Teaching (last updated ... 12/23/09)

This page is intended for use by Powder Mill Middle School students in Chorus, General Music, and WMG.

CHORUS

Here are some Christmas songs, recorded by some chorus members. See if you can recognize their voices!!!

santa claus is coming to town

WINTER CONCERT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!! THANK YOU TO ALL THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATION.

Below are the pieces that we performed.

Title (click to open pdf)	group
"Sing For Joy" Georg Fredrick Handel	6,7,8
"Laudamus Te" Antonio Vivaldi	6,7,8
"I Will Sing" Mary Donnelly	5,6,7,8
"The Sound of Music" Rogers and Hammerstein	5,6,7,8
"Autumn Leaves" Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer	5,6,7,8
"Sing Allelu" anon.	5,6,7,8
"Scales and Arpeggios" from Aristocats	5,6,7,8
"Our School" Dr. Robert Putnam	5
"Our Gift to You" Jerry Estes	5,6,7,8

GENERAL MUSIC

Here are some songs that we play in class...(in alphabetical order)

PDF

"America" my country tis of thee

"America the Beautiful"

"America the Beautiful" (Zack's new lyrics)

"Another Brick in the Wall"

" Bingo"

"Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan

"Can't But Me Love" Beatles (key of C for middle school voices

"Can't Touch This" M.C. Hammer

"Deck the Halls"

"Doe a Deer" composed by Richard Rogers"

"Drummer Boy"

"Edelweiss" Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein

"Fly Me to the Moon" (lead sheet) composed by Bart Howard

"Fly Me to the Moon" FOR SOLO JAZZ GUITAR (WMG)

"Fly Me to the Moon" with Bass Line

"Garden Song" David Mallet

"Graduation Song" Vitamin C

Home on the Range"

"If I Only Had a Brain" Harold Arlen (Wizard of Oz)

"Joy to the World" key of A guitar answers George Frederick Handel

"Joy to the World" George Frederick Handel

"Kryptonite Superman" 3 doors down

"Let is Snow"

"Lion Sleeps Tonight" (in the Jungle)

"Make a Plan" © Zack Danziger

"Moonlight Sonata" Ludwig van Beethoven

"My Favorite Things" Richard Rogers

"Na Na Good Bye" (riff only)

"Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein

"Ode to Joy" (key of D, piano) Beethoven's 9th symphony, 4th mvt (excerpt) with lyrics

"Ode to Joy" (guitar info) Beethoven's 9th symphony, 4th mvt (excerpt)

"Over the Rainbow" (key of F)

"Pathetique" (Beethoven's Piano sonata, 2nd mvt (excerpt)

"Riders on the Storm" the Doors

"Road Not Taken" © Zack Danziger 2000

"Road Not Taken" (cl, fl)

"Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder (in the key of Eb for PMMS) (original key B)

"Smoke on the Water" (riff only)

"The Swan" by Saint Seans

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" composed by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer

"White Christmas" Irving Berlin

"when the saints go marching in" traditional

"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by Pete Seeger

"Winter Wonderland"

"Wonderful World it Would Be" (MOTOWN HIT)

"Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong)

"Yankee Doodle" (excerpt) KEYBOARD

"Yankee Doodle" (excerpt) GUITAR

"Whiter Shade of Pale"

"Yesterday" Paul McCartney (Beatles)

Here are some instructional aids for students...

Treble + Bass Clef with Keyboard

"flying V" treble and bass clef diagram

guitar neck with treble clef

guitar chords

bass neck with bass clef

scales, arpeggios, chords (sharp keys)

scales, arpeggios, chords (flat keys)

chords (major and minor) chromatic

chords diatonic

OLDER CHORUS STUFF

Here are some live recordings from the previous concerts.

pdf	mp3 sound files
Beatles Medley	Beatles Medley (live)
My Heart Will Go On	My Heart Will Go On (live)
Mozart Canon	Mozart Canon (live)
Road Not Taken" pdf	Road Not Taken" mp3 Poem by Robert Frost, Music by Zack Danziger ©2000
Morning Has Broken pdf	Morning Has Broken (live)

sight singing exercizes (junior and senior district)

WMG

mp3	pdf
Crazy Train	Crazy Train" pdf gtr1 Crazy Train" pdf gtr2 Crazy Train" pdf gtr3 Crazy Train" pdf Keys Crazy Train" pdf Bass
Purple Haze	Purple Haze (gtr) pdf Purple Haze (bass) pdf
sweet child of mine	sweet child of mine (gtr) sweet child of mine (bass) sweet child of mine (kb)
Can't Buy Me Love	Can't Buy Me Love
	Twenty One Guns (original key Dm)
	Twenty One Guns (better key for middle school voices key Am)
Message in a Bottle	message in a bottle pdf