recorder" to make the recorder section pop up. Go through the recorder activities to review some familiar notes and to learn some notes that we didn't get to before school closed. We will continue to play recorder next year, so it is important to continue playing. We will start recorder again in the fall with some review, but play your recorder some this week and see how much you remember after so many weeks away. If you decide that you want to go for any more recorder belts, the music and directions can be found on this website. The drop down menu is found by clicking (or hovering) on the Recorder tab above. If you no longer have your recorder, grab a pencil, hold it like you would your recorder, and finger through some of the exercises on the Musicplay webpage.
Activity # 8 - (May 4 -8) Normally we would start May with a trip to the Danville Symphony Orchestra Concert, of course this year, that can’t happen. I want to spend our last weeks of online music time learning about and listening to orchestra performances. Since our first week of May begins with May (the) 4th (Star Wars Day) we will begin our listening/learning experience with the music of John Williams.
John Williams wrote music for more than 100 movies over the last 50 years. Nominated for more than 50 Academy Awards (for movie music), he received 5 to date. He has also composed themes/music for several other events including the Olympics (the games in 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2002) and several NBC News themes. He was also the recipient of 3 Emmy Awards and more than 20 Grammy Awards. In 2004 he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor, and in 2009 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to an artist by the U.S. government, for his achievements in symphonic music for motion pictures.
John Williams was born in New York City on February 8, 1932. Williams—who studied at Juilliard—worked as a jazz pianist and studio musician before starting to compose for television and film. His career took off in the 1970s; since then, he has scored more than 100 films, including Jaws (1975), the Star Wars films, E.T. (1982) and Schindler's List (1993). Williams has won five Academy Awards and received a record-breaking number of nominations.
John Williams also wrote the music for the first three Harry Potter movies. John Williams is still alive and active in music.
Below find several video clips of John Williams and his music. You may choose to watch a couple of clips or watch them all. Notice how each section of the orchestra works together with the melody and harmonies to give their best performance of each piece. #1) John Williams conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra at a performance that they did in Japan. This is the original music from the 1st Star Wars movie (Episode IV.) #2) The "Imperial March" from "Empire Strikes Back" (Episode V.) Watch for the storm troopers and Darth Vader's entrance. This performing group is the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Williams. #3) This clip is much longer, but is worth the time. This is the recording/scoring session for the last Star Wars movie (Episode IX). John Williams is taking the musicians through the music, making adjustments as needed. There are many back stage comments about the making of all of the movies. There are also insights on Williams' writing process and the themes that he composed for each character. Part way through the session Stephen Spielberg (producer) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) show up to the recording session. #4) This is a clip of John Williams and the composing and recording of "Hedwig's Theme." Watch for the celeste. It is the main instrument playing the melody. They show a close-up of the celeste, which is a keyboard percussion instrument, but instead of the hammers hitting string, they hit metal bars like glockenspiel. For the final recording they used a synthesized (computer sound sampled) version which is explained here. #5) This is another recording of John Williams conducting the Boston Pops. This time it is the "Flying Theme" from ET. #6) This last clip is John Williams conducting the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra on music from "Jurassic Park." And yes, he wrote the music for that, too!
John Williams wrote music for more than 100 movies over the last 50 years. Nominated for more than 50 Academy Awards (for movie music), he received 5 to date. He has also composed themes/music for several other events including the Olympics (the games in 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2002) and several NBC News themes. He was also the recipient of 3 Emmy Awards and more than 20 Grammy Awards. In 2004 he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor, and in 2009 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to an artist by the U.S. government, for his achievements in symphonic music for motion pictures.
John Williams was born in New York City on February 8, 1932. Williams—who studied at Juilliard—worked as a jazz pianist and studio musician before starting to compose for television and film. His career took off in the 1970s; since then, he has scored more than 100 films, including Jaws (1975), the Star Wars films, E.T. (1982) and Schindler's List (1993). Williams has won five Academy Awards and received a record-breaking number of nominations.
John Williams also wrote the music for the first three Harry Potter movies. John Williams is still alive and active in music.
Below find several video clips of John Williams and his music. You may choose to watch a couple of clips or watch them all. Notice how each section of the orchestra works together with the melody and harmonies to give their best performance of each piece. #1) John Williams conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra at a performance that they did in Japan. This is the original music from the 1st Star Wars movie (Episode IV.) #2) The "Imperial March" from "Empire Strikes Back" (Episode V.) Watch for the storm troopers and Darth Vader's entrance. This performing group is the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Williams. #3) This clip is much longer, but is worth the time. This is the recording/scoring session for the last Star Wars movie (Episode IX). John Williams is taking the musicians through the music, making adjustments as needed. There are many back stage comments about the making of all of the movies. There are also insights on Williams' writing process and the themes that he composed for each character. Part way through the session Stephen Spielberg (producer) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) show up to the recording session. #4) This is a clip of John Williams and the composing and recording of "Hedwig's Theme." Watch for the celeste. It is the main instrument playing the melody. They show a close-up of the celeste, which is a keyboard percussion instrument, but instead of the hammers hitting string, they hit metal bars like glockenspiel. For the final recording they used a synthesized (computer sound sampled) version which is explained here. #5) This is another recording of John Williams conducting the Boston Pops. This time it is the "Flying Theme" from ET. #6) This last clip is John Williams conducting the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra on music from "Jurassic Park." And yes, he wrote the music for that, too!
