We will begin with review of dynamics! Simply put, dynamics in music means how loud or soft the music is played. Th following video will explain the different vocabulary used for dynamics. This next video might be more appropriate for grades K-2 for dynamics. The following videos are famous examples of how dynamics are uses in music to keep things interesting. 1. Haydn's "Surprise Symphony", No. 94. Why would this be labeled "surprise"? What about the dynamics, or volume, would be surprising? Can you describe the music using the new terms you learned? 2. Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Movement II Listen to the first 3.5 minutes of the video. The change in dynamics is gradual from the beginning. What words would you use to describe the change? Just for funsies: If you have time, this video has short clips of the most famous classical pieces of music. I bet you have heard more of them than you think you might have. Feel free to skip this and move on to the Leprechaun games below. Leprechaun Games! 1. Dynamics download the PPT to your computer for full functionality
2. Instruments! Choose the instrument family you want to explore and go for it! Download the file first.
3. Rhythm Practice! download first :)
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This week we are recognizing the 348th birthday of Antonio Vivaldi. Vivaldi was born in Italy in 1673 and is most well known for his work The Four Seasons. Today, you will listen to the first few minutes of Winter and Spring. The two are different in feel even though they use the same instruments. 1. Winter This video features a young girl on solo violin. What about the music makes you think about the winter? What is the tempo (speed)? Is it in a major or minor key? 2. Spring The featured soloist in this video is Itzhak Perlman, a very famous violin player. He contracted polio as a boy, meaning he had to use leg braces and crutches to get around. Since he was confined to the indoors as a child, he practiced the violin and became a very gifted player. During the first few minutes, you will hear the main themes as well as a section that sounds like bird calls and a section that sounds like a thunderstorm. Also, take a look at the keyboard instrument in the video. It looks like a piano, but is a harpsichord. The harpsichord was invented a few hundred years before the piano. This next video will explore the harpsichord. You only need to watch the first few minutes of it, which should be long enough to see the inside of the harpsichord vs. the inside of the piano. How are they different? How does their differences impact the sounds they produce? Time for Instrument Families 4 Corners. Disregard the directions in the PPT. You will need to download it to your laptop first in order for the sounds clips to play. 1. Number each corner in the room 1-4. 2. Review the instrument families 3. Press "play" in the slide. Have the students quietly walk to the corner that they think matches the sound. Here is the file:
Here's a good game for K-2 if needed. Don't forget about freeze dance. In the CD player, there is a CD that has a good Irish Reel on track 1.
If there's time: Here are two videos that showcase Irish Dancing and teach you how to do the jig step. And lastly, you may not have time for this last video, but it's interesting. This is a video on how Steinway grand pianos are made. It's an opportunity to go a little more in depth with the differences between harpsichords and pianos. |
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