Tuesday, April 14, 2009

SFS Kids!

Hey Falcon, Eagle, and Cougar music students, once you have completed your Virtual Field Trip to visit the San Francisco Symphony, post to the class blog. Use your first name and last initial (ex. I would be Scott P.) and answer these 2 questions using at least 2 COMPLETE sentences:

1. What were your favorite parts of this musical website?

2. What things (at least 2) did you learn about the instruments or the orchestra?

Don't forget to tell your families about Yo-Yo Ma the world famous cellist. Two additional unique things to remember are: Osmo Vanska is the conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, and (I'm not making this up) Iccolo Miccolo played the piccolo in the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

75 comments:

Bailey O. said...

1. it was fun to play with the experaments they put out for us.

2. the familys of the instraments and the map plus the questions made us really look through the web site

Grace P. said...

1. I liked looking at the instruments and hearing them.
2. I learned that the there is only 1 or 2 harps in an orchestra and also that using harmony you can make a song sound REALLY different!

Drew H said...

-I liked how they let us play songs on our keyboard. I loved playing row, row, row your boat! :)

-i learned that there are other instruments that are brass that arent in the brass family. I also learned that I like the sound of the harp. It is romantic, relaxing and calm.

:)

Silas A. said...

1.I liked the parts when you got to listen to the music by the composers.

2. They come in many shapes and sizes, and they are very unique in their own ways.

Tyler O. said...

I thought it was fun to listen to the radio on that :)

Suzanne M. said...

1. I really liked the experimental music part. The ablility to create music was great.

2. I learned multiple things. One would be there are many things needed to create a piece of music. Another would be the positions of the insturments.

K-T G said...

1.my favorite part was perfourmulator where we got to play the piano thing.
2.one thing i learned was the were they all sat and one last thing was all of the reed insturments.

Dylan M said...

it was fun to play the songs on the keyboard

jacob m said...

1. i thought it was fun seeing different instruments.
2. there are 4 families of instruments

Joshua B said...

The radio because it had tons of songs that were great.

I like the radio because you could make him move faster it funny to whatch him get faster and he start to sweat.

Carter P. said...

That website rocked. I loved listen to Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner on the radio.

Hannah C. said...

1.) I liked listening to songs on the radio page.

2.) I learned about the seatting of the orchestra and that the biggest section is the strings.

Logan G said...

I enjoyed playing the piano game. It does help if you "play" piano.

I learned that Precussion is the biggest group of Instruments.
I also learned that Strings has the most players in a orcastra, but it has the least amount of instruments.

madison s said...

1.performalator
2.Where the instruements are placed.The sizes varify the sound.
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Gavin S. said...

1.I loved the radio the most because I knew most of the music and loved to listen to it.

2.I learn that condecting is hard and they are some cool insterment in the orchesta.

Joey W. said...

1.We got to compose and learn a lot about the orchestra.
2.where the instruments are placed in the orchestra.The sizes of each instrament.

Lida E. said...

1.I liked the piano where you got to play diffenent songs.

2. i learned that there are many diffenent sounds and not all of them are string instruments!

Rachel Z. said...

1. I liked being able to play songs on the little keyboard thing.

2. I learned that every instument looks different and plays differnet music.

janen said...

1. I liked the performalator.
2. I learned that some instruments have two reeds and that there are only two flute players.

Megan W. said...

1. I liked composing my own music. I also liked performing music, it was fun t o click the different notes.

2. I learned that there is alot of string instruments in the orchestra. Also there is very few band instruments (Woodwinds,Brass, etc.)

Dane P said...

1.my favorite part of the site was being able to play the songs on the performulator
2.That there arent many instruments that are made of metal and not in the brass family and that theres more than just drums in percussion.

Melissa W. said...

I liked the performalator. It was fun trying to do each key. My other favorite part was the radio thing because it was fun trying to figure out if i knew ant of the songs.
I learned that there is more violins than any other instrument in the orchestra. I also learned that there are only 1-2 harps in the orchestra. Another thing I learned were there were a lot of instruments that use reeds.

