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Table of Contents

Lesson one: AppreCiATion of CuLTure Through musiC ................................................................... 1

Beautiful Rainbow World Lyric Sheet ................................................................................................................. 3 Beautiful Rainbow World Score ......................................................................................................................... 4

Lesson Two: The hornpipe ........................................................................................................................... 7

Lesson Three: musiC, emoTions, And speCiAL oCCAsions ............................................................. 10

Alla Hornpipe Activity Sheet ............................................................................................................................ 13 Teacher Background Note: Alla Hornpipe ....................................................................................................... 12

Lesson four: Tone CoLour And The inTended messAge ............................................................... 14 Family of Instruments Card .............................................................................................................................. 16 Brass Family Card ............................................................................................................................................ 17 Woodwind Family Card .................................................................................................................................... 18 String Family Card ............................................................................................................................................ 19

Lesson five: QuArTer noTe And A 2/4 musiCAL meAsure ............................................................... 20

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Lyric Sheet ........................................................................................................... 24 Bar Line Card ................................................................................................................................................... 25 2/4 Time Signature Card .................................................................................................................................. 26 2/4 Quarter Note Measure Card ...................................................................................................................... 27 Rhythm Card 1 Quarter Note Clapping in 2/4 Time ........................................................................................ 28 Beat Card 1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Rhythm Card 2 Counting with Oral Prompts ................................................................................................... 30 Lesson six: QuArTer noTe And resT in 2/4 Time ................................................................................. 31 Quarter Note Card ............................................................................................................................................ 34 Quarter Rest Card ........................................................................................................................................... 35 Quarter Rest Measure Card ............................................................................................................................. 36 Rhythm Card 3: Notes and Rests in 2/4 Time .................................................................................................. 37 Rhythm Card 4: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star .................................................................................................... 38 Rhythm Card 5: Notes and Rests 2/4 Time with Oral Prompts ....................................................................... 39

Lesson seven: CreATing And performing rhyThm pATTerns in 2/4 Time ................................ 40 Quarter Note/Quarter Rest Sheet .................................................................................................................... 43 Writing Rhythm in 2/4 Time Worksheet ........................................................................................................... 44

Lesson eighT: QuArTer noTe And 4/4 Time ............................................................................................ 45

This Old Man Lyric Sheet .................................................................................................................................. 48 4/4 Time Signature Card ................................................................................................................................... 49 4/4 Quarter Note Measure Card ....................................................................................................................... 50 This Old Man Example Card ............................................................................................................................. 51 Beat Card 2: Quarter Note Tapping in 4/4 Time ............................................................................................... 52 Rhythm Card 6 .................................................................................................................................................. 53

Lesson nine: QuArTer noTes And resTs in 4/4 Time .......................................................................... 54 Rhythm Card 7: Notes and Rests in 4/4 Time ................................................................................................. 57 Rhythm Card 8: Notes and Rests in 4/4 Time Using Oral Prompts ................................................................ 58

Lesson Ten: eighTh noTes, 4/4 Time And simpLe osTinATi ................................................................ 59

I’m a Little Teapot Lyric Sheet .......................................................................................................................... 63

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Pie Example Card ............................................................................................................................................. 64 Eighth Note Card 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 65 Eighth Note Card 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 66 Eighth Note Measure Card in 4/4 .................................................................................................................... 67 I’m a Little Teapot Rhythm Card ........................................................................................................................ 68 Rhythm Card 9 Counting Eighth notes in 4/4 Time ......................................................................................... 69 Eighth Note Oral Prompts Card ....................................................................................................................... 70 Rhythm Card 10: Clapping Eighth Notes with Oral Prompts ........................................................................... 71 Rhythm Card 11 ............................................................................................................................................... 72 Rhythm Card 12 ............................................................................................................................................... 73

LESSON ELEVEN: CREATING AND PERFORMING RHyTHM PATTERNS ...................................................... 74 Writing Rhythm in 4/4 Time Worksheet 1 ........................................................................................................ 77 Writing Rhythm in 4/4 Time Worksheet 2 ........................................................................................................ 78 Quarter Note Sheet .......................................................................................................................................... 79 Quarter Rest Sheet .......................................................................................................................................... 80 Eighth Note Sheet ............................................................................................................................................ 81