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Activity #7- (April 27 - May 1) This week we are going to do another lesson in MusicPlay. Log on to Musicplay using the directions above. Click on the "online learning" then scroll down to 4th grade. We will do lesson #5. This lesson's songs focus rhythm. Do as much of this lesson as you would like to do. There are several games that you can play on the Musicplay site. This is also a good lesson to play Poison Rhythm. All music activities are optional, but are here for you to help you keep some music in your day.
Activity #6 - (April 20 - 24) April is Jazz month. This week we are going to listen to some "Ragtime" music by Scott Joplin. Ragtime is one of the first types of American music. Ragtime was the beginning of Jazz. Start this lesson by going to the MusicPlay website (follow the directions at the top of this page). Once there, scroll down the screen looking on the left side for "listening." Click on "listening" and then click of the "Kit 4" tab. Next find #3. "Fig Leaf Rag" and listen to the "composer" clip. Next listen to "Fig Leaf Rag" using the "Listening Log." Also this week I am including some video clips below of Scott Joplin's music.
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Activity #5 - (April 14 - 17) This week we are going to do another lesson in MusicPlay. Log on to Musicplay using the directions above. Click on the "online learning" then scroll down to 4th grade. We will do lesson #3. This lesson's songs focus on Earth Day, which is coming up soon. Do as much of this lesson as you would like to do. All music activities are optional, but are here for you to help you keep some music in your day.
Activity #4 - If you have had a chance to do all of Activity #3, then spend some time doing some additional music games on the MusicPlay page. An additional page with music games is: http://www.musictechteacher.com/. When you get to the page, hover over the Quizzes/Piano tab and click Quizzes/Game from the drop down menu. Find Rhythm Hotshots and give it a try. We will be doing more of these games in future lessons.
Activity #3 - Again we will use MusicPlay so follow the above instructions to get to the page. This week we are going to concentrate on some rhythm activities. Find the "Rhythm Practice" in the column on the left of your screen. Start with "Echo Rhythm" and work through #1 and #2. (This is a review, we have done these in class before.) Next find "Listen, Say and Clap" and do #1 and #2 with "no syllables. Finish this section with a game of "Poison Rhythm" by trying #1 and #2. Then go to the "Games" section and find "Which Rhythm Do You Hear?" See how you do on the first 2 levels. Below are links to a couple of rhythm/Easter activities. If you can print them out and do them, great. If not, that's ok too. I will post answers at the beginning of next week. These do NOT need to be turned in to me. I am not taking grades during our online learning time. These would just be another activity to do if you wish. Send me a note to let me know if you want more activities to print, or if you would rather stick with online. (look at the bottom of this pc-music page to find some videos that I have linked here for you. The first 2 are alternate performances thanks to quarantine. The 3rd one is a Piano Guys like group made up of teens.)
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Activity #2 - Again we will be using MusicPlay. This time when you get to the MusicPlay website, scroll down towards the bottom of the page. The first blue box has the "Online Learning" modules. Click on the "Online Learning" box and find the "4th Grade" section. Go to the last lesson in the list, which is actually lesson #1. MusicPlay began their online learning the week before we went on Spring Break so we are a bit behind them, but this means we know that the next lesson is always ready... no waiting. Find lesson #1 and click on it. This lesson has many parts. There is even a section on recorder. Choose which section or sections that you would like to do. The last item in each lesson is an assessment. I do not expect you to do an assessment. Try your best on the lesson and have fun. I do not expect you to complete the entire lesson. The main concern is that you have fun putting some music in your day!!!
Activity #1 - We will begin our online lessons with a scavenger hunt through the MusicPlay website. Follow the instructions above to find “MusicPlay.” Once there, find the Grade 4 tab at the top and click on it. Then look at the “Song List” box. Within this box is all of the songs that we have done so far this year and more. See if you can find “My Bonnie,” “Chester,” along with a favorite song that isn’t on my list. Click on each song, one at a time, to set it in place on the page. Then scroll down a little to the “movie” section and choose a type of movie that you want to watch and sing along with. We usually do the “Lyric” one in class, but you can explore other versions. Another thing to look for is the games. At the bottom of the page are the games. Look through the games and choose one or two to try. Also if you look close at the list of activities on the left side of the screen, below the songs, but above the games, see if you can find Solfa Echo and Poison. We usually do so/mi or la/so/mi. Take some time to explore. This can be spread over several days. Remember, these are suggestions of activities. Choose what you would like to do and try and keep some music in your day.
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