2nd Grade Music
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September
September
Vocal Exploration -
Vocal Exploration -
Follow the Rainbow, echoing on neutral syllables, using our bodies to show expressive elements and to internalize the concepts of high, low, and same
Follow the Rainbow, echoing on neutral syllables, using our bodies to show expressive elements and to internalize the concepts of high, low, and same
Arioso
Arioso
"This is my speaking voice/this is my singing voice!"
"This is my speaking voice/this is my singing voice!"
Knock Knock
Beat and Rhythm
Beat and Rhythm
Begin echoing 4 beat patterns in our singing voices Du and Du-de
Begin echoing 4 beat patterns in our singing voices Du and Du-de
A Simple Song
A Simple Song
"I Have Lost My Closet Key"
"I Have Lost My Closet Key"
Tunefully singing this simple melody in unison
Beatfully moving our bodies/beat buddies in time
Joyfully playing the hide and seek game that goes with this song
A Name Game Song
A Name Game Song
"All de People Like Bananas"
"All de People Like Bananas"
Tunefully singing this fun melody in unison
Beatfully moving our bodies in time
Joyfully expressing our thoughts about bananas!
Movement Exploration/Beat Movement
Movement Exploration/Beat Movement
"Highland Gates" - fun folk dance of unknown origins which can be done as a "leader" dance or a "snowball" where more and more kids get involved on every repetition
"Highland Gates" - fun folk dance of unknown origins which can be done as a "leader" dance or a "snowball" where more and more kids get involved on every repetition
Movement for Form and Expression
Movement for Form and Expression
"Fjaskern" - Swedish Folk Dance
"Fjaskern" - Swedish Folk Dance
Explore AB form through movement and then by accompanying on unpitched percussion instruments
Movement for Form & Expression
Movement for Form & Expression
Fingerplay "A Sailor Went to Sea".
Fingerplay "A Sailor Went to Sea".
Moving for Form and Expression with Classical Music
Moving for Form and Expression with Classical Music
Camille Saint-Saens "The Aquarium" from The Carnival of the Animals
Camille Saint-Saens "The Aquarium" from The Carnival of the Animals
October
October
A Spooky Arioso!
A Spooky Arioso!
Questions and answers on neutral syllables (ghosts and owls!) paying attention to tonic and dominant (sounding complete or incomplete)
Fly, Fly Witchy
Fly, Fly Witchy
There'll be ghosts boo-booing and owls hoo-hooing as we tunefully sing this in unison
We will keep the beat in various ways on the chorus section
We will gleefully add sound effects and motions onto each verse
Fly, Fly WitchySkeleton Dance from Disney
Skeleton Dance from Disney
Beatfully using body percussion and unpitched percussion instruments to keep up with this arrangement of Disney's "Skeleton Dance"!
Decode familiar rhythm patterns
Poison Rhythms!
Poison Rhythms!
Miss White Had a Fright!
Miss White Had a Fright!
Decoding rhythm patterns from spoken text (du and du-de)
Creating a song in rondo form using the poem as the A section and improvised 4 bar phrases on resonator bells in a minor key for all of the other sections
Miss White had a fright
Miss White had a fright
in the middle of the night!
in the middle of the night!
Saw a ghost eating toast
Saw a ghost eating toast
halfway up the lamppost!
halfway up the lamppost!
"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
by Edvard Grieg from his Peer Gynt Suite
by Edvard Grieg from his Peer Gynt Suite
This Rhythm Play-a-long is always a favorite as our tempo (steady beat) gets faster and faster and the dynamics (volume) grow from pp to ff!
There Was an Old Woman All Skin and Bones
There Was an Old Woman All Skin and Bones
Tuneful - A classic tale that offers an excellent chance to create beautiful vocal tones on "ooh"
Beatful - We will accompany the piece with assorted ostinati on resonator bells
Artful - How can we use our faces, our bodies, and our voices to create the eeriest performance?
November
November
Begin working on songs for our Celebration of Winter Holidays
Begin working on songs for our Celebration of Winter Holidays
Second-graders will learn about Lunar New Year and they will learn the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai"
Check out the slides to the right to see all of the songs we'll be working on!
You can learn the history of Chinese New Year in the 2nd video to the below.
Song Fragments ~
Song Fragments ~
"Che Che Kole" An old favorite and a great way to explore tempos, timbres, and dynamics
"Che Che Kole" An old favorite and a great way to explore tempos, timbres, and dynamics
Steady Beat
Steady Beat
"Over the River and Through the Woods" we'll accompany this seasonal song with jingle bells
"Over the River and Through the Woods" we'll accompany this seasonal song with jingle bells
Steady Beat
Steady Beat
"Thankful" - We'll clap along on beats 2 and 4 and think about what things we are grateful for.
