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Let's play and sing Titanic: make a video

Play the music from Titanic

We saw a clip with music from the film Titanic earlier on, but the most famous theme is the one Celine Dion sings,

"My Heart Will Go On". It was written by James Horner and it's not very difficult to play.

You need to know how to play B flat. Here it is: minute 3’57 for B flat.

 

Sarah Jeffery / Team Recorder How to play ALL the notes on the recorder!   Licencia YouTube

Play with accompaniment

Now you can practice the piece with this video which will make playing it lots of fun!

If you have a classmate who can play the guitar, perhaps she or he can accompany you because

here you can see the guitar chords, too. 

Ready? 

EasyMusic     Recorder Notes Tutorial - My heart will go on - Titanic (Sheet music-Guitar chords)   Licencia YouTube

PLAY from MEMORY and PERFORM IN A GROUP

1) Let's see how many of you can now MEMORIZE this piece. You will have to practice it many times

2) Then, let's see who is brave enough to play this piece from memory to the rest of the class.

We are going to practice PERFORMING MUSIC IN SMALL GROUPS (four or five people),

standing up in front of the class. 

HERE IS SOME IMPORTANT ADVICE FOR PERFORMING MUSIC IN A GROUP

If you go wrong (and almost everybody does when playing music!), it's important to CARRY ON MIMING on the recorder so that NOBODY WILL NOTICE. DON'T TAKE THE RECORDER AWAY FROM YOUR MOUTH, carry on moving your fingers, and then start playing again as you as you can. The audience will never know you made a mistake!

That's a big advantage of playing in a group. 

(If you are not confident enough to play from memory in front of the class,
maybe your teacher will organise it for you to have the score on music stands in front of you). 

Singing and playing the Titanic

If you really, really like this piece from the film, let's try singing it

- First, let's translate the words. 

Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you.
That is how I know you go on.
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on.
Near, far, wherever you are,
I believe that the heart does go on.
Once more you open the door,
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on.
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime,
And never let go till we're gone.
Love was when I loved you,
One true time I hold to.
In my life we'll always go on.
Near, far, wherever you are,
I believe that the heart does go on.
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on.
You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on.
We'll stay forever this way.
You are safe in my heart and
My heart will go on and on.

Can you try translating these words with a partner? 

The whole class can practice singing this song together with the help from a video with the lyrics. 

Are you ready? 

RA Daily. Titanic with lyricsLicencia YouTube

Prepare a full perfomance

After you have all practiced playing and singing " My heart will go on", let's make an orchestra and a choir! This is a good activity because playing some of these instruments is more difficult and some are easier!

- Those of who you would like to play the melody on the recorder, stand together on the left. 

- Those of you who would like to sing the song, stand together on the right. 

- We also need some percussion! If you have drums or triangles in class, those of you who would like to play those can sit with your instruments in front of the whole group or in the middle of the singers and the recorder players.

- If there are any guitar players in the group, they can sit next to the percussionists. 

- Make sure you pay attention to your teacher, who will be conducting you! It's very important to keep quiet before he or she tells you to begin, and to make sure you listen to everybody else as you play, as well as watching the conductor at all times. 

- When you have practiced it many times and are playing beautifully all together, with your teacher's help you can organise a concert for friends from other classes.

- With the permission of all your parents and your teacher's help, tape yourselves various times playing this piece, with different musical arrangements. Then, all together, watch the different versions you have made and give each one points out of ten. 

- When you have chosen your favourite version, make sure to keep this so as to upload it onto your school or department website and show it to your families and friends: they can watch this amazing performance as well. 

BUT DON'T UPLOAD IT NOW - NOT YET! 

Keep your perfomance of this piece a secret so that you can play it at the

FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL 

which you will be organising at the end of the project.  

Evaluation rubric for Titanic

 Up to four points per category:   máximum mark = 20 points

1 2 3 4

General effort

Poor Fair Good Excellent

Memorization exercise

Didn't try Struggled and barely managed it Despite some mistakes made a good attempt Excellent memorization and playing

Performance in a small group

Didn't try

Looked nervous and unsure

Good try and covered up any mistakes Confident, aware of group performance as a whole

Participation in singing

Lack of effort and interest Decent effort Showed enthusiasm and participated well Enthusiastic and confident, sings well

Collaboration in class performance

Poor, unenthusiastic Ill at ease but a fair effort Good collaboration and enthusiasm Plays very well within the group, aware of the performance as a whole