Tempo

Adventures in Treble Clef

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Carmen Cobler

Through reading the story Freddy the Frog and the Thump in the Night by Sharon Burch, students will discover how to read music notes in the treble clef and then will learn to perform simple songs on xylophones.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Math

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TAGS
Dynamics, Rhythm, Song, Tempo

Exploring the Night Sky with Van Gogh and Mozart

Posted Aug 17, 2009 by Kathy Davis

Throughout history, the night sky has been the object of much speculation, investigation and imagination by scientists and mathematicians, as well as the subject for creations and compositions by musicians and visual artists. Mozart’s (12) “Variations on ‘Ah Vous Dirai-je Maman” and “The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh will stimulate students’ interest in the art of the evening sky.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts, Science

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TAGS
Art, Dynamics, Reading, Tempo

Music, Emotion, Mood and Line

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Denise Stover

Students will understand that music communicates many thing. Students will understand that music can be represented and expressed on paper through the use of line and color.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts

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0

TAGS
Art, Beethoven, Copland, Dynamics, Stravinsky, Tempo

Earthquake Symphonies

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Rick Carreiro

Can earthquakes write music? Using seismograms and music score sheets, students record the earth’s movements to create Earthquake Symphonies. Students listen to and analysis the music of Beethoven’s Eroica and how it relates to the movement of the earth.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science

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0

TAGS
Acoustics, Beethoven, Dynamics, Geography, Physics, Rhythm, Tempo, Vocabulary

Guess What's on My Mind?

Posted Aug 15, 2009 by Sheng-Yin Lin

Students can use music to read each other’s minds! As students learn to differentiate tempo and dynamics to interpret the mood of the music, they will express it through physical movement that allows their classmates to guess what is on their mind.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts

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0

TAGS
Animals, Dynamics, Melody, Tempo

This is Tempo!

Posted Aug 15, 2009 by Sherrie Matic

This is Tempo gives students the skills and knowledge to listen to music in a new way. With their new special vocabulary to define the speed of music, they can actually analyze and create music using their new skills.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Technology

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0

TAGS
Animals, Instruments, Sfskids.com, Tempo

Movement of the Animals

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Sue Swenson

Students will understand that music can interpret movement as they focus on how the movement of animals may be best represented by music. Through their knowledge of tempo and dynamics, the instruments of the orchestra, and knowledge of the physical attributes of animals in the wild, students will create a short musical composition to interpret what they have learned about the movement of animals.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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TAGS
Animals, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Tempo

Looking at Music Through the Six Traits Lens

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Rebecca Cardon

This lesson provides students an opportunity to use classical music to deepen their understanding of the Six Traits of Writing. Through listening and responding to music, the students make associations and draw conclusions that contribute to their ability to produce strong writing.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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0

TAGS
Dynamics, Reading, Rhythm, Story, Tempo

Which Instrument Are You?

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Bonnie Redfern

To accomplish goals, members of families must cooperate, just as members of the orchestra must cooperate to create beautiful music. Similarly, students in a classroom have similar constructs; everyone must do their best for themselves as well as for the good of the whole. This lesson helps students understand that an orchestra, a family and a classroom must work together to accomplish great things.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music

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0

TAGS
Brass, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Reading, Sfskids.com, String , Tempo, Vocabulary, Woodwind