North Carolina Symphony 2012-13
Most of the files below were created to use along with the North Carolina Symphony Student Booklet 2011-2012.
It is best to use the web browser Firefox when downloading the Smart Notebook files. If you are using Internet Explorer, when prompted to save or open the document, try saving the document and changing the file extension to .notebook (read "dot notebook") and it will download. If you have any trouble with downloading or using the files please feel free to contact me at [email protected] and I will send you the file directly or try to better explain how to use the document.
North Carolina Is My Home
Below are the files I used to teach North Carolina Is My Home, the song fifth graders will perform at the concert this year. First I have included a file I used to teach the melody. I would play one measure of the song on my recorder or the piano and the students would play the next measure as indicated in the file on their melody bells. We would continue like this back and forth until the song was complete. They were practicing their note reading and instrument playing skills. For the next lesson I had the students play the first phrase and I played the second, they play the third, and I played the fourth, etc. That lesson did not go as well because those phrases were much more difficult.
north_carolina_is_my_home_rhythms.notebook | |
File Size: | 187 kb |
File Type: | notebook |
Next file is the xylophone part and recorder part from the North Carolina Symphony Teacher Workbook 2012-13 as well as the piano part I use to tie it all together. The piano part has two minor mistakes (I left out two notes in the right hand) that I will fix and upload again as soon as I can. After I teach all the parts, I have some of the students sing the melody while all the other instruments are playing (three or four students on each part). I do not have students play the melody because of the level of difficulty. I may come back to that later when they are more proficient note readers. We have to get this together by November 19th for an Awards Day performance.
north_carolina_is_my_home_parts.pdf | |
File Size: | 58 kb |
File Type: |
Below is a Word document that has the text that I used to teach the hand drum part from the North Carolina Symphony Teacher Workbook 2012-13.
north_carolina_is_my_home_drum_cue_sheet.docx | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |
This file is the what I display on the Smart Board when teaching the glockenspiel part from the North Carolina Symphony Teacher Workbook 2012-13.
ncimh_glocks.notebook | |
File Size: | 27 kb |
File Type: | notebook |
This is the Finale piano file you can use while your students practice or perform.
north_carolina_is_my_home_piano.mus | |
File Size: | 42 kb |
File Type: | mus |