Elementary Music

 

Part I

 

WARM UP

 

Activity 1

Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up. 

In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations,  meditation, mindfulness and relaxation techniques.


 Question 1 

How would you implement the warm up done in class so far in your future lessons?  Post your answer on Discussion Board.

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Part II 

 

INTRO TO MUSIC 

Music is the art of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition through the elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. It is one of the cultural universal aspects of all human societies.


Watch the following videos and answer the questions:


 

Question 2
 
Write a reflection on the routine shown in the video above.
 
Question 3

List the parts of this teacher's warm up.



Question 4

What do you think about this teacher's class?



Question 5

Compare and contrast the class shown in this video with the class from the previous one.

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Part III

ACTIVITY




Creating group harmonies with random instruments!
 
 


Concepts Explored

Harmony
the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

Rhythm
a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Beat
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse, of the mensurable level. The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a piece of music, or the numbers a musician counts while performing, though in practice this may be technically incorrect.

Percussion
Percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater; struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.

Wind Instruments are typically grouped into two families: Brass instruments (horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas) Woodwind instruments (recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons)

Musical Ensemble
Also known as a music group or musical group, an ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instruments, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra.
 
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Part IV

WRITE

Write a reflection about your experience!

POST YOUR WORK ON DISCUSSION BOARD
 

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