Now that Mr. C’s arm is better, what musical things should he do that he couldn’t do before?5/3/2017
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Tahlia Noble
5/3/2017 01:22:39 pm
One thing Mr. C can do is he can play the guitar. With his arm in a sling, he could not strum the guitar, but now that his arm is completely healed, although he has one nasty looking scar, he can play all different types of songs. Another thing he can do is write our tabs on the whiteboard. It was difficult to write them on the board with his left, it will be easier to do it with his right.
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Tallulah
5/3/2017 01:26:15 pm
I didn't even think of the white board stuff!
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Gus Coleman
5/8/2017 10:26:48 am
I agree, he should totally start to play the guitar again, since he doesn't have a sling.
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Quince Rane
5/8/2017 07:25:15 pm
I completely agree with Tallulah. I never thought about the white board thing!
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Ava McQueen
5/9/2017 05:39:11 pm
That's thinking smart, Tahlia! I totally forgot about the part of writing more included in our music classes :).
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:38:17 am
Absolutely! I've been playing some more guitar lately. It's good to be back on the horse.
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Sam Lavagnino
5/10/2017 12:55:12 pm
I said that too!
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Yasmin
5/10/2017 01:18:33 pm
Cool
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Tallulah
5/3/2017 01:24:40 pm
Mr. C can do many things, for instance, he can play the ukulele In class, or the piano. He may have been able to do those things poorly, and it may have hurt, but know he can be the pro he used to be. Now that Mr. C can bend his arm, he can do recorder, he could dance better, and clap to the beat. He will know be able do many other music related stuff that he could do for music class.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:39:20 am
Exactly right Tallulah! I looked pretty silly dancing with that arm brace on.
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tallulah
5/10/2017 09:17:11 pm
oops!
Sam Lavagnino
5/3/2017 01:24:43 pm
One thing that Mr. C could do musically now is conducting other musicians since you require both hands in order to professionally conduct.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:40:18 am
You're right Sam! There was actually a time when I was supposed to conduct an ensemble but I physically couldn't. It made me sad to not be able to conduct.
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Buzz
5/3/2017 01:24:45 pm
He could play a guitar or ukulele, because those both require 2 hands. He could also play the drums, even though that's possible with one hand. I'm just saying, it's so much easier with 2. That also applies to that piano to my right.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:41:13 am
The drummer from the 80s band Def Leopard only had one arm!
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Sam Lavagnino
5/10/2017 12:56:08 pm
I agree Buzz.
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Keona Eyoum Espiand
5/3/2017 01:24:45 pm
He can now play an instrument easier than before. Not only that, he can run and drive and do all of that stuff now. He can also paint, type and play video games easier.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:42:04 am
I had to go 6 weeks without playing video games. It was a sad time.
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Laetitia Lertvichuhath
5/3/2017 01:24:49 pm
Well, when Mr. C broke his arm, he couldn't play the piano. Though, he should play it now that his arm is better. I think this because usually he would play the piano with some of the songs we sung. And although we don't sing that much anymore, he should still play it. The piano is a great instrument that you should play.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:46:55 am
I agree Laetitia! The piano is amazing. I'm glad to be able to play it again.
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Catalina Howells
5/3/2017 01:24:50 pm
He was not able to play things with both hands. This includes instruments like the recorder, auto harp, and ukulele. Also he was not able to play the piano, violin, and any other of those kind of instruments. Now he will be able to play alongside the 5th graders and the 3rd graders, with the ukulele and recorder. He can also play the autoharp like Ali and Liam. He is able to play the piano to accompany us, and also in choir. He is lucky that he can play all of those instruments, and now he is even luckier because he can play them again, since both of his arms work. He can also play games, like video games, and read books.He can play the guitar, now that his arm is healed.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:52:26 am
Thanks for this list Catalina! In fact, I have done all of these things since my arm has been healed. I actually did a lot of reading while my arm was in the sling and brace. It was just difficult to turn the pages.
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Natalia
5/3/2017 01:24:51 pm
He could play the ukulele a little better than he did when his arm was broken. I also remember he wasn't really able to write with his writing (whatever that was). But now he can write with the hand he is used to writing with. So he doesn't have to use another hand to write because then it would look messy.
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Tallulah
5/3/2017 01:27:15 pm
Yah! that is kind of what I thought!
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Atianna!!!
5/4/2017 07:45:34 pm
Good Job, R.Manson! 😉
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:54:19 am
You're absolutely right Natalia. When I couldn't use my right arm to write my handwriting was atrocious. I'm glad to have it back.
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nicholas condon
5/3/2017 01:24:53 pm
He could now play lots of instruments than he could when his arm was broken. he could play lots of instruments like a ukulele and lots of others. In fact one thing he could
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:54:46 am
Please come back and finish your journal.
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Gus Coleman
5/3/2017 01:24:54 pm
Mr. C should probably play every single instrument he knows how to play! The only flaw about that is that he would be rusty at all of those instuments. He would have to practice. Though I think Mr. C would have an awesome and fun time! (practicing ad playing)
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 07:55:35 am
I am a little rusty on a lot of the instruments but you are right, I enjoy practicing them. I'll be back up to speed, if not better, in no time!
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Ava McQueen
5/3/2017 01:24:57 pm
Some things that Mr. C can now do but couldn't do before is, first off, play the ukulele. You need both arms do that before, but Mr. C, since he couldn't use one of his arms recently, couldn't play the ukulele. Another thing that he couldn't do and now can do is do solfege with his arms together. He could do it with one arm, yes, but most people usually do it with both arms and he can get more into the movements if he uses both arms. It's helpful to be able to do solfege with both arms. Another thing that Mr. C now can do and couldn't is conduct things. Usually he conducts our songs like a concert conductor when we sing. Now he can do that. Mr. C is better to do musical things now that he has two arms working properly.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:17:52 am
Spot on Ava! I'm so happy to be able to do all these things again.