"Thankful" - We'll clap along on beats 2 and 4 and think about what things we are grateful for.
December
December
Moving Expressively to Classical Music
Moving Expressively to Classical Music
"Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker Ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky
"Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker Ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky
Moving to the Beat
Moving to the Beat
"Auld Lang Syne"
"Auld Lang Syne"
Moving to the Beat
Moving to the Beat
Scarves with Trepak from the Nutcracker Ballet
Scarves with Trepak from the Nutcracker Ballet
Continue working on songs for our Celebration of Winter Holidays
Continue working on songs for our Celebration of Winter Holidays
Mostly adding ribbons and pitched and unpitched percussion to our Chinese New Year song
Mostly adding ribbons and pitched and unpitched percussion to our Chinese New Year song
1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 - 5 6 7 8
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & - 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
January
January
Vocal Exploration
Vocal Exploration
"Colors"
"Colors"
Moving Rhythmically
Moving Rhythmically
"Wintertime Rap"
"Wintertime Rap"
This mixes body percussion, moving our bodies, and reading notation including quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, and paired eighth notes
Song Fragments
Song Fragments
"Down By the Bay"
"Down By the Bay"
Once we're familiar with the song and patterns we'll create our own verses matching animals (nouns) with rhyming actions (verbs)
We'll perform our new verses using UPP for 3 beats on each long notes:
Bay - drum Grow - guiro Home - cowbell Go - Sticks Do - spines Say - tambourine ... Instruments are spread around the circle carpet and labelled with correct lyric
Sit around the circle, play assigned instrument with matching word, sing new verse, march around until the music stops again, sing next verse
Moving to the Beat
Moving to the Beat
Claude Bizet's "Can-can" and "Les Toreadors" from his opera Carmen
Claude Bizet's "Can-can" and "Les Toreadors" from his opera Carmen
Over the course of the month we'll listen to these two pieces many times and each time we'll try something different: keeping a steady beat while listening, decoding rhythm patterns, following different parts, adding body movement for each color, adding instruments, and have fun just trying to keep up!
Rhythmically Moving
Rhythmically Moving
To "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson
To "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson
Folk Dancing
Folk Dancing
Bo Diddley and Alabama Gal
Bo Diddley and Alabama Gal
Song Tales ~
Song Tales ~
"There's a Hole in the Bucket"
"There's a Hole in the Bucket"
February
February
Simple Song - Call and Response
Simple Song - Call and Response
"Shoo Lie Loo"
"Shoo Lie Loo"
Singing Tunefully
Singing Tunefully
"Yankee Doodle"
"Yankee Doodle"
We'll learn this song, move our bodies to it, and then decode the rhythm patterns that make up the melody/lyrics of the refrain. We'll also look at the form (AB) and learn to conduct a two beat pattern
Movement for Form and Expression - Classical Music
Movement for Form and Expression - Classical Music
The Comedians, Op. 26: Pantomime
The Comedians, Op. 26: Pantomime
Russian composers Kiril Kondrashin, Oscar Shumsky, and Dmitri Kabalevsky are trying to get us out of bed but we're SO sleepy!
Student Improvisation -
Student Improvisation -
Rhythm Q and A on drums and body percussion
Rhythm Q and A on drums and body percussion
We'll also work on creating patterns for the Stick Game and notate them on our white-boards
We'll also work on creating patterns for the Stick Game and notate them on our white-boards
Song Tales ~
Song Tales ~
"In a Cabin in the Wood" - this fun song about rescuing a rabbit from a hunter also lets us practice our inner-singing
"In a Cabin in the Wood" - this fun song about rescuing a rabbit from a hunter also lets us practice our inner-singing
March
March
Movement for Form and Expression
Movement for Form and Expression
"Fjaskern" - Swedish Folk Dance
"Fjaskern" - Swedish Folk Dance
Reviewing largo, presto, and accelerando
Moving for Form and Expression
Moving for Form and Expression
"The Noble Duke of York" - a traditional English folksong with a fun longways-set dance to go with it. ABC form
"The Noble Duke of York" - a traditional English folksong with a fun longways-set dance to go with it. ABC form
Simple Song - Call and Response
Simple Song - Call and Response
"Shoo Lie Loo"
"Shoo Lie Loo"
Continue to work on independent singing
Folk Dance
Folk Dance
The Rakes of Mallow
The Rakes of Mallow
Responding to musical form
Beat Motion
Beat Motion
"Yankee Doodle"
"Yankee Doodle"
We'll decode the rhythm patterns that make up the melody/lyrics of the refrain. We'll also look at the form (AB) and learn to conduct a two beat pattern
Movement for Form and Expression
Movement for Form and Expression
"Rig-a-Jig Jig"
"Rig-a-Jig Jig"
A snowball dance that gets more people up and moving for each verse
Simple Song
Simple Song
"Doggie, Doggie, Where's Your Bone?"
