Urban Middle School: Music Enrichment Lesson Plan

Course Topic Grade

Choral, General, Instrumental Music

Urban Project Resource

Beat & Sub-Division

6-8
No. of Classes Portions of this lesson plan may be used on a recurring basis to develop beat and subdivision skills over time.

Eurhythmics
Materials Hand drum, space for movement Resources

See Preparing Students to Clap and Step Musically

Outcomes 1. 2. 3. 4. Action Show Show Demonstrate Show Objective Steady pulse Sub-division Ensemble skill Meter 2, 3, 4 parts Context
Natll Stds PA Stds

2 2 2 2, 3

9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1

Domain Skills Cognitive: Concentration Affective: Psychomotor: Coordination

Objective Steady Pulse

Procedure 1.1 Teacher taps drum in steady, non-metric pulse Teacher stops pulse and students pick up pulse by patching on laps

Teacher Prompt
Do this several times at different tempi and dynamics Students are to match dynamic as well as pulse tempo Quarter notes Eighth notes Teacher speaks with

Sub-Division

2.1 Students & teacher clap in a unison steady pulse 2.2 When teacher calls fil-bert, everyone claps 2 notes in space of each pulse

2.3 When teacher calls haz-el-nut, everyone claps 3 equally spaced notes in space of each pulse 2.4 When teacher calls cap-pu-chi-no, everyone claps 4 notes in the space of each pulse

inflection, i.e., fil-bert Eighth note triplet Teacher speaks with inflection, i.e., haz-el-nut Four sixteenth notes Teacher speaks with inflection, i.e., cap-puchi-no Steady tempo

Assessment Ensemble

Assessment Meter

2.5 Repeat 2.1 2.4: Students step their response instead of patch 2.6 Students clap subdivision corresponding to a verbal or visual cue of the teacher 3.1 Form a circle pass the pulse (all speak pass with teacher): Each student clap on their beat around the circle 3.2 Pass the pulse with music 3.3 Students pass the pulse without external stimulus maintaining steady beat inside 3.4 Each student chooses to clap one of the subdivisions on their turn 4.1 Students split into groups of 4 or 5 stand in single file tap a subdivision down the line on the shoulders of the student in front of you 4.2 One student chooses tempo, meter, and movement to mark the beats of the measure always keeping the movement of the first beat the same and changing movements on beats 2, 3

Teachers choice of music Keep steady beat through teachers choice of music The person in the back leads For example: Moderate tempo, 3/4, touch nose on 1 = nose head belt nose elbow knee nose shoulder head etc. Teacher changes tempi to encourage movements of various sizes.

Assessment

Assessment

4.3 Student demonstrates for the class and the others follow his tempo, meter, and movement of beat 1 while changing the movement for other beats (everyone is together on beat 1 and no one is the same on the other beats) 4.4 Repeat 4.3 using larger movements on each beat

For example, in 3/4: nose head tilt belt circle nose elbow point knee bend nose shoulder circle head tilt etc.

Rev. 9/26/05