Continuing on our Music Pen Pal journey, Mrs. Chroshinski's 2nd grade recently sent Donegal Primary another video! I loved the creative process of designing this performance with the kids. The students identified one of their favorite songs so far from this school year: Ghost of Tom. I then challenged them to add harmony and movement to the song. The students suggested using scarves to imitate ghostly motions and we turned a simple rhythmic ostinato into chordal harmony. The pattern the students used for their harmony is known as a i-VII shift (1-7 shift).
The students gave suggestions for movements that were then combined into a choreographed piece. We initially performed our chordal harmony on the xylophones, but the students suggested using boomwhackers instead and it really worked out well!
After practicing, taping, critiquing and re-taping, Mrs. C's class was ready to share the following video:
The students were very excited to get a video back from a 1st grade at DPS. In the video, the students from DPS showed their knowledge of Call and Response form through the song "Down By The Bay." Bainbridge and Mill Road students loved seeing that other schools sing the same songs we do. Watching the video also reminded the students about the work we have done on Call and Response form.
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