What is “music appreciation?
Well, kind of like it states: appreciation of the music or musical components to which you are listening.
More specifically, growing in understanding and the ability to identify specifically what you hear:
melody, beat, rhythm, form, texture, expression, lyrics, style…
to name a few.
And how about some learning about TEMPO?!
You’ll; be able to define this element of music after you watch!
Let’s play: “Guess The Sound”
Listen to each sound sample and see if you can guess
the correct instrument played.
Here is a fun video showing different genres of music as played on the drum set; can you identify each genre?
Here is a video discussing the element of “Form” or how a song is organized.
This video reminds me of some of the games we play in music class showing the difference between “beat” and “rhythm:
So some classes have been learning about time signatures…
I have created a fun listening activity that highlights very unusual time signatures. See if you can guess them!
These are seriously hip… by artist, Dave Brubeck
So how does this activity work?
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Download the “Music Appreciation worksheet” for upper grades or “Listening” worksheet for Primary grades (links below)
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Choose your favorite song
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Use the definition sheet “What To Listen For in Music list of choices” to determine what you hear.
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Complete the worksheet to record what you hear.
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Video chat with a parent, a friend or gramma & grandpa and share your findings! Tel them what you learned about what you heard.
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Then ask them to suggest another song for you OR help them complete the worksheet for one of their songs!
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Have fun!
What To Listen For in Music list of choices