Students will learn about the ancient Greek god of music, Apollo, through two pieces of classical music. The students will discuss the role of music in ancient Greece. The students will analyze two musical compositions, Apollo by Igor Stravinsky and Apollo et Hyachinthus by Wolfgang A. Mozart.
Students will be able to: listen with purpose to a musical selection; read with understanding a sample of poetry; and, discuss as a group what similarities in structure can be found in each creative sample. Through careful listening and sequencing, students will discover that each inventive listening example is congruent to the other through musical design and form.
Students are introduced to the culture and music of Mardi Gras Indians, an important African American phenomenon that takes place in New Orleans. Students will examine the tradition and its culture-bearers, listen to and analyze Mardi Gras Indian music, and examine the multiple cultural influences that have contributed to the tradition. Students will gain experience in listening, movement, and performance, which will enrich their sense of the musical and cultural complexity of this phenomenon.
This lesson will introduce students to the History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky. They will learn and listen about History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky through the resources provided.
Students will gain a basic knowledge of acoustics; the families of instruments in the orchestra; an instrument's pitch range; and how sound is produced by an instrument.
A lesson on the invention of the electric guitar, including how it works, how it is designed and the commercial success of this instrument.
Students will be introduced to Jewish folk music through singing, playing, and dancing a traditional arrangement of "Al Tiruni" and participating in guided discussions of Jewish history and cultural heritage.
Students will identify the musical form of the 12-bar blues and participate in a composition of a 12-bar blues song. Students will also discuss how the problems and conflicts of farming in the 1940's contributed and influenced blues music.
Students will use Mike Seeger's performance of "Josh Thomas' Roustabout" as a gateway to exploring vocal expression within a limited-tone sequence. Students will critically discuss the relationship between the voice and accompanying instruments, compose their own limited-tone songs, accompanying themselves on Orff Instruments, and improvise within a limited-tone sequence on recorders.
While gaining exposure to a wide range of music "“ from classical to contemporary - students will understand that music and literature share a common language. Students will understand that hearing the language of music helps us to understand the language of literature.
The four styles of music within the Mexican culture are the backdrop for this lesson which provides students an opportunity to create percussion instruments and recognize the difference while playing each style. Lucha Libre masks are also part of the culture and students gain a deeper understanding of it by creating their own masks
Students consider "popular" music and movies in today's society. They then devise an updated version of a classic song of their choice for a popular movie and analyze their classmates' choices.
In this set of lessons, students will be able to describe scenarios that require musicians to use mathematics and algebraic reasoning in their work. Students will explain how to use algebraic concepts and reasoning to calculate beats per minute. In the Culminating Activity, students reflect upon and discuss their strategies and talk about the ways in which algebra can be applied in music and beyond.
Introduce students to the melodic rhythms of the tabla tarang, classical drumming from India, through music and movement. Learn to improvise the jati system of vocalizing rhythms.
The purpose of this lesson is to develop an understanding of why skepticism is important in science by looking at actual scientific studies regarding the effect of playing Mozart’s music to infants. In this lesson students will explore what happens when the media and/or the public discover a scientific study and extrapolates the message into “truth†without the benefit of further study. This lesson will also demonstrate how public policy can be based on a faulty or unreplicated study. Students need become critical thinkers separate actual science advertising claims.
Music can help us learn about history! This lesson demonstrates to your students how music of the Baroque period reflects the importance of the institutions of State and Church, and the influence both had on the
work of each composer.
With this research based webpage, students explore the benefits of music programs in schools. Students will discover that through research there have been findings that music lessons may boost the Intelligence Quotient (IQ). This website provides links to audio files, written transcript, and questions to engage students in discussion about the findings of the study and how to form and test the research as a group.
Students use music they already know and love to learn about the language and expression of music. Students will select an autobiographical piece of music that represents who they are, what is important to them, what they value, and how they would like to be perceived by others.
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.