Students create a class composition of a thunderstorm by exploring expressive qualities of crescendo/decrescendo and accelerando/ritardando
Students create different versions of a known song and listen to contrasting recordings for musical differences and similarities.
Students use assistive technology to visually represent the aural concepts of note length and volume as it pertains to wind band articulation. Use any application and audio recording device that visually shows sound waves. Students can see the difference and generate their own patterns to more thoroughly understand the differences and similarities of different articulations.
Students explore expressive qualities in music through listening, singing, and moving.
Students explore expressive qualities through various string techniques.
Students listen to and describe sounds.
Students use language and movement to explore accents in music.
This lesson guides students through the beginning stages of articulation. Focus is limited to producing clear, focused tone, and clean legato articulation.
Students create arrangements of a melody and listen to recordings contrasting in style and genre.
Students demonstrate expressive qualities of music through movement.