Major and Minor Music Use the playlist below as the base for this simple major/minor listening activity. As you listen to the music, have students indicate whether the music is in a major or minor key. They can do this by: Giving a thumbs up (major) or down (minor) Drawing a smiley or sad face […]
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Animal Tempos Vocabulary Let’s focus on just four main tempo dynamic markings: andante, moderato, allegro, and presto. Here is a helpful way to imagine four different tempos as animal speeds. Activity Step One: Try acting each animal move while you listen to these four pieces in this playlist: Feel how each animal has a different
Mystery Choice Tempo Activity Have fun playing with tempos as students learn to feel them with their bodies. Write down different tempo names on slips of paper and put them in a pile or in some sort of container. Create another set of papers that have different body movements on them.Take turns choosing a tempo
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What is Ragtime? Ragtime music is a forerunner of jazz music and was popular around 1900. It grew from African American musical traditions, combining the jig and march styles commonly performed by African American bands. Ragtime became immensely popular as a musical style and a dance. It is called ragtime because of its syncopated, or
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Brass Family Coloring and Listening Print out the following brass family coloring pages and encourage students to engage in quiet listening time while you listen to the individual brass instrument playlist or the full brass family spotify playlist below. Coloring Pages Print out the following brass family coloring pages to the left and encourage students
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