Week of March 23-27

Hi Sixth Graders!

Here's what you can explore this week. Have fun making music!

Go to the website musicplayonline.com

Student log in - Username - snow Password - 2020

Click on Grade 6

On the far right where it says Games, click on "Which Rhythm Do You Hear" and play the game. 6^th graders should be able to play levels 1-10 in the game. Here are some new directions for this week:

1. Listen to each rhythm

2. Figure out what the counting should be--like a rhythm reader (1, 2e+a, 3+, etc)

3. Clap and count along with the game

4. Click on what you hear.

Also on the musicplayonline website, you can click on 6^th Grade and play the games listed above. These are actually ways of practicing some skills and knowledge we have been working on in music class (lines and spaces and music vocabulary). Follow the directions below.

1. Click on the game you want to play

2. Read the instructions

3. Click START and play

4. Also, for each game, there is a menu above the game called “activity type.” The first time you play, leave it where it is. Then you can try the various “activity types.

Remember our sayings for treble clef lines and spaces (from bottom to top):

LINES—Every Good Boy Does Fine

SPACES—F,A,C,E spells the word “face”

Remember our sayings for bass clef lines and spaces (from bottom to top):

LINES—Great Big Dogs Fight Animals

SPACES—All Cows Eat Grass.

Our composer for the week is John Cage. Remember, we have been studying American composers from the twentieth century (1900’s).

20^th Century American composer, John Cage (1912-1922).

He was known for his experimental approach to creating music. His avant-garde music used traditional instruments in non-traditional ways

· Follow the links below to listen to some examples of John Cage’s music

· Questions to consider:

-->What elements of music did John Cage use in unusual ways (melody, harmony, rhythm, meter, dynamics)?

-->How did he use the piano differently?

-->Should we use the word “music” to describe his work? Can we define music simply as “organized sound?

Sonata V (from Sonatas and Interludes)

for prepared piano

Amores

for prepared piano and percussions

Seven

for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and violoncello

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