Thursday, December 31, 2009

The Rhythm Kitchen

Adapted from Chapter 3 in “Adventures in Musicland”

Sarah and Nikolai arrived home after a long day at school.Their mommy left a note on the table to remind them to eat a snack. But instead, Sarah and Nikolai wanted to go to Musicland. They racedup the keyboard staircase, to see who could be faster, and more forte
* Play "giant, alarm clock" in pairs alternate hands.

When they arrived at the Purple Dragon's Cave, they smelled the mostdelicious aroma of food coming from the Castle kitchen.
"Red Giant must be cooking today," purred Yellow Cat. "Red Giant is areally good chef."
They walked towards the castle. Outside the kitchen of the Castle wasa large sign that read, "Rhythm Kitchen"

"Let's see what we can order for our snack!" said Sarah.

"Welcome to my delicious Rhythm Kitchen," boomed Red Giant.“Let me explain a quarter note gets one count; words like and have one short syllable like quarter notes.Two eighth notes get one count; words like and havetwo short syllables.A half note gets two counts; words like , , haveone long syllable.Now can I show you what I'm making today?”
*See Giant Chef Menu pg 17

"Yummy!" said Sarah and Nikolai together. "We will try everything"

After they ate their snack, they said thank you to Red Giant for allthe delicious food from the Rhythm Kitchen in the castle.They were very excited to tell their mom about the quarter notes,eight note pairs and half notes.

Nikolai played the two black key-Caves, “piano” while saying“pancakes, pancakes”Sarah played the three black key-castles, “forte” while saying "pumpkin pie"
* Use the third finger to play the black keys individually, relaxed hand

When they got home, their mom asked them what they would like fordinner. They looked at each other grinning, and said together "RhythmSoup!"

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