"Let's Keep the Beat": Lesson 4
Lesson 4 Grade Level: First Unit Goal:Rhythm and melody
Lesson objective:The students will understand and perform rhythmic phrases containing half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sing on pitch a melody that goes up, down and stays the same.
Multiple Intelligence:Musical (The capacity to create perform and appreciate music)
Procedure:
4.1-Teacher sings random musical examples using solfedge
4.2-Students repeat
4.3-Teacher incorporates various note values such as quarter notes, half notes and eighth notes in singing examples
4.5-Teacher introduces and sings the song Okkitokiunga (Song contains quarter notes, eighth nots, half notes and an ascending and descending melody)
4.6-Students echo teacher singing song by phrases
4.7-Teacher asks what words in the song are quarter notes?
4.8-Teacher asks what words in the song are half note?
4.9-Teacher asks what words in the song are eighth notes?
4.10-Teacher sings song again and asks students to point their fingers up when the melody goes up and point down when it goes down and lay their hand flat when the melody stays the same
4.11-Teacher and students sing song together with piano accompaniment
Lesson 4:
This lesson employs the musical intelligence which can be described as a persons ability to understand many musical concepts such as rhythm, pitch, timbre and expression. This intelligence is used for two reasons first to assess the students abilities in the area of rhythm and pitch and secondly to utilize gifted students as co-teachers during future lessons. This lesson incorporates many of the objectives previously learned including note values, structure, and duration.