Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Video

The Weeks of June 16th and June 23rd.

Summer Time is here!

The kid’s have had the opportunity to strum my red Fender Stratocaster.  And we also got to hear everyone sing hello into the microphone and amp.   It’s always a strange thing to hear your own voice amplified or on a recording for the first time and I love to see the look in a child’s eyes when they bravely express themselves into the mic!

We also talked about The Blues and made up songs about things that are sad but we felt happy again when we got to turn them into music. (that’s my age-appropriate working definition of the Blues  ;)

We also enjoyed demonstrations with the dulcimer and learned about the parts (head, neck, body, sound holes, frets, tuners) and children had the opportunity to take turns articulating the differences they saw between the acoustic guitar and the dulcimer.    The guitar is a big “peanut” shape and the dulcimer is an “almond” shape.  The dulcimer’s neck is right on top of the body but a guitars neck extends above and beyond the body, etc.

 

We also enjoyed using the dulcimer to accompany Ol’ Susanna, The Bear Went Over The Mountain, and Mary Had a Little Lamb.

 

Thanks for taking an interested in your child’s music education and, as always, thank you for choosing Opus One!

-Bradley