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MUS 463 WEEK 8

ELEMENT 5: HARMONY, CLASSROOM INSTRUMENTS

MUSICALITY

LISTEN AND FLOW! STRETCH/WARM-UP! CHARLOTTE-TOWN - LEARN NEXT VERSE

MUSICAL ELEMENT 4: FORM


How music is organized! Structure of music! listening for chunks/repetition! Can be on small or large scale! Can you think of a parallel concept from another subject area?

Examples of Form
Call and Response! Phrases! AB (Binary) Form! ABA (Ternary) Form! ABACADA... (Rondo) Form! Theme and Variations

Pop Quiz!

Can You identify the form?

Musical element 5: HARMONY


Different pitches sounding at the same time! Unison (melody) vs. Harmony! Rounds are NOT a good place to start!! Need to rst develop a sense of harmonic underpinnings

Resting tone
Exposure (sing So-Do, leave out last pitch of song, sing directions on r.t., play r.t. on instruments)! Beanbag drop and sing r.t.! Resting tone button - r.t. drone! Ingredients in soup - r.t. exploration! Dinosaur Diet = pass beanbag, sing r.t. in solo

Ostinato
Resting tone ostinato (Sally Go Round the Sun)! Tonic/Dominant (Do-So) ostinato (My Pony Bill)! Melodic ostinato (Are You Sleeping? - Ding ding dong, Are you Sleeping?)

chord roots and chord tones


Also called the bassline! Provides basic sense of harmonic underpinnings! Neutral syllables rst (Rig and Jig Jig)! Expand chord roots to full chords (chord tones)

Partner Songs

Songs with same chord root structure/same harmonic underpinnings! Skip to My Lou/Bow Belinda! This Train/Oh When the Saints

rounds
Singing the same song but starting at different times! Works only with songs that have the same pattern of chord roots for each phrase! Are you Sleeping? - Does this work?! Skip to My Lou? - Does this work?

classroom instruments (unpitched)

Unpitched percussion

Examples:! Rhythm sticks, egg shakers, drums, maracas, triangles, sand blocks, etc.

How can instruments be used?

Exploratory Play! Practice Specic Concepts! (e.g. steady beat, tonal/rhythm patterns)! Express a story/poetic ideas! Creating (improvising/composing)

exploratory play

Chance to see, touch, and hear the sounds of instruments, connect look/feel to sound! Exposure to timbre! Jam Session

Specic concepts
Body/voice BEFORE instruments! Instrument - extension of audiation!
If you can hear/sing/feel it, you can play it!!

Beat: Pumpkin Patch - rhythm sticks! Ostinato: Pumpkin Patch - rhythm sticks

Express story/poetic ideas

Pete the Cat

creating

Canoe Song - improvise rhythms on drum in between song repetitions, pass to the next person during the song

classroom instruments (pitched)

pitched percussion

Examples! xylophones, glockenspiels, Boomwhackers, recorders, ukuleles, etc.

Exploratory play

Twinkle Twinkle - make Star Sounds

specic Concepts
Remember: Body/Voice BEFORE instruments! Beat: Sally Go Round the Sun! Ostinato: My Pony Bill - parallel/ alternating! Patterns: Love Somebody - play D-M-S! Chord Roots/chord tones: Rig a Jig Jig boomwhackers

Express story/poetic ideas

Itsy Bitsy Spider! sound effects after each phrase

Express Story/poetic ideas


Little Red Hen!
Listen to how many characters you hear! Listen for the order of events (plot)! Choose instruments for characters! Create a pattern for each character! Re-tell the story with instruments

creating

Improvising patterns - Love Somebody! Improvise new tonic pattern and use in song

creating
Creating a melody! Echoing melodic patterns! Creating answers to question phrases! Creating question phrases! Pairs take turns with questions and answers! Can you replicate/do it the same way each time?

jimmy fallon activity


Jimmy Fallon, Carly Rae Jepsen & The Roots Sing "Call Me Maybe" (w/ Classroom Instruments)! In your group of 5, copy the rst verse/chorus of Jimmy, Carly Rae & The Roots version. You need to include the melody, the beat, and some harmony parts. Instrumentation is up to you! Have fun and be creative! Meet back in ??

For next week...

Read TMC 61-74! Be ready to explore ukuleles!! Guest speaker coming in!

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