LESSON TWELVE: PERFORMING COMPLEx RHyTHM PATTERNS ............................................................... 82

Pattern 1 ( Ta - ta - ta - ta ) ...................................................................................................................... 84 Pattern 2 ( Ti-ti – ti-ti – ti-ti – ti-ti ) .................................................................................................................... 85 Pattern 3 ( Rest -ta- rest - ta ) ..................................................................................................................... 86 Pattern 4 ( Rest- ti-ti - rest –ti-ti ) .................................................................................................................... 87

LESSON THIRTEEN: PERFORMING COMPLEx RHyTHM PATTERNS 2 ........................................................ 88

LESSON FOURTEEN: CORRECT BREATHING TECHNIQUE ........................................................................... 90

Instruction sheet 1 (showing “marionette” stages) .......................................................................................... 92 Teacher Note: Singing Warm up Sheet ........................................................................................................... 93

LESSON FIFTEEN: RECOGNIzING AND PRODUCING VOCAL PITCHES USING SOLFèGE ......................... 94

Teacher Reference 1 Solfège and Hand Signs ............................................................................................... 96 Teacher Reference 2 Curwen/Glover Hand Signs .......................................................................................... 97 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyric Sheet ................................................................................................................. 98 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Pitch Map ................................................................................................................... 99 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Hand Signs .............................................................................................................. 100 Student Hand Signs I ..................................................................................................................................... 101 Large Do-Re-Mi-Fa Cards) ............................................................................................................................ 102 Small Do-Re-Mi-Fa Cards ............................................................................................................................. 106

LESSON SIxTEEN: RECOGNIzING AND PRODUCING VOCAL PITCHES USING SOLFèGE 2 .....................110

Yankee Doodle Lyric Sheet .............................................................................................................................112 Yankee Doodle Pitch Map ...............................................................................................................................113 So-La-Ti-Do' Student Hand Sign Sheet 2 .......................................................................................................114 Large So-La-Ti-Do' Cards ...............................................................................................................................115 Small So-La-Ti-Do' Cards ...............................................................................................................................116

LESSON SEVENTEEN: RECOGNIzING AND PRODUCING VOCAL PITCHES USING SOLFèGE 3 .............. 121

Frère Jacques Lyrics Call and Response ...................................................................................................... 124 Teacher Note: Frère Jacques Call and Response/Echo Card ...................................................................... 125 Frère Jacques Pitch Map 1 ............................................................................................................................ 126 Frère Jacques Pitch Map 2 ............................................................................................................................ 127

Do-Re-Me-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do' Sheet ................................................................................................................. 128

Lesson eighTeen: CreATing monophoniC meLodies using repeTiTion .................................. 129

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do Cards .................................................................................................................. 131 Writing Melody in 4/4 Time Worksheet .......................................................................................................... 132

Lesson nineTeen: LisTening And responding ................................................................................. 133

Family of Instruments Card (from lesson one) Percussion Family Card ................................................................................................................................. 135 Percussion Instrument Card .......................................................................................................................... 136 Timpani or Kettle Drum Card ......................................................................................................................... 137 Fanfare for the Common Man Activity Sheet ................................................................................................. 138 Fanfare for the Common Man Teacher Note ................................................................................................. 139

Lesson TwenTy: CreATing non-piTChed perCussion insTrumenTs ......................................... 140

Percussion Instrument Activity Sheet ............................................................................................................ 142

endnoTes ....................................................................................................................................................... 144

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Cd Track List

Track 1 Beautiful Rainbow World by DariaTrack 2 The Sailor’s HornpipeTrack 3 Handel: Water Music: Suites Nos. 2 and 3, HWV 349-350 - Suite No. 2 in

