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Whole Schools Summer Institute 2014 “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” -Victor Hugo Musical Elements 1. Beats and Meter ● Beats give music its regular rhythmic pattern ● Beats are grouped together in measures ● Meter refers to rhythmic patterns produced by grouping strong and weak beats together (Duple, Triple, Quadruple) 2. Dynamics ● Dymnamics are abbreviations or symbols used to signify the degree of loudness or softness of a piece of music. 3. Harmony ● Harmony refers to the combination of notes played together and the relationship between a series of chords. ● Melody-refers to the tune of a song or piece of music. Harmony accompanies and supports the melody. 4. Key ● Also known as tonality, a principle in music composition where there is a feeling of completion by going back to the “Home” note. The main key or home key is called the tonic. 5. Musical Instruments and Voice ● Musical instrument Families: Percussion (Timpani, kettle drums, chimes, woodblocks), Strings (violin, viola, cello, bass), woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon), Brass (trumpets, trombone, French horn, tuba), ● Voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass 6. Musical Notation ● A system of symbols used to represent music when writing it down. These symbols specify the pitch, rhythm and meter of a piece of music. 7. Pitch ● The relative lowness and highness that we hear in sound 8. Rhythm ● The pattern or placement of sounds in time and beats in music 9. Tempo ● The Italian word at the beginning of a music piece that indicates how slow or fast the piece should be played. 10. Timbre ● Tone color that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another. 1. Warmups ● Count and Shake Downs (PK-6) ● ● ● ● The Elevator Song (PK-6) Seven Steps (K-6) Singing in the Rain (PK-3) Vocal Warmups (6-8) 2. Listening ● Voicing Identification ● Word Painting ● Analysis 3. Rhythm Reading ● Kodaly Notation- (ta/ti-ti/toe/tika tika/wholenote hold down) ● Creating and playing ostinatos ● Rhythm Band-(PK-2) ● BlueBird (PK-2) ● Canoe Song (2-6) ● Great Big House (2-6) ● Four White Horses (2-6) 4. Literature for students ● “I know a Chicken” ● “Safety Dance” ● “Rockin Robin” ● “Dinosaur Diddywadoo” ● “Keep in the Middle of the Road” ● “Deep in the Heart of Texas”