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Examples of Original Fifth Grade Gamelan Compositions for Pitched and Non Pitched Instruments
Composition grid for this instrument set: Gong, Tubano Drum, Xylophone, Metallophone, Tambourine and Castanet/Rhythm Sticks
This year we continue to expand our experiences! After reinforcing our skills, we "travel abroad to Indonesia" to study Gamelan as an art form of that culture including storytelling, puppetry, and how the instruments are constructed. While there we experience again the importance of community in completing projects. Some 5th Grade work might include:
SINGING: In Class Round, in ASM 5 part ensemble; Welcome song in expanded ranges with low "Chest" voice and high "Falsetto"voice; Assessments in "CUPS" with small groups and individuals playing and singing independently with healthy voices, CONSTANT flow of tone. PLAYING Steady beat and rhythm patterns found in CUPS accompaniment; Ensembles will develop from 2 part to as many as 7 parts including singing part; Rhythm patterns from CUPS include more complicated patterns to play on various instruments while accompanying song; These include melodic pattern on Xylopphone. MOVING Movement found in complicated upper body rhythm for CUPS including the meter and rhythm; Respond to musical cue of direction during ROUND; MUSIC READING: Notation in song; notation exercises; on treble staff with multiple lines or staves running concurrently in different instruments; LISTENING Playing in time with recording; Identifying rhythm form in sections A and B phrases of CUPS Accompaniment; Identifying VERSE and CHORUS in song; Identifying melody in accompaniment; Culture in Indonesia and in the time of 1930's America; CREATING Improvised verses to "news" of WELCOME song; New CUPS accompaniments for A and B phrases; BODY and INSTRUMENT accompaniments during songs sung including body movement; Writing and playing original Gamelan compositions. |
ABRSD FIFTH GRADE MUSIC LEARNING GOALS
SINGING – Students will Sing: Sing rounds/2 part songs using expanded range, including partner songs Match pitch in appropriate range Sing in tune with themselves/class/and Chorus Use healthy singing voices with expression Sing independently Use hand signs/solfege PLAYING - Students will Play Pitched and Non-Pitched Instruments: Employ, use, and demonstrate steady beat Participate in 2 and 3 part ensembles Read or learn more complex rhythms by rote Accompany songs with instrument ensembles Play rhythm patterns Play melodic patterns/intervals Play independently MOVING - Students will move with music: Continue Sequential movement patterns (Folk Dancing) Demonstrate expressiveness, form, meter and rhythm Create rhythmic movements to songs/instrument playing Respond to Musical Cues Use upper and lower body Dramatize songs and stories MUSIC READING Students will read music notation at a sequentially appropriate level: Understand music symbols Use visual symbols and cues Perform notated musical patterns Treble Staff Introduce multiple staves Use pitch and rhythm syllables – Solfege LISTENING Students will engage in active listening: Exposure to a variety of styles and cultures Identify and describe Elements of sound (mood, tone color, tempo terminology) Identify and describe Elements of Form and Structure (Rhythmic and Melodic patterns, form, section) Understand interdisciplinary connections CREATING Students will improvise and compose with or without pitch and rhythm syllables melodies/lyrics simple accompaniments instrumental sounds body movements chords original compositions |