D major: II. Alla HornpipeTrack 4 Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common ManTrack 5 Greig: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morgenstemning (Morning Mood)Track 6 Verdi: La traviata, Act I: Libiamo ne'lieti calici, "Brindisi"Track 7 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarTrack 8 Tapping to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarTrack 9 Counting Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, in 2/4 TimeTrack 10 Clapping in 2/4 Time with Oral PromptsTrack 11 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with metronomeTrack 12 Rhythm Card 3 exampleTrack 13 Rhythm Card 4 exampleTrack 14 Rhythm Card 5 exampleTrack 15 This Old ManTrack 16 Counting and Tapping in 4/4 TimeTrack 17 Clapping in 4/4 Time with Oral PromptsTrack 18 Notes and Rests in 4/4 TimeTrack 19 Notes and Rests 4/4 Time Oral PromptsTrack 20 This Old Man FastTrack 21 I’m A Little TeapotTrack 22 Counting Eighth notes in 4/4Track 23 Clapping Eighth notes in 4/4Track 24 Ta-ta-ti-ti-taTrack 25 Ta-ti-ti-ta-ti-tiTrack 26 I’m a Little Teapot FastTrack 27 I’m a Little Teapot Hip Hop (optional)Track 28 Pattern ExamplesTrack 29 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep VocalTrack 30 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Pitch Map excerptTrack 31 Do-Re-Mi-FaTrack 32 Yankee Doodle VocalTrack 33 Yankee Doodle excerptTrack 34 So-La-Ti-DoTrack 35 Frère JacquesTrack 36 Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do'Track 37 Frère Jacques Call and Response

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Lesson five

TopiC: Using oral prompts to understand the concept of a quarter note and its relationship to a 2/4 musical measure.

CurriCuLum expeCTATions:

Students will ● C1.1 Sing songs in unison and play simple accompaniments for music from a wide

variety of diverse cultures, styles and historical periods● C1.2 Apply the elements of music when singing, playing, and moving● C1.5 Demonstrate understanding that sounds can be represented by symbols

oBJeCTive: By the end of the lesson, students will demonstrate the use of a quarter note by clapping, counting and applying oral prompts to a rhythm pattern written in 2/4 time.

mATeriALs: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Lyric Sheet Track 7 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Track 8 Tapping to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Bar Line Card 2/4 Time Signature Card 2/4 Quarter Note Measure Card Rhythm Card 1 Quarter Note Clapping in 2/4 Time Beat Card 1 Track 9 Counting Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, in 2/4 Time Rhythm Card 2 Counting with Oral Prompts Track 10 Clapping in 2/4 Time with Oral Prompts Track 11 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with Metronome

Lesson rATionALe:

It is important to understand that music is a language and that as a language it has syn-tax. One way to think of this syntax is to view musical notes as letters. Just as letters are put together to create words, notes are put together to create musical measures. Just as some words have more letters than others, so too, do some measures have more notes than others. The focus of this lesson is on performing musical rhythms in 2/4 time. Note that there are two parts to this lesson; therefore, it may take more than one period to achieve the objective.

suggesTed Lesson seQuenCe:

1. Tell the students that they will be listening to and singing along with a popular song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

2. Play Track 7 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and have the students sing along with it.

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3. Explain to the students that they will be focusing on two aspects of the song: the beat and the rhythm.

4. Explain that the beat of the song is the steady pulse that goes throughout the song. Some-times this pulse is heard and sometimes it is not, but it is always present. We can keep the beat of a song by tapping our foot in a steady fashion along with the song. The beat is one of the most important parts of the song because it is the foundation for the rhythm.

5. We can represent a beat musically using a quarter note. Each quarter note has the value of one beat. Below is an example of two quarter notes.

6. The rhythm is played around the beat. Sometimes it is on the beat and sometimes it is in between beats. Sometimes, there is silence, which is also part of the rhythm. When we clap along with what we are singing we are clapping the rhythm of the song. For additional instruction on beat and rhythm, review the concepts of beat and rhythm from Teachers’ Choice/ Step-by-Step core manuals.

7. Play Track 8 and have the students tap their feet along with the beat. The students’ tapping pattern should be consistent. There should not be any pause or break in the pattern. See below:

Twin – kle, Twin – kle, Lit – tle, Star Tap tap Tap tap Tap tap Tap tap

8. In the pattern above, notice that we continue to tap even when there is no lyric. In this case the beat goes on, but the rhythm rests. We can represent the beat with a quarter note each time we tap our foot.

