Murdock Music

Music Supplies   To reduce confusion and ensure every student has the correct materials, supplies for music class have been ordered through the school. The kits will come with a variety of grade level specific paper manipulatives, as well as rhythm sticks, a shaker, and a scraping instrument. I will send out emails and notify students when they are available to pick up at Murdock Elementary. The cost is $4 plus a small transaction fee charged by the processing company.    To pay for the music kit:   1.       Go to:  https://www2.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome a.       This is the same system used to pay for ASP and school lunches. b.       Alternately, go through  www.Cobbk12.org  select “Make Online Payments”                              ...

Found Sounds! K-5 For this assignment, you are going to find or make your own instruments. Thank you goes to Mrs. Marmoll and Mrs. Smith for inspiring this with their science lesson. K-1 I recommend finding a drum type instrument. 2-3 Try to make your own shaking or scraping instrument. 4-5 Try to make an instrument that has 2 or more pitches. In my video, I used items found in my kitchen. You are welcome to use anything found in or around your home. I love finding and creating new sounds with all kinds of things. Please post a photo or video of your instrument(s) here  (also see a bonus video of one of my other musical instrument creations). If you don't want to share your video/photo on flip grid you can  email  it instead.

Everyone Spirit Day! Social Distancing is difficult, but it is important. I hope you are enjoying time with your families and are learning lots of different things (math, science, organization, cooking, laundry, etc). Don't forget to take time to play outside and play music. I miss hearing your voices and making music with all of you. These assignments are going to build on the assignments from the March 17th E-Learning  post. Go through this lesson and then go back to the other post and try some things out. Melody Maker all grades This is building on 1st grades lesson from the  March 17th E-Learning  post, if you want start there.  Watch this short video. Quiz Kinder - 5th grade Create your own melody with the  Melody Maker . Can you sing your melody? Play it on an instrument (piano, recorder, ukulele, guitar)? If you are able, send a video or picture of you performing your melody to   Patrick.hydo@cobbk12.org ...

Incredibox and Recorder One of my favorite ways to practice is to improvise (make music up on the spot). Usually I like improvising with friends or family members, but right now meeting with friends is out of the question and not all of you have family members that play musical instruments. So we are going to improvise with Incredibox ! You can use the app or the web version. Because of the key (notes used), it is easiest to improvise with "The Love", so select that. Add a few ostinatos, and then start creating your own melody over them. Try not to add too many or else there won't be enough "space" to add you improvisation. I usually use these three guys: The key is A minor. You can use any notes that aren't flat or sharp, but A is the most important followed by E Want a rhythm to get you started? Try this one: Forget your fingerings? Go here . Just hover over the notes to see the fingering or cl...

If you want... I am going to make recorder posts. If you have your recorder and want to play along, join us. If you don't have your recorder, no worries. These posts will just be for fun. First... Tips:  Top rack only No heated drying (it can warp the plastic) Where do you practice? Send a picture or video of you practicing your recorder.

Parents, While Cobb County Schools are out, this blog will be your source for musical activities, assignments, and links. All assignments will be posted on this blog . All necessary resources will be included or linked from the post. Any assessments will be done using Microsoft forms and should be able to be completed from any internet enabled device. Listed below are a variety of free resources and games. Music  -at- HOME       https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com       Chrome Music Lab   offers 13 different ways to make and/or experiment with music and sound science.       Appropriate for K-5 !        https://www.incredibox.com       The most fun way ever to make music ostinatos!! An ostinato is simply a repeating rhythm or melodic pattern. Typically, an ostinato underlies the main melody, like the pat-pat-clap part to Queen’s   We Will Rock You.       Appropriate for K-5!     The first fo...