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Kaiden J
5/3/2017 01:24:59 pm
He can play a Guitar,and he can play the piano again but he couldn't when his arm broke because he couldn't move it. He can play the base, the violin and etc. He couldn't play because they have to have your arms and fingers moving but his bone shattered so he couldn't play.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:19:24 am
Whoa there! I didn't shatter the bone. My recovery would be a lot longer if that was the case. I simply broke it. You are correct I'm excited to be able to play all my instruments again.
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Quincy Rane
5/3/2017 01:25:00 pm
Well, one of the things that Mr.C couldn't that is important to learn on the ukulele was strumming. At one point he could later strum just down strums a bit. I think that we need to work on the strumming that isn't just going down more because that can get to be kind of hard sometimes. He also couldn't really play the piano for us which sometimes we do use along while we are playing the ukulele because some songs have both. Sometimes the song was originally a song on the piano and we are going to try to play it on the ukulele, which I have done many times with the guitar. At one point it was even hard to hold the ukulele so he couldn't really show us how new chords were shaped and all.
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Ava McQueen
5/9/2017 05:40:15 pm
I'm glad you included all the music music stuff! There's definitely a lot of things that you can't do musically with only 1 working arm!
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:21:08 am
Nice descriptions Quincy! I'm happy to be able to play again and help you all with your playing. I'm glad to see that we've still made lots of progress despite the fact that I couldn't really model things very much.
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Atianna!!! ;)
5/3/2017 01:25:00 pm
Well, Mr. C can now conduct with his arms since the spring concert is coming up. He could also play the ukulele a little better, and he could play the piano a little better. Plus, he could do hand signs with us!
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Atianna!!!
5/4/2017 07:44:02 pm
Mr.C can also write on the board better than he did before. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that he can do anything now that his right arm is healed! Yay Arm!
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:21:50 am
Yay arm indeed! I'm so happy to have it back to working order.
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Liam Hobbs-Moore
5/3/2017 01:25:04 pm
Now that Uncle C's arm is better, he could play the piano. Play the ukulele better. Maybe even go snowboarding again! There are a lot of things he could do.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:22:27 am
I would love to go snowboarding again but I'll have to wait until next season. Oh well!
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Ali Campbell
5/3/2017 01:25:09 pm
Mr. C could play the ukulele now. He could play it a little bit before, but not as well as he usually could. He could also play many more musical instruments that he couldn't play or couldn't play that well before. And out of music class, Mr. C could do normal things like write and do other things. He could obviously do a variety of things that he couldn't do before.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:23:05 am
I'm glad to be back in working order again. I missed doing all of these things.
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Edward Davis
5/3/2017 01:25:22 pm
Now what Mr.C can do is now play the piano. This is because the piano requires 2 hands and he could not do that because of his hand. Also because when playing there may be a fast note would note be able to play it because if it was on the other side he would not get there in time. Also the guitar because it has two parts two it and one requires one hand. The two parts are holding and strumming
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:24:16 am
Spot on Edward! I could play the piano when my arm was broken but only minimally and only at slow tempos like you mentioned.
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Jayme Jacoby
5/3/2017 01:25:27 pm
A few weeks back Mr.C was not able to play the ukulele properly. Now that Mr. C's arm is better he can now play regularly. Mr.C wasn't able to write very well on the board ,because had couldn't use his dominate hand. Now that Mr. C's dominate hand is better he can write very well.There are so many more things Mr.C can now do.
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Atianna!!!
5/4/2017 07:44:38 pm
I agree with you Jay-Jay!
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:24:48 am
It's good to be back!
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Charlotte Valentine
5/3/2017 01:25:33 pm
With two arms you can do pretty much anything (that you need to have to two arms). For example, you can play instruments. Now that Mr. C's arm has grown back he can play ukulele, the flat, a piccolo, a violin, Jango, and recorders. He can also sharpen a pencil and tie his shoes, unless of course his mother did it for him. Mr. C can now play Pokemon Go with out failing to teach his wife how to catch em' all. He can play Call of Duty with an 8 year old and much more.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:25:35 am
What a creative list! Thanks Charlotte! I am happy to be back to normal.
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Yasmin
5/3/2017 01:25:54 pm
I think that Mr. C can do anything he wants. He could start playing the flute, the piano, anything he could possibly want, but if I were Mr. C I would start playing the Violin. I love the violin! It makes me happy and I especially like playing it in front of someone like my mom. She always tells me how smart i was to choose the instruments I did and that I started early too. Mr. C should try the Violin because it makes a beautiful sound and many people enjoy it. The piano is also something that I love playing in front of an audience, and I know that Mr. C can play it but if he has a favorite movie or song, he can learn how to play the song on the piano too!
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Gus Coleman
5/8/2017 10:27:52 am
I said the same thing!
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Quincy Rane
5/8/2017 07:28:53 pm
I like how you included that Mr. C can do whatever he wants!
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:26:37 am
I played the violin for a long time. It was actually the first instrument I played! I don't get to play very much anymore but I should take it up again!
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River
5/3/2017 01:26:13 pm
Now that Uncle C's Arm has recovered, he can go boxing! Thats not just it, because he can now go snowboarding again. He can also play the ukulele better.
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Mr. C
5/10/2017 08:27:22 am
I would never go boxing. Not my style. You mentioned the ukulele but didn't describe very many musical things. Please finish the assignment.
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Yasmin
5/10/2017 01:19:33 pm
Haha, that's a smart idea
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