Seventh Grade - Students will learn and define – Tempo, Meter, Beat, Rhythm, Staccato, Legato, Register, Tonality, Dynamics, Melody, Range, and Harmony. We will discuss how these words are used to describe the music we hear. We will also review the families of instruments.
Students will use the “Spring “ Perception Chart to listen to and analyze the piece of music.
Students will use boomwackers to perform music written on a music staff. (Easy Selection)
Students will use the proper musical terms to analyze a piece of Latin Music.Students will perform a piece of music as a class using the boomwackers. This will be a more challenging piece that we played yesterday.
We will discuss how the elements of music create different styles of music - listening and analyzing.
FRIDAY - WRITTEN QUIZ ON THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC INTRODUCED ON MONDAY!
We will also be playing the silent rhythm game.
Eighth Grade
We will finish performing our calypso pieces.
Students will be exposed to music with different moods. We will discover how that effects both our writing and our mood.
Students will be introduced to the Guitar this week. They will first learn about the parts of the guitar. Then we will learn to strum 4 different chords.
Chorus Class
Chorus class will begin singing our feature piece for the December concert. We will also continue working on the county chorus piece for this year.
After School Chorus
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We will begin working on the first selections for the holiday concert.
