Ukulele

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Do you know how to play the ukulele?

In counting the beat we have been learning about different instruments and music. Like the guitar and orchestra for example. This time we are learning about the ukulele's. 

Did you know ukuleles come in different sizes and shapes?. The most common one that most people know is the Soprano but the truth is there's more. Like the Baritone, Concert and Tenor.

 Also there are different types of ukuleles like the Banjo, Guileless, Bass ukulele, Acoustic electric ukulele, electric Ukulele, Resonator ukulele and more. 

Different sizes of ukulele

Different types of ukulele

Also the parts of the body of the ukulele is similar to that of a guitars. But theirs is much easier because there's not much.

Glossary

Tuning heads

Used to make adjust strings tension and basically make it sound how you like

Fret Markers

They mark off specific frets to show neck position to the person playing

Rosette

A ring around sound hole to reinforce and decorate.

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Our Culture

Konichiwa Bloggers,

What is Culture?

To me culture means a lot of stuff. Like who and what we are basically what we identify ourselves Things like food, language, clothing, tools, music, arts, customs, beliefs, and religion is also part of our culture.What is your culture? What do you identify yourself as?

Here is a splat page or words with meanings involving our culture also

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Orchestra

 Bonjour à tous,

In hurmanu two we have been learning about music. This time we are getting to know about the orchestra. An orchestra is a group of instruments mixed together. Most of the time they play classical. They are made up of four families Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion. 

String Family

The string family is the largest family. It's called the string family because it uses its strings to make sound. The violin, viola, cello, the double bass, sometimes called the contra bass are all in the orchestra and part of the string family.

Woodwind

Woodwinds family uses the highest sounding instruments to the lowest sounding instruments. They are instruments you blow into. The piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and contrabassoon are all in the woodwinds family.

Brass Family

The brass family includes instruments you blow into also. They vibrate in the air. Trumpets, trombones, French horns, euphonious, and tubas are part of the brass family and used in the orchestra.

 

Percussion

Percussion family are made up of the most common instruments in the orchestra. The Timpani, xylophone, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, maracas, gongs, chimes, celesta, and piano are in the percussion family.

Here is a  LINK to a orchestra I watched and enjoyed lot's.

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How cars changed our world

Ciao bloggers,

 What's your favourite invention of all time?

In Hurumanu with ALR we have been learning about inventions. Cool inventions like the light bulb, the telephone, the internet, the moving picture, air plane and many other significant inventions like that. The amazing invention I will be telling you about is the car.

As you know we have been working with ALR. We read books about cars and got to answer some questions about them. Then as an activity we made an info graphic about the timeline of cars. 

The inforgarphic

Here is the LINK to my document or you could just read off here

Here is links to the stories

The Steam Powered Car

Super Bike

How cars changed our world

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My Sports Hero

Sabhee ko namaskaar,

Who are your sports heroes?

Two sports heroes I admire are Lydia Ko and Tom Walsh. If you don't know who Lydia Ko is she is a professional gofer. I didn't know who she was before but since we have been learning about heroes this term I learned about her. And the more I got to know her the more I started to look up to her. She is humble, resilient, committed, respectful and has many more stuff that make her a great hero. 

Tom walsh is a New Zealand Athlete. He specialises in shot put. He is kind of similar to Lydia ko humble, respectful and resilient. But what stands out is his commitment to his sport. He has a lot of things that stand out and make him a hero. 

Here is the DLO's I made about Lydia Ko and Tom Walsh

        

            

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The Magical Guitar

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Whats your favourite instrument?

In Hurumanu we have been learning about instruments and music. Like the types of music there are, how it makes you feel, the instruments, what type of music we like to listen to those sort of things. 

This time we have been learning a little bit about of guitars. There are lots of types of guitars the Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Spanish Guitar, Bass Guitar, Air Guitar and plenty more. To be honest I don't really like the guitar I prefer the piano but still its just my opinion.

5 facts about guitars

• The first guitar was made in ancient Egypt
• The shortest guitar is just 10 microns
• The guitar is 4000 years old
• The oldest guitar is Belchior Diaz Vihuela
• The most expensive guitar is called black Stratocaster worth 3.9 million

Theses are the parts of the guitar

Glossary (Some Words)

Head stock - Its the place where the tuning pegs connected to the neck

Nut - It helps the vibration of the string so open notes can be played

Bridge - It supports the string as they go around the body of the guitar

Pick guard - Helps make the sound of the guitar louder

Guitars

Do you play the guitar? Whats your favourite type of guitar?

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Pobble

Hello there,

A few weeks ago we started a pobble which is basically just a short piece of writing. We answered some questions and had to continue from the story starter. A short summery of my story is the girl is evil wants to take over the world but the smart and sly cry stops her and saves the universe.

Here's the LINK to my pobble (Read if you want to)

This is picture we used to write about

And the questions

What do you think the key is for? 

Why do you think the girl is so desperate to have it? 

Why do you think the crow has taken the key? 

How did the clock get there? Is it significant in the story? What do you think the crow is thinking? 

Where have all the leaves on the ground come from?

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