Gs 1718 1st Contents Elem PS2

Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/1
Week 1
Music and Noise
Music is sound that is pleasing to the ear.
Activities also related to music include singing and playing instruments.
Noise is sound that is not pleasing to the ear.
Recorder Parts and Posture

The recorder is a woodwind instrument.
It has 3 parts: the headjoint (also called the mouthpiece), the body
joint and the foot joint..
Step 1 - Posture:
Sit up straight in a relaxed manner. Keep your arms by your body.
After puttingthe recorder in your mouth, bend it downwards
slightly so you can see.
Figure 1 Recorder Parts
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Week 2
The National Anthem.
1. Arise O, Compatriots 2. O God of creation,
Nigerias call obey. Direct our noble cause
To serve our Fatherland, Guide our leaders right
With love and strenght and faith. Help our youth the truth to know
The Labour of our heroes pat, In love and honesty to grow
Shall never be in vain, And living just and true,
To serve with heart and might, Great lofty height attain,
One nation bound in freeddom, To build a nation where peace,
peace and unity And justice shall reign.
Recorder Embouchure and Finger

Placement
Step 2 - Embouchure
This is the placementof the mouth on the instrument. Place a very
small amount of the mouth piece into your mouth, without
touching the instrument with your teeth. Dont worry about finger
placement yet. Blow very gently into the recorder. Start each note
you ply with a doo syllable.
Figure 2 Recorder Parts
Step 3 - Finger placement

The left hand holds the TOP of the recorder while the right hand
holds the BOTTOM of it. Use the pad or cushions, of your finger
tips to cover the holes. Start by picking up the recorder by the
foot joint. place your lefthand thumb on the thumb hole.

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Figure 3Embouchure and Posture

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Week 3
String Instruments.
String instrumentsare intruments that have strings on them. They produce
sounds when the strings are vibrated. Examples of string instruments include
1. Acoustic Guitar 2. Violin
3. Ukulele 4. Electric Guitar
5. Banjo
RECORDER: NOTE B
This is note B the staff. This is note B the recorder

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Week 4
SONG: FARM ANIMALS
1. Oh the farmer said, I've lost my cat, 2. Oh the farmer said, I've lost my dog,
She's small and black, He's got a long tail,
Goes meow meow meow, Goes woof woof woof,
It's a foggy day It's a foggy day
And I've lost my way, And I've lost my way,
I'll follow the sound of I'll follow the sound of
Meow meow meow Woof woof woof
sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
So he listened and he heard So he listened and he heard
Meow meow meow, Woof woof woof,
He listened and he heard He listened and he heard
Meow meow meow. Woof woof woof.
Then the farmer said, Then the farmer said,
I've found my cat, I've found my dog,
But now I've lost my dog! I've found my cat,
And the farmer said, that's that!
THE PIANO KEYBOARD
There are white and black keys on the piano keyboard.

The white keys are named using the alphabets A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The
black keys are grouped in TWOS and THREES.
The note C, is found to the left of the 2 black keys

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Week 5
MIDDLE C ON THE STAFF
Music is written on the lines and spaces of a staff.
The notes written on the staff, tells us what keys to play on the piano.
There are different types of notes, but first we shall learn the semibreve.
The semibreve looks like this :
It isoval shaped. A staf
Its time value is 4 counts (beats).
It tells us to play a note on the piano, that is 4 counts long.

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Week 6
CLEF SIGNS
This is the bass clef sign. This is the treble clef sign.
This is how MIDDLE C looks on a BASS STAFF. This is how MIDDLE C looks on a TREBLE
STAFF.
Middle C is written as a semibreve and gets 4
counts Middle C is written as a semibreve and gets 4
counts
It is played by the right hand thumb. Play
Middle C on the piano, with your left thumb It is played by the right hand thumb. Play
and count 4. Middle on the Piano with your left thumb and
count 4.

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Week 7
Recorder Song: Little Fly
This song uses ONLY note B
1. SAY the words to the song.

2. CLAP in time with the words as you say them.
3. Observe how somw words lasts longer than others.
4. Play the tune on your recorder. Use note B. Make sure the notes match the
pattern of the words.
Week 8 and 9
Piano: Middle C as a Semibreve
Each finger has a number. The thumbs are both numbered 1
Everytime you see middle C on the bass staff, Everytime you see middle C on the treble
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you play middle C on the piano, with the LEFT staff, you play middle C on the piano, with the
HAND THUMB. RIGHT HAND THUMB.
Play with leftt hand thumb. Count to 4 for every note you play.
Play with right hand thumb. Count to 4 for every note you play.

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Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/1

Recorder Parts and Posture

Figure 1 Recorder Parts

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Recorder Embouchure and Finger

Figure 2 Recorder Parts

Step 3 - Finger placement

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1. Acoustic Guitar 2. Violin

3. Ukulele 4. Electric Guitar

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THE PIANO KEYBOARD

There are white and black keys on the piano keyboard.

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1. SAY the words to the song.

Each finger has a number. The thumbs are both numbered 1

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