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I hope you enjoyed the winter break! We are ready to get back into action in Exploring Music 6! Read below to check out what we've been up to this week! :)
I hope you enjoyed the winter break! We are ready to get back into action in Exploring Music 6! Read below to check out what we've been up to this week! :)
We wrapped up our beginning guitar unit on Wednesday! Students were given class time both Monday and Tuesday to rehearse "Ode to Joy" in a large class setting and small group setting to prepare for the upcoming performance test on Wednesday. For the test on Wednesday students were to perform "Ode to Joy", which utilizes 6 different notes on 2 strings of the guitar, individually without any note names written into the musical notation. I am SO proud of how far the students have come during this unit! Be sure to check ParentPortal for your musician's grade!
Thursday was an exciting day in Exploring Music! We began our final unit on music technology! During this unit students will students will have the opportunity to explore the capabilities of music technology utilizing different music applications such as Garageband, djayLE, Flashnote, iMovie, among many others. Students will work both individually and in small groups to complete assignments. Students will learn about musical form and demonstrate their knowledge by composing an ABA song. We will work in small groups to create a product and write and record a jingle commercial to go along with that product. Our final project during our music technology unit will be to create an accompaniment track for the song "Ode to Joy"!
Be sure to check back next week to see (and hear) some of our finished first project on musical form.
Thursday was an exciting day in Exploring Music! We began our final unit on music technology! During this unit students will students will have the opportunity to explore the capabilities of music technology utilizing different music applications such as Garageband, djayLE, Flashnote, iMovie, among many others. Students will work both individually and in small groups to complete assignments. Students will learn about musical form and demonstrate their knowledge by composing an ABA song. We will work in small groups to create a product and write and record a jingle commercial to go along with that product. Our final project during our music technology unit will be to create an accompaniment track for the song "Ode to Joy"!
Be sure to check back next week to see (and hear) some of our finished first project on musical form.