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Option: Repeat above activities using left hand (bass clef).
Split Mode Lesson Completed
2. Listen, Play & Evaluate - March from “Six Children’s Pieces” (Song 16)
A. Play Song March from “Six Children’s Pieces”. Have students:
• play C major pentachord pattern (C-D-E-F-G) as an ostinato with the piece.
• determine where pentachord ostinato does not “fit”.
B. Play C Major Ostinato Have students:
• listen to ostinato and imitate.
• practice ostinato by rote.
• perform ostinato with song. Play Song
Note: Students will tacet/rest during non-C tonality sections.
Lesson Completed
3. Create & Notate - Call & Response patterns using C Major Pentachord (Worksheet 7)
A. Worksheet 7 Play a two measure “call” pattern using notes in C major pentachord. Ask students
to:
• echo pattern.
• identify skips/steps/same.
• notate call on Worksheet 7, Staff 1.
• play call.
B. Work with students to create a response, Staff 2, using notes of C major pentachord.
NOTE: Remind students that call & response should be similar length and response should end on
thumb, which is C, or home tone. Have students:
• practice call and response. Speakers Off
• play call and response with rhythm. Speakers On Play Rhythm
C. Speakers Off Ensemble Mode Let partners work together to:
• create new call and response.
• notate call and response on Worksheet 7.
• play call and response for class. Speakers On
• record call & response patterns (Option: Save in MIE Tunes)
Split Mode Lesson Completed
4. Listen – C Major Tonality and home tone (Chart 7)
A. Chart 7 Remind students that pitches from pentachords are grouped to create melodies. Play Song
Three Blind Mice arranged by Carl Orff. Have students:
• sing with music.
• play middle C on keyboards each time it occurs. Celesta - Left Celesta – Right
• play first two measures of Chart 7 as an ostinato with song. Play Song
B. Play Song “Pianists” from Carnival Of The Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Have students:
• play pentachords on silent keyboards with recording. Silent Keyboards
Sound On Keyboards Lesson Completed
S. Synthesis: Play - A Whole New World: Part 2 (Song 17)
A. Speakers Off Play Song A Whole New World. Encourage students to:
• improvise a countermelody using C Major pentachord.
B. Have students:
• track Part 2 as they sing note names. Play Song
• identify Part 2 as using C major pentachord.
• practice playing Part 2.
• play Part 2 with song. Play Song Speakers On
Option: Play Part 1.
Synthesis Completed
R. Review (Chart 7)
A. Chart 7 Note Monitor Ask students to:
• practice entering various notes of C major pentachord.
B. Create short melodies based on C Major pentachord. Have students:
• practice entering “black” = all notes are in the C major pentachord or “white” = only some
notes belong in the C major pentachord.
C. Create short melodies based on C Major. Have students:
• practice entering “black” = ends on home tone, “white” = does not end on home tone.
Review Completed
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