First, I need to grab my...
1. White classroom binder,
2. Pencil,
3. Phone (which I will not use until I'm asked to!!!), and
4. A sticky note pad.
Then, I need to...
1. Complete my sticky note, check it with Mr. LaMonica, and stick it on the wall,
2. Pick a seat on a carpet square or chair, and
3. Be ready to make some music!
Our Goals For Today:
1. Learn about Series Composition and Tone Rows,
2. Listen to pieces by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern.
3. Listen to Me and the Sky from the musical Come From Away.
4. Learn about Captain Beverly Bass, the first woman captain, and a pilot for American Airlines.
5. Play boomwhackers.
Our New Vocabulary:
Series Composition: Using the numbers 0 to 11 to create and change a set of notes.
Tone Row: The order of notes a piece is based on.
Prime Form: The original notes of the row, unchanged.
Retrograde: The row in reverse order.
Transposition: The numbers are all shifted up or down by the same amount.
Listening Examples:
Kinderstück
by Anton Webern
for piano
Winfried Strauss, piano
Klavierstück
by Arnold Schoenberg
for Piano
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Lyric Suite
by Alban Berg
for String Quartet (two violins, one viola, one cello)
Secession Quartet
Me and the Sky
from Come From Away
Jenn Colella
Example Questions:
#1: C =
#2: 0 =
#3: C# / C-Sharp =
#4: 1 =
Example Correct Answers:
#1: 0
#2: C
#3: 1
#4: C#, C Sharp, C-Sharp, Db, D Flat, or D-Flat
First, I need to grab my...
1. White classroom binder,
2. Pencil, and
3. A sticky note pad.
Then, I need to...
1. Complete my sticky note, check it with Mr. LaMonica, and stick it on the wall,
2. Pick a seat on a carpet square or chair, and
3. Be ready to make some music!
Our Goals For Today:
1. Learn about composer Florence Beatrice Price,
2. Listen to Florence Price's Three Roses for Piano.
3. Play boomwhackers for Florence Price's Bright Eyes and Cabin Song, and
Listening Examples:
Three Roses
by Florence Beatrice Price
for Piano
Lara Downes, piano
Today, we will:
1. Learn about the sticky notes and complete one as a class.
2. Practice drawing our Five-Line Staff and G Clef.
3. Talk about chorus.
4. Figure out the instruments we're going to learn this year.
5. Say our musical alphabet in reverse order, slowly.
6. Play two songs on boomwhackers, both by Florence Beatrice Price: Bright Eyes and Cabin Song.
7. Watch a short video about who Florence Price is, and listen to her piano piece called The Goblin and The Mosquito.
Today's Listening:
We'll be listening to two different recordings of a piece called The Goblin and The Mosquito by Florence Beatrice Price.
The Goblin and the Mosquito
by Florence Beatrice Price
for Piano
Chuqiao Guo, piano
The Goblin and the Mosquito
by Florence Beatrice Price
for Piano
Arun Garg, piano
Today, we will:
1. Practice drawing our Five-Line Staff and our G Clef.
2. Play two songs on boomwhackers, both by Florence Beatrice Price: Bright Eyes and Cabin Song.
3. Watch a short video about who Florence Price is, and listen to her piano piece called The Goblin and The Mosquito.
4. Figure out what instruments we want to play this year!!!
Podcast:
Florence Price - Composer of the Month
by Ms. Watson
Listening Examples:
The Goblin and the Mosquito
by Florence Beatrice Price
for Piano
Chuqiao Guo, piano
Today, we will:
1. Introduce ourselves with a singing game and meet Mr. Fishy, who is back from vacation!
2. Introduce our new friends to the DANCE PARTY!!!
3. Look at a picture of Florence Price, a composer who writes music, and then listen to one of her songs called The Goblin and The Mosquito!
4. Learn our mini-Alphabet Song, where we don't say the letter H! No H's in music!
5. Meet Mr. Rob for some Sweet Beets.
6. Learn a song about Bluebirds.
7. Play with egg shakers after we practice saying "please!"