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Title: MUE 3210 Music in the Elementary Classroom


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MUE 3210 Music in the Elementary Classroom
  • Chapters 8 Singing in the Elementary Classroom
  • Chapter 9 Teaching About Melodies

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Lets sing our National AnthemThe Star
Spangled Banner
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Lets Look at the ScoreStar Spangled Banner
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4 Flats A-flat major
three beats per measure q gets one beat
D-natural
Fermata Hold
Rall. rallentando, a little slower
Rit. ritardando, becoming slower
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Singing Across the Grades
  • Grade K-3 sing primarily unison songs with
    limited ranges of an octave (8 notes)
  • Grade 3-5 sing songs that are interesting, have
    grade appropriate texts, and ranges of up to 12
    tones (the Star Spangled Banner has a range of 12
    tones)

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Singing
  • Part songs
  • Part songs are slightly different from rounds
  • The group is in two distinct parts, and the goal
    is melodic independence
  • Not truly harmonic, but going towards harmonic
    singing
  • Part songs are the next step in the vocal
    development of students (melody, round, part
    song, harmony)

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A Part Song for ChildrenWe Are the Children
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Singing
  • Starting a song
  • Students only need to know three things
  • The pitch of the first note
  • The tempo of the song
  • When they should start

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Singing
  • Introducing a New Song
  • Concentrate on the interesting aspects of a song
  • Chunking the process of breaking a song down
    into small, manageable portions that are taught
    sequentially until a song is learned
  • Chunking is the easiest way to teach vocal music
    by rote

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Teaching a Song to Children
  • Know the song from memory!
  • Have the accompaniment CD ready or know the
    guitar chords from memory
  • Teach the song in the most grade appropriate
    manner
  • K-3 catching a ride on the tune
  • 3-6 chunking in phrases
  • Listen to the children sing the song in order to
    detect and correct errors

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Recommended Tessituras for Children Songs
  • Grades K-3
  • Grades 3-5
  • Songs can extend beyond these ranges. At grade 6
    the comfortable singing range can extend to 12 or
    more tones.

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Lets review some songs weve sung this year for
their ranges
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Range E to D, 7 tones
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Range C to C, 8 tones
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Range C to A, 6 tones
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Range C to C, 8 tones
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Range C to D, 9 tones
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Range, C to C, 8 tones
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Range, Part 1, C to Bb, 7 tones Range, Part 2, A
to F, 6 tones
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Range, Ab to Eb, 12 tones
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Improving Singing
  • Stand or sit erect
  • When you inhale, your abdominal wall should move
    out, not in
  • As you sing, your abdomen should move in
  • Your throat and neck should be relaxed
  • Your mouth should be open
  • Project the sound through your forehead, not down
    in your throat
  • Imagine projecting the sound across the room to
    some one or some object you see there.

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MUE 3210Teaching About MelodiesChapter 9
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Lets sing an American ClassicOh, Susannah!
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Lets look at the score!
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F and C -- D major
Range D to B, six tones
2 beats per measure
VERSE
REFRAIN
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Melodies
  • The most important concept for young students is
    that of high versus low this is a fundamental
    aural discrimination
  • Pitch is usually only perceived in relation to
    another pitch (higher or lower)

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Visualizing Pitch Relationships
  • High, low, medium
  • Pitches moving up and down

High
Medium
Low
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Experiencing Pitch Relationships
  • High-low games
  • Drawing melodies in the air
  • Creating sound pieces

Finish
Start
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Melodies have Direction!
  • Melodies move in one of three ways
  • Upward
  • Downward
  • Or, they stay the same (repeated tones)
  • Melody moves either close together (conjunct) or
    in leaps (disjunct)

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Melodies
  • The best way to teach these musical concepts is
    through real musical examples
  • The best melodies combine these melodic
    directions in engaging and musically satisfying
    ways
  • Lets review some songs weve sung this year for
    their Melodic Direction

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The arrows point out the melodic direction
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Range C to C, 8 tones
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Range C to A, 6 tones
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Range, C to C, 8 tones
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Range, Part 1, C to Bb, 7 tones Range, Part 2, A
to F, 6 tones
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Range, Ab to Eb, 12 tones
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Melodies
  • Teaching notation remember the concept of
    higher and lower
  • Early notation lessons begin with a single line
    (like all music did) that expands above or below
    the staff line
  • Remember the young students dont have much of a
    range, that one line is sufficient
  • With more complex understanding, add more lines!

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Whats Coming Up
  • Grade 4-6 project is due next Thursday, June 5th.
  • Class presentations take place Tuesday and
    Wednesday, June 10th-11th
  • Materials Notebooks and Annotated Bibliographies
    are due Monday, June 16th
  • Test 2 Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Tuesday, June 17th and the Guitar Playing Test
    Wednesday, June 18th
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