Teach #4 Lesson Plan
“Al Shlosha
D’Varim”
Procedures:
(1)
“TAKE
10 SECONDS. IDENTIFY THE TIME SIGNATURE AND THE KEYALITY. WHEN YOU KNOW, PUT
YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD.”
(2)
Meter
a.
Establish
macrobeat in heels, microbeat in hand, cross body. Echo melodic rhythm patterns.
b.
“PLACE
YOUR FINGER ON MEASURE FIVE. SECOND SYSTEM, FIRST MEASURE. CHANT YOUR LINE,
HERE WE GO.” Students chant rhythm of Theme A.
(3)
Tonality
a.
Tonicize
@ Piano: Ab Major Tonality (I-V-I) S-L-S-F-M-R-T-D
b.
Echo
melodic tonal patterns.
c.
“PLACE
YOUR FINGER ON MEASURE FIVE. SAME PLACE AS BEFORE. SING YOUR LINE ON SOLFEGE,
GO.” Students sing the melodic material
of Theme A on solfege.
(4)
Expressivity
a.
“I
AM GOING TO PLAY THIS MELODY FOR YOU. AS I PLAY, I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME ON YOUR
FINGERS HOW MANY PHRASES YOU HEAR.” Students
should show me 2 fingers.
b.
“LET’S
SING THE FIRST PHRASE TOGETHER. AS WE SING, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER
THIS PHRASE IS A RISING PHRASE THAT BUILDS TENSION, OR A FALLING PHRASE THAT
RELEASES TENSION.”
c.
“LET’S
SING THE SECOND PHRASE TOGETHER. AT THE END, TELL ME IF IT IS A RISING PHRASE,
OR A FALLING PHRASE.”
d.
“I
AM GOING TO PLAY THROUGH THE MELODY, AS IDO, I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME THE RISING
PHRASE AND THE FALLING PHRASE IN YOUR BODY.”
e.
“AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE MUSICAL SELECTION, WE SING THROUGH THE MELODY TWICE. I
WILL PLAY THE BASS LINE, WHILE YOU SING THE MELODY. I WANT YOU LISTEN TO THE
BASS LINE AND TELL ME HOW THE BASS LINE IS TELLING US TO CHANGE OUR
INTERPERTATION OF THE MELODY ON THE REPEAT.”
f.
“I
AM GOING TO PLAY THE ACCOMPANIMENT. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SING THE MELODIC
MATERIAL AND SHOW ME IN YOUR BODY HOW THE INTENSITY CHANGES ON THE REPEAT.”
