Music Listening:
The 3rd graders will be learning about the life of music composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. We will discuss how he was a very gifted child musician and travelled all over Europe. He studied with the famous Joseph Haydn, who was also a mentor to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Beethoven lost his hearing at a young age, but he overcame this adversity to become one of the greatest composers of all time. As we're listening to the beautiful music of Beethoven, students are applying their knowledge of form (for example, Moonlight Sonata is in ABA form). Students will complete listening glyphs to identify the dynamics and instruments that they hear as well as learn to follow listening maps to identify the form of the pieces.
Music Theory:
This
quarter, the 3rd graders will focus on understanding and performing music in
parts as well as identifying the form of songs; for example, students will
identify the A section (main theme), B section (secondary theme), and perhaps a
C section (tertiary theme); following that identification, the students will
either chant, move or sing in various groups simultaneously representing these
multiple parts.
The 3rd
graders are also continuing the master the identification of treble and bass
clef note names. We will introduce the concept of time signature this quarter:
time signatures organize music into equal numbers of beats in each measures.
The students enjoy being challenged with "music math": a game where
they must tell me the sum or difference of beats of notes that is presented on
the board.
Sight-Reading:
Students have learned that a pentatonic scale is a five-note scale (Do, Re, Mi, Sol, and La). Students use instruments to play pitches in a variety of pentatonic patterns to master concepts of Do-Re-Mi. Students also have worked on playing ostinato patterns (repeating melodic/rhythmic patterns) together as an ensemble while singing.
Concert Prep:
Our spring concert will be held on Wednesday, May 15 in the CPA gym. More details TBD.
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