3. Sing & Play - There’s a Hole in the Bucket: Part 1 (Song 5)
A. Have students:
• sing melody.
• track entire melody in “notched” notes (Part 1).
Note: Assist students in placing fingers on appropriate black key clusters.
• practice melody Split Treble Speakers Off
• play melody with song. Speakers On Play Song
B. Normal Mode Speakers Off Divide partners between melody and Part 2. Let them:
• practice parts together.
• play parts with song. Speakers On Play Song
Split Reset Lesson Completed
4. Create - There’s a Hole in the Bucket: Ostinato (Song 5)
A. Play Melody No Drums Create a new ostinato for the class using harmonic interval, Gb-Db.
Ask students to:
• describe what has changed (accompaniment) and how.
• identify repeated pattern.
• tap rhythm pattern as ostinato is played.
B. Split Bass Speakers Off Have students:
•
use harmonic interval (Gb-Db) to create new ostinato (using a one-measure rhythm pattern)
for There’s a Hole in the Bucket.
• practice playing ostinato.
• play ostinato with melody. Play Melody No Drums
C. Speakers On Play Melody No Drums Choose students to perform new ostinati with song. Have
class:
• listen to new ostinato.
• play new ostinato.
Split Reset Lesson Completed
5. Listen - Accompaniments may consist of pitches, intervals or chords
A. Play Song Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel. This piece has a two-measure ostinato, which is easy
to follow. Have students:
• identify ostinato pattern.
• indicate repeats of ostinato pattern by raising hands at the beginning of each repeat.
B. Play Song Watermelon Man performed by Herbie Hancock. The ostinato here is one measure long.
Point out interweaving parts (keyboard, bass and drums). Ask students to:
• shape contour of ostinato.
• create a movement that repeats with ostinato.
C. Have students:
• discuss how rhythm and pitches of an ostinato can enhance continuity of a piece.
Lesson Completed
S. Synthesis: Create & Discuss - Black key ostinati (large group performance)
A. Speakers Off Play Rhythm Have students:
• create a one-measure ostinato (using black keys only). It may be harmonic intervals, single
notes, clusters, etc.
B. Speakers On Play Rhythm Starting at one end of the class, have students:
• play newly created ostinato pattern, adding (layering) one by one. Continue until everyone in
the room is playing at the same time. Then start subtracting one by one until just one student is
left playing.
C. Repeat activity with 2 or more measure ostinati.
Option: Create percussion ostinato patterns. Kbd Perc On
D. Discuss large group performance; individual ostinati played together create a cohesive sound (con-
trary to the sound of continuously changing patterns.)
Kbd Perc Off Synthesis Completed
R. Review
A. Note Monitor Create and play several two-measure rhythm patterns using keyboard percussion.
Ask students to:
• decide if what they heard was an ostinato (the first measure repeated). Practice entering:
“black” = yes, “white” = no.
B. Create and play several two-measure accompaniment patterns using black keys. Ask students to:
• decide if what they heard was an ostinato (the first measure repeated). Practice entering:
“black” = yes, “white” = no.
Speakers On Review Completed
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