In this learning activity, students will explore the 4 categories of unpitched classroom percussion instruments. The teacher will guide students in a discussion of woods, metals, skins, and scraper/shakers. Show students examples that will be used later in the game where students will explore and play a steady beat on various instruments.
Students will use their body and voice to show a musical contrast between high/low, loud/soft, and same/different.
This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.
Students will identify fast and slow while listening to a song. They will demonstrate contrasts in tempo by using locomotor and non-locomotor movement. Finally, they will be able to label fast as Presto and slow as Largo.
Students will compare like and unlike musical phrases using the online Comparing Game. The game gives two balloons that when clicked play a musical phrase. Students must click whether the two phrases are the same or different. The game progresses until students reach 100%.
Students will listen to a variety of song clips with varying tempi. Using a worksheet, the students will circle the correct tempo. Students will identify contrasts in music.
In this lesson, students will learn the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock" while using barred instruments and finger cymbals to accompany the poem. The students will demonstrate knowledge of melodic direction and steady beat using a broken bordun. The lesson is a simple but effective lesson for younger students. The author also provides a downloadable powerpoint slide of the poem.
In this activity, students will identify patterns, such as AB, ABA, AABA. They will provide examples seen in the classroom and the community. They will create a movement pattern using one of these forms. While listening to music, they will identify the form and choreograph a movement to represent each section.
Students will listen to music with a variety of tempos. They will identify largo and presto and move to show the tempo.
Students will analyze music by describing the dynamics, pitch, and duration. They will move to show emotion in the music. They will use finger paints to express their emotion while listening to music.
Students will identify and perform high and low sounds. Students will read a story using high and low pitches. A video demonstration is provided.
Students will practice singing high and low sounds while tracing the melodic contour with a finger. They will listen to a variety of music with high and low sounds and trace the melody. Students will create their own melodic contour and demonstrate the sound. Student and teacher worksheets are provided. Demonstration videos are provided.
Students will identify patterns that are the same and different. They will create movements to identify when the pattern changes. Using the student worksheet, students will identify if patterns are the same or different. Video demonstrations are provided.
Students will identify and demonstrate the four types of voices - whisper, talk, shout, and sing. Students will identify which voice to use in different locations. Student and teacher worksheets are provided. Video demonstrations are provided.
Students will identify expressive qualities of music. They will create movement and vocalizations to demonstrate each quality. Listening suggestions and video demonstrations are provided.
Students will review the Tempo words Presto and Largo. Worksheets are provided to show the difference between Largo and Presto. Students will create different movements to express fast and slow. Then, they will move to different pieces of music. Finally, students will describe the difference between Largo and Presto. Demonstration videos are provided. dfs
Students will perform steady beat using body percussion and percussion instruments. A video demonstration is provided.