Holistic Music Literacy: Audiation, Improvisation, Composition, Notation
Goal: To help liberate student's creative musical voice and build their understanding of music as a 2nd language.
Audiation (Understanding Music)
Matching pitch
Solfege & Scales
Duple & Triple rhythms
Major, Minor, & Tonic
Improvisation (Speaking Music)
Communicating your mood
Exploratory free play
Small group "Garage Bands" (check out their albums here)
Drum circles
Composition (Writing Music)
Notation (Reading Music)