1-5 Music Joke Scales on a Snake Lesson by Mrs. Carol Louise Moore

                  TIME FOR ANOTHER...

To understand this Music Joke,
you should know that the 
skin on a snake
is covered in scales. 
The scales help the snake move,
to keep moisture within, and
helps to camouflage the snake
to be able to help capture it's prey.

This is a picture of an Idaho Rattlesnake.

(I chose this snake because I live and teach music in Idaho.)

Can you see the scales on the snake?

You don't go near rattlesnakes.

If you see or hear a rattlesnake,

get away and go let an adult know what you found.

Not all snakes are poisonous, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

Idaho has lot's of blow snakes (also known as a gopher or bull snakes),

those snakes are not poisonous like the rattlesnake.

The blow snake (gopher/bull snake) are actually good snakes 

to have out in the country for keeping the population of rodents down.

Rodents like the gopher that would dig lots of holes in our yards and gardens.

I live out in the country, and we have to set up traps to catch gophers

who are trying to dig holes around or in our garden and yard.

Honestly, when I see a snake, I don't want to stick around 

to see if it has a rattle or not. (Just saying)

Now, the scales in music

are what we have been learning:

like the C Major scale shown below.

When we look at the C scale above,

How many notes are there in a scale?

Remember to not count the repeated note.

Now let us take this C major scale and

sing and use the following hand signs,

by using the Kodaly method.

The amount of notes in a music scale,

are how many letters there are

in the music alphabet.

How many letters are there,

in the music alphabet?

Now just for fun,

can you tell me:

How many notes are in an OCTAVE?

SO

I don't care what you say,

That is what I call a Funny Musical Joke.

So, you better be laughing.

Or you can at least smile.

I bet you that I got you to...

SMILE

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ABOUT THE

MUSIC LETTER "G"

Sincerely,

 Mrs. Carol Louise Moore

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1-5 Grade Music Letter G for Guitar Lesson by Mrs. Carol Louise Moore

Before we learn about the letter "G" in music,

let us review the Music Joke for this week.

about the scales of a snake

CLICK HERE to see the joke

In American Sign Language,

the letter "G" looks like this.

Show me the letter "G" on one hand

A music instrument that

starts with the

letter "G" is a:

 GUITAR

There are 2 main types of guitars:
Acoustic GUITAR and an Electric GUITAR

This picture is your typical looking 
Acoustic GUITAR.

I found this 18 year old boy

playing the GUITAR

for Kids Got Talent.

So, I just had to share.

HERE IS A VIDEO OF A GIRL

PLAYING AN ACOUSITIC GUITAR

   

THE NEXT VIDEO IS OF A

9 YEAR OLD BOY

PLAYING AN ELECTRIC GUITAR

 

Can you see the difference
between an Acoustic GUITAR
and an Electric GUITAR?

Another music instrument that

starts with the

letter "G" is a:

 GONG

Watch this next video
to learn about the GONG instrument:

Let's now listen to a bigger sized GONG:

Remember there are only 7 letters in the Music Alphabet,

and those letters are:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G

There are no letters after G. 

In other words, there is no H, I, J, K, L, M...and so on.

Now hold up one hand 

The number of lines in music is 

how many fingers you have on one hand.

Count the fingers on one hand.

How many fingers did you count?

The number of spaces in music is 

how many spaces there are in between the fingers.

Now count the spaces between your fingers.

How many spaces are in between the fingers?

So...

How many lines are there in music?

How many spaces are there in music?

Did you know that the lines and spaces

you see in music are called the "STAFF"?

What is the name of the music symbol below?

Treble Clef 

Treble Clef notes are your high sounding notes.
The note below on the "STAFF" after the Treble Clef
 is the letter "G"

The note "G" lands on a line and would be called a

line note. 

Now to help you to remember 
the Treble Clef letter names 
to the notes that land on a line, 

Think...
Every Good Boy Does Fine

E for Every is on the bottom 1st line
G for Good is on the 2nd line 
B for Boy is on the 3rd line
D for Does is on the 4th line
F for Fine is on the 5th line

What line is the letter "G" on?

Below on the Staff, after the Treble Clef

 is the G SHARP major scale "OCTAVE"

because it starts on the letter "G"

and ends on the letter "G"

In the G Major scale, 

there is only 1 SHARP:

F SHARP
Do you remember what 
this music symbol is?

Whenever you see a SHARP in music

you will go up one step, 
or

you will play the very next note going up.

A FLAT  is a music symbol and

it looks like this.

Whenever you see a FLAT in music

you will go down one step, 
or

you will play the very next note going down.

What is the difference between a
SHARP and a FLAT?

SHARPS always go up,

and FLATS always go down. 

Review Time:

1. What is the name of the music note below 
on the Staff after the Treble Clef?

2. What line does the Treble Clef 
music letter "G" land on?

2. How many lines are there in music?

3. How many spaces are there in music?

4. What are the lines and spaces 
in music called?

5. How many letters are there in

the musical alphabet?

Remember to not count the repeated G again 

6. How many letters are in an OCTAVE

7. What is this music symbol? 

                                         

8. Does a sharp goes up or down?

9. What is this music symbol?

                        

10. Does a flat goes up or down?

11. Which picture below represents the 

music letter "G" in 

American Sign Language?

12. What is the name of this instrument? 

13. What is the name of this instrument? 

                 

14. What is the definition of rhythm? 

15. Name 3 things you learned about 

the music letter "G"? 

I will be passing out these worksheets in class,

according to age level.

Sincerely,

 Mrs. Carol Louise Moore

Don't forget to check out:

my singing daughters the Moore Sisters from Idaho

my stories under cmoorestories by me Carol Louise

my flute videos under cmooreflute
my inspirational quotes by me under cmooreinspiration
my handmade soaps and crafts under cmooresoap