Anonymous said...

my favorite part was the performorizer because i liked playing the music.



the first thing a learnded that the harp has a hollow bass and the seconed thing is that the oboe has two reads

NOAH G said...

Looking at all the insterments is
what i like about that site.

Really how deep the bassoon is and thares aguy named igor stavisky.

Ben berg said...

1) I like the interactive games and listening to all the music. I also like the radio.

2)I learned that there are alot of instraments. i also learned that they play alot of orchastras in movies

Anonymous said...

` I learned that the harp in the orchestra has 47 strings

` I liked the Composerizer the best because you could play any song you wanted.

`Also, I learned about staff, bass, and Treble Clef notes

` Its also very interesting to me to learn about all the instruments that are metal, but NOT brass.\

`Lastly, I like how the Orchestra is set up.

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jaqueline v said...

1.my favorite part was to make music it was fun!

2.i learned that the harp has 47 strings and its sound rocks

Anonymous said...

The Permorizatlier I liked that you could play songs as if you were actually playing an instrument.

1.there can be really long tubing in instruments
2.there is such a thing as a double reed

evan M said...

My favorite part was the music lab. i learned that the soft and smaller instruments are in the front while big and low insturments are in the back because of it's sound.

Meghan.L said...

My favorite part of the music website was listening to the radio. I liked hearing all the different composer's pieces. Exspecially Sergei Prokofiev
Dance of the Knights.
I learned that there are many different types of woodwinds. I also learned that there are instruments that use double reeds. Such as basson, english horn, bass clarinet and contrabasson.

Logan D. said...

1. My favorite part was the musiclab. i loved messing around with diferent sounds.
2. I learned that the tempo is the speed of the music and how to read kind of read music.

Nick W. said...

my favoite part of thr fildtrip waz The radio. that you can chang how it sounds by giving instruments difrent music. and there are difrent types of saxophone

austin.S said...

It wwas fun playing on the performalator and listening to the radio.

Cari L. said...

1. My favorite part was composing my own music. I also liked listening to the songs on the radio.

2. I learned that the strings take up most of the orchesta and there are many different types of clarinets and so much more!

Drew P. said...

1. My favorite part was the performinizer when you got to do the songs
2. The violins take up half of the space in the orchestra. that the french horn has a a very nice sound

Mccormick H said...

1. it was fun to play the experaments because its fun to hear different instroments and what they look like

2. all the instroments have a different size and shape. Also, they all have different sounds.
;)

Nick S. PICCOLO GUY said...

1. i learnd that da piccolo sound irish and the flute is the oldest instrument .another thing i learnd is that i like woodwinds.
2 my fave thing was the performilatoreo because im good at music and i liked the composerator cause it sounded weird. ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○☺☻

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Isaac B. said...

1. My favorite part of this website was listening to the radio and playing the piano.

2. I learned that all the instruments of the orchestra are different sizes and play different pitches.

Nick W. said...

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/radio.asp?pageid=21 is fun

Emily P. said...

1.I liked the music lab and also the radio.

2.I learned what alot of the signs meant and about where the seating arrangements ar for each section.

Jenna S. said...

i liked the performalator!

I learned that violins are in front because they are very important to the orchestra. I learned that 4/4 time means 4 beats per measure with quarter notes. Music is awesome!

Linda N. said...

1. I liked the performalator part.
2. I learned that there are more then 1 type of clarinet. I learned that some insturments have single or double reed.

Thyra F. said...

1. I liked the part where we got to compose our own songs.
2. I learned that the English Horn uses a single or double reed. I also learned that there are different types of clarinets.

Alia A. said...

I liked the radio because all the songs were cool. I learned that there are many instruments with double reeds and that there aren't many harps in the orchesrta

Jake T. said...

1.My favorite parts of the musical website was listening to the radio and playing the piano.

2. 2 things i learned about the musical instruments was that they all are different sizes and all have different pitchesto the music.

Xuetshi V. said...

