The Muppets and "mi"

Students in a few different classes pointed out this past week that when we sing our solfege syllables, particularly the pitch "mi," we sound like Beaker from the Muppets.  This made me smile as the little lab assistant has always been one of my favorite Muppet characters.

While Beaker's entire vocabulary is comprised of the word "me", we practice singing musical pitches with a wider variety of syllables, including "mi."  Each grade level is reviewing the pitches they have learned in the past.  This year we will be focusing strongly on the do pentatonic scale, a five note scale that is use in many folk songs and classical compositions.  LS students will be reading, playing, composing and even improvising with these five important pitches.  They will become do pentatonic masters!

So to honor this goal, and the importance of "mi" in it's success, I promised to share my favorite Beaker "mi mi mi" videos for the kids.  Here are two classics from very different genres.  Enjoy!