"Doggie, Doggie, Where's Your Bone?"
Someone stole it from my home! Can we decode the rhythmic patterns in this song?
April
April
Movement for Form and Expression/Decoding
Movement for Form and Expression/Decoding
Who can resist keeping the beat to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Edward Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite? In this piece not only does the tempo steadily get faster and faster but the dynamics get louder and louder!
Beat Motion
Beat Motion
"Hop, Old Squirrel"
"Hop, Old Squirrel"
We'll use our Beat Buddies for this one and maybe - if we need to get some wiggles out - we'll move our bodies like the squirrel too! I bet we can come up with some new moves for the squirrel and we'll try those outdoors.
Simple Song/Decoding ~
Simple Song/Decoding ~
"I Have Lost My Closet Key" - we use this simple song to help find hidden objects in the music room. (Usually it's my rubber chicken!)
"I Have Lost My Closet Key" - we use this simple song to help find hidden objects in the music room. (Usually it's my rubber chicken!)
Reading Rhythms
Reading Rhythms
We'll use Offenbach's famous "Can-Can" to practice our 4 beat rhythm patterns using quarter notes, eighth note pairs, and quarter rests.
Moving to the Beat
Moving to the Beat
"Bo Diddley" - a longways set dance with a little shout out after each new move
"Bo Diddley" - a longways set dance with a little shout out after each new move
Song Tale
Song Tale
"Senor Don Gato" - this Mexican folk song about Mr. Cat is an old favorite of mine. While it does take a dark turn, fear not, cats do have 9 lives after all!
"Senor Don Gato" - this Mexican folk song about Mr. Cat is an old favorite of mine. While it does take a dark turn, fear not, cats do have 9 lives after all!
May
May
Moving to the Beat
Moving to the Beat
"The Sweets of May" - there are such cool moves in this longways set dance!
"The Sweets of May" - there are such cool moves in this longways set dance!
"Kings and Queens" - a dance which honors each child as royalty, done in the style of historic English country dance
"Kings and Queens" - a dance which honors each child as royalty, done in the style of historic English country dance
Decoding Rhythms
Decoding Rhythms
Rock Paper Scissors - this activity turns into a tool for our first experience at composing. We'll create and edit our own rhythmic patterns then add melody on pitched percussion instruments.
Rock Paper Scissors - this activity turns into a tool for our first experience at composing. We'll create and edit our own rhythmic patterns then add melody on pitched percussion instruments.
Rock Paper Scissors - 2:4.pdfMoving Expressively
Moving Expressively
"Little Sally Walker" - we'll look at two versions of this classic game
"Little Sally Walker" - we'll look at two versions of this classic game
Trying out Boomwhackers for the First Time!
Trying out Boomwhackers for the First Time!
"The Clap, Clap Song" - discover the musical form of this piece
"The Clap, Clap Song" - discover the musical form of this piece
June
June
Vocal Exploration
Vocal Exploration
A little bit of everything: Slide Whistle, Silly String, Owls and Whale Talk, and Spinner Toys!
Singing Tunefully
Singing Tunefully
"Fais Dodo"
"Fais Dodo"
This lullaby in 3/4 time is sung in French-speaking areas of Europe, Canada, and Haiti, as well as in the Cajun areas of Louisiana in the United States. A fais do-do is also a Cajun dance party.
Songtale -
Songtale -
Risseldy, Rosseldy
Risseldy, Rosseldy
Beat Motion
Beat Motion
"Limbo Rock!"
"Limbo Rock!"
You can check out the World Record Holder on the far right!
Extra Materials
Extra Materials
Simple Song -
Simple Song -
"1,2,3 Aleerie"
"1,2,3 Aleerie"
This is a childrens singing game with many, many variations. We'll be learning the simple melody and then playing around with adding accents in the form of bouncing tennis balls!
Senor don Gato
Senor don Gato
While this song does call for unison singing, it is more so a dramatic tale with many flourishes to bring it to life. We will be artful!
- Readiness -
Echo Me, Echo the Instrument, Poison!, Layering Ostinatos to Accompany Songs/Poems
Echo Me, Echo the Instrument, Poison!, Layering Ostinatos to Accompany Songs/Poems
I Have Lost My Closet Key
I Have Lost My Closet Key
Miss White Had a Fright!
Miss White Had a Fright!
