February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014

Grade 7 Goals: Our goals for this week are to continue learning about the elements of music through listening and performance. We will review metre, tempo, dynamics and rhythms; we will add tone colours and pitches this week.

During our first class of the week, students will listen to examples of tone colours and pitches in pieces such as Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Pines of Rome - Appian Way, Canon, Spring, and popular musical examples as well. 

They will begin journal entry 2: Edvard Grieg wrote a piece of music called "In the Hall of the Mountain King". In this legend, the hero named Peer Gynt, escapes from ugly trolls who want him to marry the troll kings daughter. How does Grieg use musical elements (pitches, tone colours/timbres, rhythms, dynamics, tempo and metre) to create suspense as Peer Gynt escapes from the trolls?

Some students will be tested on "Big Raven". The success criteria include the ability to perform using:  correct posture and embouchure     
an appropriate-steady tempo    
accurate and in-tune pitches    
accurate rhythms    
a beautiful tone     
accurate dynamics
appropriate use of breath control
correct articulations  

During our second class of the week, students will review songs 72 and 74 and continue testing if needed. They will hear a recording of their new piece, "The Tempest" and begin measures 45 - 60.

Homework: Prepare for a performance test on Big Raven, complete journal 2, and begin learning Tempest at measure 45.

Grade 8 Goals: Our goal for this week are to continue to demonstrate an understanding of how the elements of music are used in incidental music create mood and convey information to the viewer.

For those students who have music this week: During our first class of the week, students will complete any remaining testing on "Home". Earth written assignments will be handed back and we will discuss them together in class.  In groups, students will listen to a variety of movie themes and determine which movie title they believe it matches. They will be asked to support their answers with information about the musical elements, the emotional effect on the viewer, and how it relates to the plot of the film. 

During our second class of the week, students will begin learning about 6/8 time and how music which is composed in this meter is performed.

Homework: begin to write counting under notes and learning a small section of "The Last Voyage of Queen Annes' Revenge"