The Educator's Guide To Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s Young Children’s Concert

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(for ages 5 – 9) Instructions Teach the students to sing with the hand gestures of the 7 musical notes. <strong>The</strong> low ‘Do’ begins at the tummy and the upper ‘Do’ is at eye level. Sing-a-long to the tune of “Do Re Mi” by Richard Rodgers DO is strong, just like a fist RE is sliding like a slope MI is flat like a table top FA - a thumb that’s pointing down SO is straight up like a wall LA is picking up a ball TI is pointing to the sky DO that will bring you back to the fist Image credits: Classics for Kids Lyrics credits: Mr Quek Ling Kiong
(for ages 9 – 12) Sounds are made by vibrating objects. Students can feel sound vibrations by placing their fingertips on their throats and humming a sound. Having them exaggerate the sound will make them easier to feel. Draw a table on the board with the words “High”, “Mid” and “Low” on the columns, and “Small”, “Medium” and “Large” as the rows. Using the suggested pieces (see QR codes below), together with accompanying pictures of the instruments of the orchestra, lead your students on an exploration of the relationship between the size of the instruments and the range of their sound (how high or how low they can play). As students are listening to a specific instrument, show them the pictures and then ask the class where the sound and size of the instrument fall on the scale. Write the name of the instrument in that box. Once gone through a variety of instrument sizes, ask the class if there is a pattern on the board. Depending on the level of the students, you can incorporate investigative work by having the class come up with a hypothesis before you begin and gather the data through listening before arriving at a conclusion. Huapengu (Flower Drum) & Paigu Demonstration 1:42 Zhonghu 1:46 Gaohu & Erhu 3:27 Cello 3:07 Liuqin 4:14 Zhongyinsuona 4:36 Gaoyinsuona Zhongruan Demonstration Double Bass Demonstration Dizi Demonstration
Page 1 and 2: To Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s
Page 3: YOUNG CHILDREN’S CONCERT 2015 The
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Page 11 and 12: Chuantongsheng 传统笙 Diyinshe
Page 13 and 14: Harp 竖琴 Konghou 箜篌 Yangqi
Page 15 and 16: Tuned Drums (Paigu) 排鼓 Gong
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