Students will understand and demonstrate four dynamic levels (p-f) with this "Easter Egg Hunt" themed lesson plan. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #7 of the National Standards for Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
This unit of study is intended to develop student knowledge of the Creole influence on the music of various countries in the Americas: French Guiana, Surname, and the United States. Students will enjoy experiences in listening, singing and playing on instruments, and they will learn to study how different groups of people have influenced one other.
This PDF article goes into great detail about potential hearing damage for specifice types of instrumental groups and offers solutions on how to prevent or diminish damage.
This unit contains a total of three lesson plans, which focus on marimba music of indigenous people of Guatemala. Activities include attentive, engaged listening experiences, which lay the groundwork for actually performing an arrangement of the listening example. A video segment provides a springboard into a discussion of marimba music in the context of Guatemalan cultures.
Learn how composers and sound designers use their tools to create or enhance mood in a film or commercial.
This is the article connected with the lesson plan from the New York Times.
In this lesson, students explore how Irish folk songwriters express their feelings about Ireland through song. Students then write songs expressing their own feelings about their homeland.
In this lesson, students explore how Irish folk songwriters express their feelings about Ireland through song. Students then write songs expressing their own feelings about their homeland. This is the article connected with this lesson.
Students will gain an understanding of the treble clef and basic note reading skills. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.
Students will understand the relationship with nature reflected in Native American music. Students will understand that instruments have different voices that reflect these relationships.
This lesson site gives an introduction to non-harmonic tones and possible usages in music composition. Audio examples are given of each kink of tone as well as visual examples. Useful for the advancing composition student.
Students will compare/contrast three versions of an Irish favorite, O Danny Boy, and will develop basic music listening skills in elementary school students. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #6 of the National Standards for Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
This detailed article gives information on the most common health issues within the music world and lists symptoms and ways to prevent and treat these conditions.
This site goes over Odd meters and Advanced meters that students will find in more difficult literature. It breaks down the differences in meter among basic and advanced time signatures.
Students will learn to appreciate the process of telling a story through song, while learning basic musical skills like rhythm, singing on pitch, and call-and-response format.
By researching these "ordinary" people and the now historic places where they brought about change, students will discover how the simple act of sitting at a lunch counter in North Carolina could be considered revolutionary, and how, combined with countless other acts of nonviolent protest across the nation, it could lead to major legislation in the area of civil rights for African Americans.
This article provides some strategies to combat musical performance anxiety.
Students will understand the basic elements of a fanfare, and the significant role fanfares have played in history as a means of communicating information and emotions.
Peter and the Wolf becomes Pedro y El Lobo as students in Spanish class are given to opportunity to increase their vocabulary with an exploration into the classic musical tale by Sergei Prokofiev. This lesson provides practice in new vocabulary and natural dialogue as the students create a new ending to the tale
and perform it in front of their peers.
This lesson site introduces the use of phrases and cadences in music composition. Very useful for the intermediate composer. Audio and visual examples are provided.