Watch and listen to some of Mrs. Fitzgerald's students greeting each other on their recorders by playing the rhythm of "Hello, (name)."
Click on the video below to practice the DARE song.
The Big Picture -Think about these questions:
Click on the video below to practice the DARE song.
Quarter Two Objectives:- read and notate do,re,mi,fa,sol,la,ti,do
- practice reading treble clef lines and spaces
- count, notate, and perform rhythms
- play the soprano recorder using BAGE pitches
- demonstrate accelerando and ritardando
- perform level and crossover bordun accompaniments
- identify ABA and rondo form
- aurally identify major and minor tonalities
- identify string instruments by sight and sound
- identify Classical composers and compositions
The Big Picture -Think about these questions:
- How do I read music?
- How is music organized?
- How are instruments used to create music?
- How have music and instruments changed over time?
- Music has a written language of its own.
- Music can be organized and performed in different ways.
- Families of instruments have different characteristics.
First Quarter Objectives:
- read, notate and perform rhythms
- perform an ostinato
- perform a round
- read, perform, and notate do-re-mi-sol-la patterns
- play B-A-G songs on the soprano recorder
- identify woodwind instruments by sight and sound
- explain/demonstrate "largo" and "allegro"
- identify a Baroque composer and composition
ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME
1. Identify the following woodwind instruments:
2. Here is an example of an evening Baroque concert.
How does it compare with a symphony concert today?
3. Watch and listen to this video of a performance
of "Badinerie" from J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No.2
in B Minor.
4. Following is a video of Vivaldi's "Spring" from The
Four Seasons played by 4 pianists.
How would you rate their performance?
