Mrs. White Teacher's Guide

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1. 'Mrs. White' Teacher Guide A Digital Download Resource By Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter © Welcome to Music www.welcometomusic.net pg. 1
2. © Welcome to Music © Davies-Splitter/Splitter www.welcometomusic.net Mrs. White - Teacher's Guide pg. 2
3. © Welcome to Music © Davies-Splitter/Splitter www.welcometomusic.net Mrs. White - Teacher's Guide pg. 3
4. Lyrics Mrs White had a fright, in the middle of the night. Saw a ghost, eating toast, halfway up the lamp post. Mrs White had a fright, in the middle of the night. Saw a witch, with an itch, riding on her broom stick. © Welcome to Music © Davies-Splitter/Splitter www.welcometomusic.net Mrs. White - Teacher's Guide pg. 4 Mrs White is a favourite Halloween rhyme and song – this is a Phrygian Feast
5. Rhyme/Chant  Body Percussion with beat ostinato  Create your own words for the second line  Say the rhythm of the rhyme and put on your body  Say in time names (ta’s and ti ti’s) and put the rhythm on your body  Inner hearing – say the ti ti’s inside your head and then reverse  Play the rhythm on percussion instruments Sing the song and play the melody  Body Percussion with beat ostinato  Add hand signs and solfa  Listen, then sing the song  Play on recorder and/or glockenspiel © Welcome to Music © Davies-Splitter/Splitter www.welcometomusic.net Mrs. White - Teaching Notes pg. 5
6. Accompaniment Ukulele  Play E minor chord on the beat throughout  Finger pick the melody on the ukulele Xylophone bordun (ostinato – repeated pattern) Broken, simple, arpeggiated (cross over) Percussion ostinati (repeated patterns) - djembe, shakers, claves and vibraslap  Play the rhythm on your body  Say each rhythm in time names  Transfer to the instruments (these can be traditional or home-made instruments) ‘Ooh aah scary night’ ostinato 1 – voice, recorder, glockenspiel, xylophone and Boomwhackers  Put this rhythm on your body such as clap the words and click the rests  Add hand signs and solfa  Sing the ostinato  Transfer to an instrument ‘Ooohs’ ostinato 2 – glockenspiel  Sing the part with fingers going up and down a pretend ladder  Add hand signs and solfa  Sing the ostinato  Add the follow line and harmonies  Transfer to an instrument © Welcome to Music © Davies-Splitter/Splitter www.welcometomusic.net Mrs. White - Teaching Notes pg. 6
7. Improvisation - glockenspiel and recorder Improvise over E phrygian mode E F G A B (C&D) or E lah pentatonic scale D E G A B D Creating and composing  Compose an introduction with special effects and scary sounds  Create your own lyrics and new melody Put it all together  Sing and play in a 2 or 4 part canon  Add all the ostinato parts © Welcome to Music © Davies-Splitter/Splitter www.welcometomusic.net Mrs. White - Teaching Notes pg. 7