Twin – kle, Twin – kle, Lit – tle, Star Tap tap Tap tap Tap tap Tap tap

9. Show Bar Line Card and tell the students that when songs are written using notes, the notes are grouped into measures. Each measure begins and ends with a bar line.

10. Tell the students that at the beginning of a song, there is a time signature, which tells the musician how many beats are in each measure.

q q

q q q q q q q q

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11. Explain to the students that the time signature has two numbers, one on top and one on the bottom. The top number tells us how many beats are in each measure in the song. A time signature of 2/4 has two beats in each measure. Show the students the 2/4 Time Signature Card and point out the top number. Tell them that this is the num-ber that indicates the number of beats in the measure.

12. Explain to the students that they can tell when a new measure is beginning because the first beat in the measure is accented, which means that it sounds louder than the rest of the notes in the measure. The last note in the measure is always a soft beat. Therefore, in 2/4 time, each measure contains one loud and one soft beat. A new measure begins whenever they hear the louder beat. In the case of 2/4 time the repetition is every second beat.

13. Show students the 2/4 Quarter -Note Measure Card, and explain to them that a quarter note has the value of one beat. (This is conveyed by the bottom number of the time signature; a four on the bottom of the time signature tells us that the quarter note is worth one beat). Therefore, in 2/4 time, there must be two quarter notes in each measure. Remind the students that the first quarter note is the loudest note in the measure and that the second quarter note is the quietest in the measure.

14. Play Track 9 Counting Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, in 2/4 Time. Have half the students in the class sing the song while clapping the Rhythm (See Rhythm Card 1) and the other half of the class tap and count along with the beat (See Beat Card 1). (Switch and repeat.) Be sure that the students who are tapping, are accenting the first beat in the measure when they say one, and that they are tapping softer on beat two.

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using The orAL prompTs To undersTAnd rhyThm

15. Sometimes children find it easier to recognize the value of different notes through oral prompts. The word that is associated with the quarter note is Ta. Show Rhythm Card 2 Counting with Oral Prompts, and play Track 10 Clapping in 2/4 Time with Oral Prompts and have them listen to the oral prompts count.

1 2

q q 24 Strong

BeatWeakBeat

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16. Replay Track 10 Clapping in 2/4 Time with Oral Prompts and have the students clap and mimic the track. Be sure that they are accenting the first beat in the measure when they say Ta , and that they are clapping softer on beat two ta.

17. Have half of the students in the class sing the song while tapping the beat (with their foot on the floor) and the other half of the class clap the rhythm along with the oral prompts. (The beat remains steady without any pause; however, the rhythm follows the lyrics.) If you would like the guidance of a metronome, complete this step using Track 11.

18. Replay Track 7 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and have the students repeat step 14, using other types of body percussion (e.g., snap their fingers, pat their thighs).

AssessmenT sTrATegies:

The important thing is that students identify two beats per measure and that the body percussion pattern consists of an accent on beat one (Ta) and a weak beat on beat 2 (ta). There should be a discernable pattern with a clear repetition every two beats.

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star10 Lyric Sheet

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are.Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!

When the blazing sun is gone,When there’s nothing he shines upon,Then you show your little light,Twinkle, twinkle, through the night.Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!

In the dark blue sky so deepThrough my curtains often peepFor you never close your eyes’Til the morning sun does riseTwinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you are

Twinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you are

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Bar Line Card

Bar LinesA

measure divides the

song into smaller parts.

Each measure begins and

ends with a bar line.

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24The top num

ber tells us how many beats are

in the measure or bar. W

hen the number is 2,

there are two beats in each measure/bar.

2/4 Time Signature Card

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2/4 Quarter N

ote Measure Card

q q24

Time Signature

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Twin – kle,

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Rhythm Card 1

Twin - kle, Twin - kle

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24 q q1 2 Beat Card 1q q1

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TapTap

TapTap

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Rhythm Card 2

Ta taTa ta

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