Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Week 1
Music and Noise
Music is sound that is pleasing to the ear.
Activities also related to music include singing and playing instruments.
Noise is sound that is not pleasing to the ear.

Recorder Parts and Posture

The recorder is a woodwind instrument.
It has 3 parts: the headjoint (also called the mouthpiece), the body joint and the foot
joint..

Step 1 - Posture:
Sit up straight in a relaxed manner. Keep your arms by your body. After puttingthe
recorder in your mouth, bend it downwards slightly so you can see.

Figure 1 Recorder Parts

1 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

 Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Week 2
The National Anthem.
1. Arise O, Compatriots
Nigerias call obey.
To serve our Fatherland,
With love and strenght and faith.
The Labour of our heroes pat,
Shall never be in vain,
To serve with heart and might,
One nation bound in freeddom, peace and
unity
2. O God of creation,
Direct our noble cause
Guide our leaders right
Help our youth the truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And living just and true,
Great lofty height attain,
To build a nation where peace,
And justice shall reign.

Recorder Embouchure and Finger Placement

Step 2 - Embouchure
This is the placementof the mouth on the instrument. Place a very small amount of
the mouth piece into your mouth, without touching the instrument with your teeth.
Dont worry about finger placement yet. Blow very gently into the recorder. Start each
note you ply with a doo syllable.

Figure 2 Recorder Parts

Step 3 - Finger placement

The left hand holds the TOP of the recorder while the right hand holds the
BOTTOM of it. Use the pad or cushions, of your finger tips to cover the holes. Start
by picking up the recorder by the foot joint. place your lefthand thumb on the thumb
hole.

Figure 3Embouchure and Posture

2 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

3 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

 Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Week 3
String Instruments.
String instrumentsare intruments that have strings on them. They produce sounds when the strings are
vibrated. Examples of string instruments include

1. Acoustic Guitar 2. Violin

3. Ukulele 4. Electric Guitar

5. Banjo

RECORDER: NOTE B
This is note B the staff. This is note B the recorder

4 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

5 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

 Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Week 4
SONG: FARM ANIMALS
1. Oh the farmer said, I've lost my cat, 2. Oh the farmer said, I've lost my dog,
She's small and black, He's got a long tail,
Goes meow meow meow, Goes woof woof woof,
It's a foggy day It's a foggy day
And I've lost my way, And I've lost my way,
I'll follow the sound of I'll follow the sound of
Meow meow meow Woof woof woof
sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
So he listened and he heard So he listened and he heard
Meow meow meow, Woof woof woof,
He listened and he heard He listened and he heard
Meow meow meow. Woof woof woof.
Then the farmer said, Then the farmer said,
I've found my cat, I've found my dog,
But now I've lost my dog! I've found my cat,
And the farmer said, that's that!

THE PIANO KEYBOARD

There are white and black keys on the piano keyboard.

The white keys are named using the alphabets A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The black keys are grouped
in TWOS and THREES.
The note C, is found to the left of the 2 black keys

6 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

 Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Week 5
MIDDLE C ON THE STAFF
Music is written on the lines and spaces of a staff.
The notes written on the staff, tells us what keys to play on the piano.
There are different types of notes, but first we shall learn the semibreve.
The semibreve looks like this :
It isoval shaped.
A staff
Its time value is 4 counts (beats).
It tells us to play a note on the piano, that is 4 counts long.

7 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

 Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Week 6
CLEF SIGNS

This is the bass clef sign. This is the treble clef sign.

This is how MIDDLE C looks on a BASS STAFF. This is how MIDDLE C looks on a TREBLE STAFF.

Middle C is written as a semibreve and gets 4 counts Middle C is written as a semibreve and gets 4 counts

It is played by the right hand thumb. Play Middle C on It is played by the right hand thumb. Play Middle on the
the piano, with your left thumb and count 4. Piano with your left thumb and count 4.

8 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

 Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Week 7
Recorder Song: Little Fly

This song uses ONLY note B

1. SAY the words to the song.

2. CLAP in time with the words as you say them.
3. Observe how somw words lasts longer than others.
4. Play the tune on your recorder. Use note B. Make sure the notes match the pattern of the
words.

Week 8 and 9
Piano: Middle C as a Semibreve

Each finger has a number. The thumbs are both numbered 1

Everytime you see middle C on the bass staff, you play Everytime you see middle C on the treble staff, you play
middle C on the piano, with the LEFT HAND THUMB. middle C on the piano, with the RIGHT HAND THUMB.

9 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One

Greater Scholars | Music Contents | 1st Term| Grade 1 17/18

Play with leftt hand thumb. Count to 4 for every note you play.

Play with right hand thumb. Count to 4 for every note you play.

10 Music Contents / 1st Term / 2017-2018 Session / Grade One