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Summary/Overview:
In this experience design learners will experience sound by listening to the environment,
The learners will experience a guided exploration of sound in their environment. They
will each have a handout that directs them to find specific sounds, and then after this musical
scavenger hunt of sorts, they will explore sounds they can create with their bodies. The guided
Musical Listening Walk includes Crunchy Leaves, Rustling Wind, Scurrying Squirrels,
Rationale:
It is easy for typical sounds to go unnoticed, disappearing into the backdrop of life.
While people might think they know what a crunchy leaf sounds like, I would challenge that they
most likely have never truly listened with intent. Listening walking can be therapeutic, and full of
discovery. It is beneficial for everyone to realize for the first time, or be reminded, that great
beauty exists in nature. To fully experience it though, you must go deeper than your sense of
sight.
Standards:
tempo, timbre, and articulation) are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to
I Can Statements:
● I can talk about the connections between music, and sounds in nature.
● I can improvise a rhythmic idea utilizing body percussion, and connect it to a discovery
● Clipboards
● Summary/Extension handouts
Detailed Process:
a. I will pat my legs in a steady beat, and then ask everyone to close their eyes and
use their ears to follow, to prime their ears/listening abilities for the listening walk
3. Prepare learners for the listening walk by asking them to identify sounds that they hear.
[2 min]
b. My suggestions for what to listen for, but also my interest in them expanding
upon my list
4. Step off for Listening Walk with me as the leader, and my colleague taking up the rear. [9
mins]
a. I will not talk during this Walk, but I will mime interest in sounds that catch my
attention so the learners can notice too. I will also enforce noise discipline so
5. Return and circle and ask learners to share with their neighbors what they heard. [3
mins]
a. Ask if anyone wants to share about their experience - did they notice anything
i. ?What connects did you make between music, and nature’s sounds?
a. The leader will be in the center of the circle creating a new sound for the rest of
b. I will be the leader first, and then my colleague, and then whoever volunteers.
ii. To increase awareness for expressive qualities, I will ask if any learner
is how I will guide the activity, and assist with the I Can Statements.
iii. ?Does that sound like anything you heard on the Listening Walk?
Explain.
iv. ?What led you to improvise that? What were you thinking about?
7. Materials will be gathered, and I will thank the learners for their contributions. [1 min]