LESSON 1
Part 1. Prompt – listening to a recording of Pachelbel’s Canon in D
“As you listen to the piece, follow the melody. It will start off with half notes, then quarter, eighth and so on.”
PLAY CANON IN D
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1olEN6o6kDA&feature=related
“Over the next few class days, we will learn about writing a melody. You will use the Finale 2011 software to complete your final assignment. You will view some YouTube videos to help give you ideas on writing your melody. The point of this is to create ‘your melody’ so don’t worry about winning a Grammy award at this stage.”
Part 2. Music Vocabulary Lesson
The School Library may be used to complete this assignment.
Using a web browser, in your own words, define the following terms as it relates to music:
Melody
Chord
Inversion
Arpeggio
Cadence
Chord Tones
Passing Tones
Harmony
Transposition
Chord Progression
Student must use at least two online dictionaries as sources.
“The purpose of the vocabulary assignment is to prepare the students for music terminology they may not be familiar with that will be used in the following video.”
Assignment 1:
Submit via e-mail a word document with the terms above defined in your own words.
Part 3. BASICS OF COMPOSITION
VIDEO: “The Basics of Composition Part 1”
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463MR8opdbY
Part 4. Explanation of the unit objective, upcoming lessons
“As you listen to the piece, follow the melody. It will start off with half notes, then quarter, eighth and so on.”
PLAY CANON IN D
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1olEN6o6kDA&feature=related
“Over the next few class days, we will learn about writing a melody. You will use the Finale 2011 software to complete your final assignment. You will view some YouTube videos to help give you ideas on writing your melody. The point of this is to create ‘your melody’ so don’t worry about winning a Grammy award at this stage.”
Part 2. Music Vocabulary Lesson
The School Library may be used to complete this assignment.
Using a web browser, in your own words, define the following terms as it relates to music:
Melody
Chord
Inversion
Arpeggio
Cadence
Chord Tones
Passing Tones
Harmony
Transposition
Chord Progression
Student must use at least two online dictionaries as sources.
“The purpose of the vocabulary assignment is to prepare the students for music terminology they may not be familiar with that will be used in the following video.”
Assignment 1:
Submit via e-mail a word document with the terms above defined in your own words.
Part 3. BASICS OF COMPOSITION
VIDEO: “The Basics of Composition Part 1”
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463MR8opdbY
Part 4. Explanation of the unit objective, upcoming lessons