Music Teacher of Grade 5
Mr. Aled Roberts
美国著名词作家Yip Harburg曾经说过，“文字能启发人思考，音乐能赋予人感受。一首歌则能让你在感受中思考。”一首好歌的魅力，完全不亚于一部经典文学作品，赏析歌曲所表达的情感，就像在细细品读一首诗歌、一部小说，引人深思。
在小学部的音乐课堂上，学生会在每一个单元中学习关于音乐不同方面的内容。
最近，五年级的学生聚焦于学习音乐创作的方法和声乐表演。他们在课堂上欣赏了著名音乐制作人Alan Walker创作的一些音乐。
Alan Walker的音乐创作风格多为电子舞曲，节奏感强烈，深受学生们的喜爱。五年级大部分学生都已经听过他的一两首歌，所以每个班通过投票来决定他们最想学习Alan Walker的哪一首歌。
G5C1 - Alone II
G5C2 - Faded
G5C3 - Darkside
G5C4 - Alone
（最后决定的曲目）
当确定好学习的曲目后，学生以班级为单位，开始对歌曲进行深入的练习。其中副歌部分由全体同学合唱，主歌部分则由自愿独唱或双人合唱的学生进行演绎。
我们一共花了三周左右的时间，学习了很多关于演唱的小技巧，例如如何运用气息发声和怎么控制气息；演唱时张大嘴巴，吐字清晰，掌握歌词中每个字的发音着力点；还有在唱歌时，如何让自己的身体跟随美妙的音乐而律动等等。
熟练掌握这些技巧之后，我带领同学们进入学校的Imac教室，对着专业的收音设备进行录制。
G5C1
G5C2
G5C3
G5C4
录制完成后，我把这些录好的音频导入音乐制作软件Logic Pro X里进行编辑，最终呈现的声音效果就如同学生们在专业的录音棚里录音一样。
音频编辑的界面
接下来，我们又回归到这一单元学习的主题上：分析所选歌曲的歌词。每个学生从歌曲中选取一句或两句自己最喜欢的歌词，写下这些歌词对于他们的意义。同时在课堂上，我还会引导学生用心体会这些歌词背后的含义和这些词给人带来的启发及思考。
一千个读者心中有一千个哈姆雷特，这意味着当我们听到一段音乐或者试图解读一首歌的歌词时，每个人从中获取的信息也都是不一样的。尽管有些学生选择了同样的歌词，但歌词赋予他们的意义却是截然不同的。学生们在这个感受和思考的过程中慢慢地与音乐建立了更深的沟通和联系。
最后，每个班级的学生手上都拿着他们挑选的歌词和自己对于歌词的理解，在校园不同的地方演绎歌曲并录制视频。最终每个班级都圆满完成了一支专属的音乐MV，这离不开同学们的积极参与和互相支持。
G5C1 - Alone II
G5C2 - Faded
G5C3 - Darkside
G5C4 - Alone
为了庆祝学生们在这个单元学习中所取得的令人瞩目的成就，我总想为他们做点儿什么。
我曾就读于英国斯坦福郡大学（Staffordshire University），当时教我们音乐的一位老教授早些时候在索尼音乐公司工作过，于是我向他寻求帮助。
老教授的一位仍然在索尼公司工作的朋友帮忙联系上了 Alan Walker 的经纪公司，于是我把学生们录制的表演视频发给了对方，同时表达了自己的一个小小心愿，那就是希望 Alan Walker 在看完所有的表演视频后可以为孩子们录制一段视频，给予他们更多的鼓励并且在音乐学习方面给出些许建议。
在为五年级特别举行的MV展示集会上，当Alan Walker 空降剧院大屏幕时，在场的同学们又惊又喜，各个伸出双手向我欢呼，‘ Mr. Roberts, you made it! You made it! ’
Alan Walker透过视频感谢同学们喜欢自己创作的音乐，同时也对大家的精彩演绎和音乐才华赞不绝口。他还为参与独唱或双人合唱表演的学生评选出以下三个奖项，这令获奖的同学们备受鼓舞！
最佳男歌手 —— Raymond T G5C1
最佳女歌手 —— Cindy Z G5C2
最佳表演者 —— Mia S G5C4
Raymond T
Cindy Z（左一）
Mia S
秀出真我
德闳学校始终坚持为学生提供展示自己的平台，鼓励他们施展自己的才华和无限的创意。就像Mr. Roberts在这次单元学习中为愿意独唱或者双人合唱的同学留下表演的空间一样，只要你积极参与，老师和同学们都会为你助力。如果在演唱方面没有天赋，你也可以在作词、编曲、配乐等方面尽情发挥自己的才思。我们鼓励所有的同学都能在音乐和其他领域中找到自己所热爱的东西。
现在五年级的学生已经投入下一单元的学习：了解并掌握流行音乐中基本的四和弦，然后小组协作学习新的乐器，最终团队合作，一起演绎一段美妙的乐曲。
学习新知识
虽然每个单元的学习都充满了挑战，但徜徉在音乐的世界里，同学们收获了很多欢声笑语。
音乐里有着春暖花开的妩媚，有着夏凉秋高的缤纷，所有的一切在音乐的世界里都显得那么蓬勃向上，音乐也令我们变得更加坚韧和从容。
Music
Famous American lyricist Yip Harburg once said "Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.” In grade 5 we have been looking at song lyrics and what they make us feel and think. Each person is different and has a unique story, this means when we hear music or understand the lyrics to a song, the message might be different for each person.
For this project we studied the music created by famous EDM artist Alan Walker. This artist was very popular among the students and so most of grade 5 had already heard at least 1 or 2 of his songs. Each class voted for which song they wanted to study, see the list below:
G5C1 - Alone II
G5C2 - Faded
G5C3 - Darkside
G5C4 - Alone
Once the students decided on which song we were going to study as a class, students would then volunteer themselves to sing a solo or duet. All students would sing the chorus lines, but the verse sections would be given to the students who stepped forward for a solo or duet. Over 2 or 3 weeks we practiced singing the song as a class, learnt how to perform music (Singing with your body) and recorded each student singing into a microphone.
These recordings were then put together in Logic Pro X and made to sound like they were recorded in a professional studio by myself. I think the end result was fantastic and the videos/recording really shows of the amount of talent we have in grade 5!
recording
Lastly the students went back to the core theme of the project and analyzed the lyrics to the song each class chose. Each student would take a sentence or 2 and write down what the lyrics meant to them. As mentioned earlier that every person is unique, this meant that when some students chose the same sentence, their meanings were completely different. It was great to seeing what the students thought and seeing them connecting to music on an emotional level.
Finally, each class was filmed in a variety of locations around the school singing their song and holding up their sentence and meaning. The result from this was that each class had a music video at the end of the project and to celebrate their hard work.
Grade 5 students have now moved to the next unit to learn about the 4 chord foundation of pop music and to try new instruments and perform as a group.
Although we always come across a few challenges in each unit leaning, we gain a lot of laughters in the world of music.
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