Mar 3 / Music: Elementray Music - Beat & Rhythm

 

Hook or Icebreaker

 

 Education in Korea

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Question 1

What factors make education in the UK different from education in South Korea? Explain why South Korea score the highest in academic results in the world.

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 Unit: Music

Theme: Elementary Music / Beat & Rhythm

 

 Introduction

Music is the art of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition through the elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. It is one of the cultural universal aspects of all human societies. Today, we will focus on beat and rhythm.

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Learning Objectives

 Understand the dynamics of a music class

Explain the process of learning concepts such as beat and rhythm

Gain an understanding of the usefulness of creating harmonies

Experience the concept of the drumming a circle

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Main Lesson

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Concepts

1. Harmony

the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

2. Rhythm

a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

3. Beat

In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse, of the mensurable level. The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a piece of music, or the numbers a musician counts while performing, though in practice this may be technically incorrect.

4. Percussion

Percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater; struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.

5. Wind Instruments are typically grouped into two families: Brass instruments (horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas) Woodwind instruments (recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons)

6. Musical Ensemble

Also known as a music group or musical group, an ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instruments, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra.

 

Question 2

 

Create a sentence in which you combine the above concepts into one cohesive statement.

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A Note to Remember

 

"Rhythm is every thing."

 

Question 3

Why is rhythm important for this culture?

 

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Case Study

Question 4

Describe which aspects of the class shown in this video contribute to effective learning.

 

 

 

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Activity 1

Gather with  your group and use ready-mades and found objects in the room to create an example of a beat and a rhythm. Then, create harmonies.

 

 Question 5

After experiencing the creation of harmonic percussive sounds with the group, explain in which way this exercise could aid children in learning music.

Activity 2

Create a lesson plan with your group, using the MDCPS Competency Based Curriculum. See the link below: 

 

https://www2.dadeschools.net/students/cbc/index.asp

 

Steps to create your group lesson plan:

• Title of the lesson
• Grade level
• Introduction: Use your previous statement about music concepts developed above
• Click on the link above and choose: Volume (Music), Grade (your choice), Component (one that matches with teaching beat and rhythm),  Learning Objective (One within the component you chose), and Competency (one that corresponds to your component and objective)
• Learning Activity: Describe what we did in class when creating beat, rhythm and harmonies, as if your are writing a "how to do list."
•  Assessment: In which way would you measure if the students learned the concepts?

Post your lesson plan on Discussion Board!

 

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Journaling

Write a reflection about your experience!

POST YOUR WORK ON DISCUSSION BOARD

 

 

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Glossary  

 

Harmony: the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect.

Rhythm: a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Beat: In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse, of the mensurable level. The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a piece of music, or the numbers a musician counts while performing, though in practice this may be technically incorrect.

Percussion: Percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater; struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.

Wind Instruments: these are typically grouped into two families: Brass instruments (horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas) Woodwind instruments (recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons)

Musical Ensemble: Also known as a music group or musical group, an ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instruments, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra.

 

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Sources

 

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 Students' Work