Go Round the Mountain is a folk song and game that’s simple, quick to learn, and offers enough variety to keep your students engaged. You can use this song to practice do, re, and mi, play a movement game, or work on articulation with recorders.
For this game, students are in a circle. They start by marching clockwise in the circle for the first run-through. Then, students call out different actions, such as skip, jump, hop, etc. They, they replace the word “Go” with this word and mimic the action as they continue to sing and move.
This song would be a great exercise in articulation due to the rhythms and repeated notes. If your students don’t already know this song and game, begin by teaching it to them before pulling out the recorders. This way, they’ll know how the song sounds, and will be better able to recognize their own mistakes as they play through it for the first time.
It may also help to color-coordinate the notes for easier distinction.
Here are a few tips for teaching this song on a recorder
- Have students practice the articulation without the recorder first, using too, du, or other preferred syllable. Then, have them practice it with the recorder on their chin. Next, they can practice on their chin while fingering through. And finally, have them practice articulating the rhythm on a single note of their choice. Do this before playing each measure.This type of methodical sequencing will give your students their best chance at success. While it may feel like second-nature to us, playing an instrument is entirely foreign to most of your students.
- Project the sheet music onto your interactive whiteboard and cover up all measures except the one you’ll be working on. Point to each note as the students play it, using a conducting baton or laser pointer. Then, ask advanced players to take over the “conducting” for you. Not only does this keep them from getting bored, it gives them a leadership opportunity. You might even show them how to conduct with their hands, adding yet another skill to their abilities.
- As students successfully play each measure, uncover another. When you get to the end of the first line, uncover the entire second line and ask them to compare. They’ll be happy to see that they repeat most of what they’ve already learned. It’s also a good time to point out how understanding musical form can help us in learning to play new music.
- Lastly, consider intervals of individual practice. Because students already know the song and game, they will be better able to “finger silently” because the song will be in their head. It won’t just be a mysterious jumble of notes on a page and awkward fingerings.
Go Round the Mountain ni wimbo wa watu na mchezo kwamba ni rahisi, haraka kujifunza, na inatoa aina ya kutosha kuweka wanafunzi wako kushiriki. Unaweza kutumia wimbo huu kuzoeza do, re, na mi, kucheza mchezo wa mwendo, au kufanya kazi ya kueleza maneno kwa kutumia rekodi. Kwa ajili ya mchezo huu, wanafunzi wako katika mzunguko. Wanaanza kwa kutembea kwa mwelekeo wa saa katika mzunguko kwa ajili ya kwanza kukimbia-kupitia. Kisha, wanafunzi huita matendo tofauti-tofauti, kama vile kuruka, kuruka, kuruka, na kadhalika. Wao, wao kuchukua nafasi ya neno <unk>Go<unk> na neno hili na kuiga hatua kama wao kuendelea kuimba na hoja. Wimbo huu ungekuwa zoezi zuri la kueleza maneno kwa sababu ya mdundo na noti zinazorudiwa-rudiwa. Ikiwa wanafunzi wako hawajui tayari wimbo huu na mchezo, anza kwa kuwafundisha kabla ya kutoa rekodi. Kwa njia hii, watajua jinsi wimbo huo unavyosikika, na wataweza kutambua makosa yao wenyewe wanapoicheza kwa mara ya kwanza. Pia yaweza kusaidia kuratibu rangi za noti ili iwe rahisi kuzitambua. Hapa kuna vidokezo vichache vya kufundisha wimbo huu kwenye rekodi - Wafanye wanafunzi wafanye mazoezi ya kueleza bila rekodi kwanza, kwa kutumia pia, du, au silabi nyingine inayopendekezwa. Kisha, wafanye wafanye mazoezi kwa kutumia rekodi kwenye kidevu chao. Kisha, wanaweza kufanya mazoezi kwenye kidevu chao huku wakitumia vidole. Na hatimaye, wafanye mazoezi ya kueleza mdundo huo kwa kutumia noti moja tu ya uchaguzi wao. Fanya hivyo kabla ya kucheza kila hatua. Aina hii ya utaratibu wa utaratibu utawapa wanafunzi wako nafasi bora ya kufanikiwa. Ingawa huenda ikaonekana kuwa jambo la kawaida kwetu, kucheza ala ya muziki ni jambo lisilo la kawaida kwa wanafunzi wako wengi. - mradi muziki wa karatasi juu ya ubao wako wa nyeupe maingiliano na kufunika hatua zote isipokuwa moja wewe utakuwa kazi juu. Weka alama kwenye kila noti wakati wanafunzi wanapoicheza, kwa kutumia fimbo ya kuongoza au kidokezo cha laser. Kisha, waulize wachezaji wenye ujuzi kuchukua "kuongoza" kwa ajili yenu. Hii sio tu kuwazuia wasichokosa, lakini pia huwapa fursa ya uongozi. Unaweza hata kuwaonyesha jinsi ya kuongoza kwa mikono yao, na hivyo kuongeza ustadi mwingine kwenye uwezo wao. - Wanafunzi wanapofanikiwa kucheza kila kipimo, wafunue kipimo kingine. Unapofika mwisho wa mstari wa kwanza, funua mstari wa pili na uwaulize walinganishe. Watakuwa na furaha kuona kwamba wanarudia mengi ya yale ambayo tayari wamejifunza. Pia ni wakati mzuri wa kuonyesha jinsi kuelewa fomu ya muziki kunavyoweza kutusaidia kujifunza kucheza muziki mpya. - Mwishowe, fikiria vipindi vya mazoezi ya kibinafsi. Kwa sababu wanafunzi tayari wanajua wimbo na mchezo, wataweza vizuri <unk> kidole kimya<unk> kwa sababu wimbo utakuwa katika kichwa chao. Haitakuwa tu mchanganyiko wa maandishi usioeleweka kwenye ukurasa na vidole visivyoeleweka.