- Conversational Solfege - Rote
Echos, Clap Your Syllable, Body Percussion, Formal Practice, Color Hoops/Squares
Echos, Clap Your Syllable, Body Percussion, Formal Practice, Color Hoops/Squares
- Conversational Solfege - Decode/Familiar
Jungle Messages, Now Feel This!, Clap for Your Syllable, Bounce the Ball
Jungle Messages, Now Feel This!, Clap for Your Syllable, Bounce the Ball
I Have Lost My Closet Key
I Have Lost My Closet Key
Miss White Had a Fright!
Miss White Had a Fright!
- Conversational Solfege - Decode/Unfamiliar
Similar activities as step 3 but with unfamiliar patterns
Similar activities as step 3 but with unfamiliar patterns
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle
Juba
Juba
- Conversational Solfege - Create
- Reading - Rote
- Reading - Decode/Familiar
I Have Lost My Closet Key
I Have Lost My Closet Key
Miss White Had a Fright!
Miss White Had a Fright!
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle
Juba
Juba
8. Reading - Decode/Unfamiliar
8. Reading - Decode/Unfamiliar
2,4,6,8
2,4,6,8
The Noble Duke of York
The Noble Duke of York
Listening - "The Tortoises" from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens
Listening - "The Tortoises" from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens
9. Writing - Rote
9. Writing - Rote
10. Writing - Decode/Familiar
10. Writing - Decode/Familiar
I Have Lost My Closet Key
I Have Lost My Closet Key
Miss White Had a Fright!
Miss White Had a Fright!
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle
Juba
Juba
11. Writing - Decode/Unfamiliar
11. Writing - Decode/Unfamiliar
12. Writing - Create
12. Writing - Create
The Noble Duke of York lyricsConversational Solfege Unit 2
Conversational Solfege Unit 2
- Readiness
- Conversational Solfege - Rote
- Conversational Solfege - Decode/Familiar
- Conversational Solfege - Decode/Unfamiliar
- Conversational Solfege - Create
- Reading - Rote
7.Reading - Decode/Familiar
7.Reading - Decode/Familiar
8. Reading - Decode/Unfamiliar
8. Reading - Decode/Unfamiliar
9. Writing - Rote
9. Writing - Rote
10. Writing - Decode/Familiar
10. Writing - Decode/Familiar
11. Writing - Decode/Unfamiliar
11. Writing - Decode/Unfamiliar
12. Writing - Create
12. Writing - Create
Word Bank! Getting smarter everyday...
Word Bank! Getting smarter everyday...
Glissando - sliding up and down (from high to low and low to high) and singing/playing/hearing all of the notes in between
Glissando - sliding up and down (from high to low and low to high) and singing/playing/hearing all of the notes in between
Echo - repeat something after you hear it
Echo - repeat something after you hear it
Choreography - art and skill of creating and performing movements to express music
Choreography - art and skill of creating and performing movements to express music
Dynamics - how quietly or loudly a piece of music should be performed (dynamic markings are instructions to musicians)
Dynamics - how quietly or loudly a piece of music should be performed (dynamic markings are instructions to musicians)
Timbre - (french word pronounced tam-ber)describes the tone or unique quality of a sound. If you play the same note on a piano and on a guitar, each note will have its own timbre.
Timbre - (french word pronounced tam-ber)describes the tone or unique quality of a sound. If you play the same note on a piano and on a guitar, each note will have its own timbre.
Waltz - a waltz is a piece of music with a rhythm of three beats in each bar, which people can dance to. A waltz isalso a dance in which two people move around the floor doing special steps in time to waltz music.
Waltz - a waltz is a piece of music with a rhythm of three beats in each bar, which people can dance to. A waltz isalso a dance in which two people move around the floor doing special steps in time to waltz music.
Tempo - the speed of the underlying beat. Like a heartbeat, it can also be thought of as the 'pulse' of the music.
Tempo - the speed of the underlying beat. Like a heartbeat, it can also be thought of as the 'pulse' of the music.
Rap - a type of music of African American origin in which rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment
Rap - a type of music of African American origin in which rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment
Kid - a baby goat!
Kid - a baby goat!
Classical Music - when a composer writes a piece of what's usually called classical music, they put down the exact notes that they want, the exact instruments or voices that they want to play or sing those notes -even the exact number of instruments or voices; and they also write down as many directions as they can think of, to tell the players or singers as carefully as they can everything they need to know about how fast or slow it should go, how loud or soft it should be, and millions of other things to help the performers to give an exact performance of those notes they thought up.
Classical Music - when a composer writes a piece of what's usually called classical music, they put down the exact notes that they want, the exact instruments or voices that they want to play or sing those notes -even the exact number of instruments or voices; and they also write down as many directions as they can think of, to tell the players or singers as carefully as they can everything they need to know about how fast or slow it should go, how loud or soft it should be, and millions of other things to help the performers to give an exact performance of those notes they thought up.
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