Beethoven's Fifth Animated Score

In many of my classes we'll be listening to the first minute of the first movement Beethoven's fifth Symphony in c minor. Some incredibly clever people took the first movement and animated it. You can also see a chart of what instruments the different colors represent. Enjoy!

Lyrics to Hay Un Amigo

The words on the youtube video are a little off in places, so make sure you go by these words as you're learning the song!

Hay un amigo en mi

hay un amigo en mi

Cuando salgas a volar

Hay un amigo en mi

Si un amigo en mi

Hay un amigo en mi

Hay mucho que puede ser

un poco mas listos

mas nunca habra quien puede ser

un amigo fiel que tu lo sabes

Los años pasaran

lo nuestro no morira

lo vas a ver mejor tener

un buen amigo en mi

hay un amigo en mi

un buen amigo en mi

hay un amigo en mi

You've Got a Friend - Hay un Amigo En Mi

Who saw Toy Story 3 this summer? Totally hilarious, not to mention a real tear jerker (at least for us sappy adults). I think we'd all have to agree that one of the funniest parts was when Buzz Lightyear was transformed into a Latin hunk who loved to tango! I was so excited at the end of the movie when I heard the familiar guitar stylings of the Spanish group The Gypsy Kings do their own rendition of "You've Got a Friend in Me."

Here's a great youtube video that gives you the words to the Spanish version so you can see the words and sing along. Spanish is such a beautiful language and so much fun to sing! Not to mention the Gypsy Kings always provide an excellent groove!

Musical Mingles

The New York Philharmonic has an awesome website for kids. So far, my favorite part of the website is called "Musical Mingles." Somehow you end up composing music with bouncy balls, furniture and gravity. You'll just have to see it to understand! It's under the compose section of the website.

Go...create!

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