January 13, 2014

January 13, 2014

Grade 7: This week's goal is to continue to develop an ability to perform in parts. This will require that we develop an internal feeling of beat and count carefully as we perform individual parts.

During our first class of the week, we will review the scale warm-up on page 40 and revise our fingering chart to match the pitches of this major scale. We will review song 33 and try to perform both the A and B parts with slurs in class. We will review song 34 and perform it as a round or canon.

During the second class of the week, we will review our scale and songs 33 and 34. Some students will be spot-tested on these assigned pieces. We will learn new note concert B (low) which we will add to a new scale chart (for the concert B flat minor scale). We will learn song 39 Russian Folk Song Duet, and try song 56 if time permits.

Homework: practise both parts of song 33, 34, 39 and 56.

Grade 8: Our goals for this week are to learn measures 1-27 of Wonderful World and to begin developing an understanding of how the elements of music communicate with the listener to create mood.

During our first class, we will review measures 1-19 of Wonderful World and then begin measures 19-27 where the low instruments have the melody. If possible, we will read through the entire piece. Students should learn all notes for next week. Classes 8A and 8B will also continue their work on composing with hyperscore.

During the second class of the week, we will review the elements of music which created mood for our war and peace compositions and consider how composers might use these elements in film. We will watch a film clip without music, discuss what message the composer might want to communicate, and  predict how the elements were used. We will then watch the movie clip again and discuss the music selected, the elements, and the message communicated by the film.

Homework: practise all of "Wonderful World"

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