At Home Learning - Music with Mike Whitebread

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3rd Grade
4th grade
5th Grade
Beginning Guitar
Advanced Guitar

3rd Grade Music

Optional Music Listening Game: Listen to Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev

Each instrument represents a character in the story about a boy named Peter and a wolf. Peter risks death in a plan to capture the wolf. Listen to this Symphonic Fairy Tale and see if you can tell if Peter makes it out alive!


4th Grade

Optional Music Listening Game: Listen to “Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev”

Each instrument represents a character in the story about a boy named Peter and a wolf. Peter risks death in a plan to capture the wolf. Listen to this Symphonic Fairy Tale and see if you can tell if Peter makes it out alive!


5th Grade

TWO OPTIONS:

  1. If you have your instrument at home, try “The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin. The Entertainer Melody.PDF

  2. If you would prefer a listening adventure and don’t have your instrument at home:

    Listen to Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev

    Each instrument represents a character in the story about a boy named Peter and a wolf. Peter risks death in a plan to capture the wolf. Listen to this Symphonic Fairy Tale and see if you can tell if Peter makes it out alive!


Beginning Guitar

If you would like a new song to try during this time at home, try:

“The William Tell Overture”, which is a song you have heard before but probably didn’t know the name.

Printed Music: William-Tell-Overture-Guitar-Single-LineTab.pdf

Listening Examples:

The Tokyo Philharmonic

That great orchestral wonder, Bugs Bunny


Advanced Guitar

If you would like a new song to try during this time at home, try: “Blackbird” by the Beatles. This is fingerpicking and builds on some of the fingerpicking we have already done.

Link to Blackbird.PDF


Russian Easter Festival Overture


Email Mike Whitebread to schedule a 10-15 minute video chat with him for any help you may need.