💀Halloween is here and we are talking about the composer Camille Saint-Saëns
He was born on October 9, 1835, in Paris, France. He gave his first recital as a child in 1846. He studied organ at the Paris Conservatory and played for the Church of the Madeline in Paris for 20 years. He helped found the National Society of Music in 1871. He is best known for his opera Samson et Dalila, his symphonic poems and his compositions like Aquarium and Danse Macabre. He died on December 16, 1921.
5º and 6º students, this is the short film: THE HAUNTED HOUSE. Remember that your group have to create sound effects to it.
GROUP 1: 0:12 - 2:24 GROUP 2: 2:24 - 3:18 GROUP 3: 3:18 - 4:01 GROUP 4: 4:01 - 4:43 GROUP 5: 4:43 - 5:49 GROUP 6: 5:49 - THE END
These days we are talking and practicing about MUSIC ELEMENTS: TEMPO, DYNAMICS AND TIMBRE. If you need more information to understand it, you can click on this link and read.
CARNIVAL is here, and now you can read all this information about that festival. The first link is the one we read this week, and the second one is the official Carnival web site. Enjoy it!
Musical instruments are grouped into families based on how they make sounds. In an orchestra, musicians sit together in these family groupings.
The String Family: yes, the sounds of string instruments come from their strings. The strings may be plucked, as in a guitar or harp; bowed, as with a cello or a violin; or struck, as with a dulcimer. This creates a vibration that causes a unique sound.
The Percussion Family:most percussion instruments make sounds when they are hit, such as a drum or a tambourine. Others are shaken, such as maracas, and still others may be rubbed, scratched, or whatever else will make the instrument vibrate and thus produce a sound.
The wind family:those instruments produce sounds when air (wind) is blown inside. The sound happens when the air vibrates inside. Brass instruments are made of brass or some other metal. The musician's lips must buzz, as though making a "raspberry" noise against the mouthpiece.