ORFF INSTRUMENTS

PARTS OF A QUAVER

The parts of a quaver are: the FLAG, the STEM and the NOTE HEAD:

We can also find STEMS in nature:

THE DIATONIC SCALE

• A scale is a set of notes ordered by pitch. It can be ascending or descending
• The diatonic scale is made of seven notes (high 'do' is repeated)

• It has five tones (or whole steps) and two semitones (or half steps)

• The semitones in the diatonic scale are between the notes mi-fa and si-do

• If you look at the keys of a piano you can see the distance of tone and semitone easily. There is no black key between the semitones.

INTERVALS

•  In music, an interval is the difference between two notes.

• An interval can be of: 

second (2nd), third (3rd), fourth (4th), fifth (5th), sixth (6th), seveth (7th), octave (8th) and so on.

• Intervals can be ASCENDING or DESCENDING:

•  An interval can also be HARMONIC or MELODIC.

Music&maths

Música y matemáticas ¿tienen algo que ver? Más de lo que crees:

JUEGOS PARA INICIARSE EN EL PIANO

He encontrado estos interesantes juegos muy útiles para iniciarse en el teclado, pertenecen a la web "Aprendo Música":

1. Atrapa las notas
2. Cazanotas

 

PIANOS VIRTUALES:

1. Virtual piano
2.  Virtual keyboard

Music signs - FLATS and SHARPS

Ear training

Si queréis practicar la educación auditiva en el aula una interesante manera de hacerlo es a través de los juegos. 

La página web de la editorial Bromera nos presenta una serie de juegos muy interesantes y en inglés, para mejorar el oído de nuestros alumnos:

Young person's guide to orchestra

Discover the different families of instruments with the "Young person's guide to orchestra" composed by Benjamin Britten.

You can notice the different sections as they use different colors for each one:

Our voice, how it works and types of voices

How the voice works:

 

The sound of human voice is produced when air vibrates. The vocal cords in the voice box begin to vibrate when the singer sends air up out of his/her lungs using the muscles of the diaphragm.

 

Types of voices

Female	Range of Voice	Male
Soprano	High	Tenor
Mezzo soprano	Medium	Baritone
Contralto	Low	Bass