4. Hickory Dickory Dock: sing and play upward/downward glissandos on white keys
Normal Mode Piano
Teach suggested nursery rhyme.
Play Song Hickory Dickory Dock
Have students:
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sing the melody
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sing and move up and down with appropriate lyrics
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sing and/or play upward/downward glissandos on white keys with appropriate
lyrics
Hickory dickory dock,
the mouse ran UP the clock,
The clock struck one,
the mouse ran DOWN,
Hickory, dickory dock.
Activity Completed
5. Listen/move/sing to show up/down direction
Play Melody Alphabet Song
Play Song Alphabet Song
Have students:
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move to show upward and downward direction of the melody
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sing the word UP when melody moves upward, and sing the word DOWN when
the melody move downward
Play Melody Hill and Gully Rider
Play Song Hill and Gully Rider
Have students:
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Show how the melody stays the same on the response “Hill and Gully”
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On this response, sing the words “this stays the same” (in place of “Hill and
Gully”)
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Sing “up and down” on phrases 1, 3, 5, 7
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Sing “this stays the same” on 2, 4, 6, 8
Activity Completed
6. Funeral March: move to shape of melody
Play Melody Funeral March
Play Song Funeral March
Play song (melody only) and have students:
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move and show how the melody stays the same or moves up/down.
Activity Completed
Prelude #8
Expression Prep: Loud/Soft
1. CD Listening: listen/demo dynamic changes by moving
Play CD 1 examples. Have students:
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create motions to demonstrate dynamics
Nuages [soft]
Whole Lotta Shakin’ [loud]
Also Sprach Zarathustra [soft and loud]
Nocturnes (Fetes) [soft and loud]
Activity Completed
2. Locate/use volume controls
Normal Mode Speakers Off
Have students:
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take turns working master volume control while partner plays keyboard
Split Mode Speakers Off
Have students:
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practice working left or right volume control while playing keyboard
Speakers On
Activity Completed
3. Nocturnes: listen/play keyboard percussion
Split Mode KB Percussion On
Have students:
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choose one percussion sound
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practice playing percussion sound with steady beat while working left or right vol-
ume control
Play CD 1 example: Nocturnes (Fetes)
Have students:
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play percussion sound with CD, using appropriate dynamics
KB Percussion Off
Activity Completed
4. Down By the Bay
Play Song Down By The Bay
Have students:
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tap steady beat on “call” loudly while on “response” they play steady beat softly
KB Percussion On
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with speakers off Speakers Off and headphones on, experiment with loud/soft
using touch sensitive keys Touch Control On
Activity Completed
KB Percussion Off
Touch Control Off
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