Third Week
Music is a language. This week, we learned how to PLAY and SPELL scales:
1. chromatic - 12 tones
2. pentatonic - 5 tones
3. diatonic - 7 tone Major scale
We used the Circle of 5ths to determine Major Keys with sharps.
We used the Circle of 4ths to determine Major Keys with flats.
We watched videos:
1. "Encourage Yourself" on www.youtube.com and talked about self-motivation, praise and healing.
2. Clark Terry (trumpet) and Alvin Queen (drums);
3. Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World"
4. Chinese saxophone students with Diva JC in Tianjin, China.
Students identified composers in the following genres:
Classical, Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop
Reggae, R&B, Latin, Rap
Some received extra credit for naming "Old School" R&B artists.
They learned the term "cross over artist" and the meaning.
On Friday, they took a 4-part test covering everything they've learned in the past three weeks.
Here are the lesson plans for October:
Week of October 1, 2007
Introduction to Music
1. Songs and Emotions
2. Musical Careers
3. Instruments:
4. Voices
Week of October 8, 2007
1. Rhythms
2. Accidentals
3. Key Signatures (major, minor keys)
Week of October 15, 2007
1. Scales
2. Composers
3. Musical Careers
Week of October 22, 2007
1. Chords
2. Auditions for Winter Play
3. Composers
Week of October 29, 2007
1. Review
2. Intro to Women in Jazz and Jazzmen
1. chromatic - 12 tones
2. pentatonic - 5 tones
3. diatonic - 7 tone Major scale
We used the Circle of 5ths to determine Major Keys with sharps.
We used the Circle of 4ths to determine Major Keys with flats.
We watched videos:
1. "Encourage Yourself" on www.youtube.com and talked about self-motivation, praise and healing.
2. Clark Terry (trumpet) and Alvin Queen (drums);
3. Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World"
4. Chinese saxophone students with Diva JC in Tianjin, China.
Students identified composers in the following genres:
Classical, Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop
Reggae, R&B, Latin, Rap
Some received extra credit for naming "Old School" R&B artists.
They learned the term "cross over artist" and the meaning.
On Friday, they took a 4-part test covering everything they've learned in the past three weeks.
Here are the lesson plans for October:
Week of October 1, 2007
Introduction to Music
1. Songs and Emotions
2. Musical Careers
3. Instruments:
a. strings
b. percussion
c. woodwind
4. Voices
a. soprano
b. mezzo soprano
c. alto
d. contralto
e. tenor
f. baritone
g. bass
Week of October 8, 2007
1. Rhythms
a. Syncopation
b. Waltz
c. Ballads
d. Latin
2. Accidentals
3. Key Signatures (major, minor keys)
Week of October 15, 2007
1. Scales
a. Chromatic
b. Pentatonic
c. Diatonic (RULE for Major Scales)
2. Composers
3. Musical Careers
Week of October 22, 2007
1. Chords
a. Triad
b. Dominant
c. Suspensions
2. Auditions for Winter Play
3. Composers
Week of October 29, 2007
1. Review
2. Intro to Women in Jazz and Jazzmen
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