I liked listening to the instruments

Abe S. said...

1. I liked the playing the piano and learning about the instruments.
2. I learned that the piccolo is the highest instrument in the orchestra and the contra-bassoon is the lowest.

katy w. said...

1.The part i liked was having to made music by yourself.

2.In the orchestra i didn't know that the brass section was in the back and also that having a saxophone in an orchestra was uncommon.

Xuetshi V. said...

wat i learned was that the violn is in front

Ran X said...

1. it was fun to make up your own songs, (:

2. i learned about the families of the orchestra && the instruments.

Sonia C. said...

1.my favorite part was making my own music.

2.i learned about the diferent kinds of instruments, and the differnt kinds of families.

Will S. said...

I liked how you could play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the piano, it was awesome.

Scotty F. said...

1. i loved when they let you play your own songs on the keyboard. I felt like Moztart playing twinkle twinkle little star! : > )

2. I lerned that orchestras aren't always boring. They are only fun when you play sweet songs like row row row your boat! i can row my boat, can you?

Louis N. said...

1. Listen to songs on the radio that were new to me.

2.Where the different sections of instruments were placed and leaned new symbols i didnt know of.

Neal S said...

1. my favorite part of the wedsite is all the sounds of the orchestra.
2.I learn that all the string instruments have strings and i learn that same woodwind instruments are made of metal.

abbi w said...

i really enjoyed it because its creative and very educational!! i learned about instrements that i didnt know were in the orestera and different songs and their composers! XD

teddy S said...

1. my favorite part of this was the radio
2. i heard a lot of songs and liked a lot of them

MADI G : ) said...

I thought it was fun to listen to the radio!

I learned that you can hear a lot of different music in one orchestra and that there are many different instruments than you are familiar with!

Alli S. :) said...

1. i liked listening to the radio and playing our own songs on the piano

2. i learned all the different types of groups in the orchestra

NicholasW. said...

I like how you can play on a piano keyboard.I did not know that the oboe reed was two peices of would together. I never knew the seating arrangment before.

Elissa M said...

1.i liked the music we got to listen to
2.familys of the instruments and the seating, :)

Jasny J. said...

1.My favorite parts on this website was the radio because we got to listen to familiar songs.
2.I learned that the back of the harp is hollow, and the orchestra is mostly made up of violins and violas.

brady p said...

learning about instruments. 2 where the instruments are placeed ☻☺☻☺☻

Riley v. said...

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1. I thought it was fun to play with the different pitches and rehearse our own songs.

2.I learned that the brass is in the back at the orchastra.

Katie H. said...

1)I loved the performalator!
2a) I didn't think that the gong would be in the orchestra.
2b)I thought that the saxophone was in the brass section.

Mitchelli said...

I liked playing with pitch and when they gave you music to perform

ben b said...

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Tyler S. said...

1.My favorite parts were the performalator and the instrumentation

2.I learned there are a lot of violin players because it has a huge section, and I learned that the flute is a woodwind

Xuetshi V. said...

1. What were your favorite parts of this musical website?

My favorite thing is the performalator



2. What things (at least 2) did you learn about the instruments or the orchestra?

The violins are in the front. The flute is in the woodwind family.

Eileen M. said...

1. I liked learning about the diffrent instruments.

2. I learned that the french horn is not french at all and that there are 4 kettle drums in an orchestra.

luke S. said...

1.my favorite thing on the sfs website was the performator.

2.I learned that there are many woodwinds with more than one reed

adrianac said...

1. i liked hearing the instruments

2. i learned and heard how all the instruments of the orchestra sound.

sam c-n said...

i liked that we got to compose and creat music
i learned the piccolo is the smallest instrement.

leah E said...

My favorite part of the musical website was that we got to play the piano and compose our own music

two things i learned were that there is at least 2-4 flutes in an orchestra and trumpets too!
It was a fun website i learned a lot of the orchestr.

Bryan H. said...

1. I like this website mostly because of the Permolatar.

2. I learned that most of the instruments in in the orchestra are strings.