Musical Graphs and Equations Make your own music graphs and charts. While preschool and early elementary children can stick with simple tally charts, older children can gather data and turn them into bar graphs or pie charts. Follow these simple steps: Choose what information you’d like to track. Some ideas: Is the music in a […]
Music Mind Maps Write the name of the piece and the composer in the center of the worksheet. In the first branch out of circles (the purple circles) write down specific program elements that the music is trying to portray. To use Vivaldi’s Winter from The Four Seasons as an example, you might choose to
What is Program Music? Program Music is music that is intended to describe a scene or tell a story. Program music is often inspired by a piece of art, a poem, or a story that a composer has heard but can also be inspired by people and places a composer encounters in real life. Listen
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Music and Moods Listen to the music in the playlist below. As students listen, have them draw a smiley face or write down an emotion that they think the music portrays. This works great if each student has a small white board to use. Have them hold up their white boards to share their words
Music Listening Worksheet Have students complete this worksheet as they listen to a piece of music. It will help them engage in both how the music makes them feel as well as with what is happening in the music, building the bridge between musical devices and the moods they can create.
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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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