Posts Tagged ‘improvisation’
A Day in the Life of Orff Certification: Day 7
Orff Level I – Day 7 Today’s topic: improvisation! This is a core skill in an Orff classroom (remember, it’s all about creativity) so I wanted to review some of the things we talked about in class today. One big things Roger discussed was making sure we start improvisation really easy with the students and…
Read MoreImprovising and Composing Lesson 3
Improvising and Composing with Familiar Rhythms, Drums, and Barred Instruments Lesson 3 There are four lessons in this series. Students will identify, compose, read, and perform 16-beat rhythms containing quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, syncopation, and quarter rests. They will compose and perform melodies using Dorian mode, accompany themselves using a tonic drone bass,…
Read MoreImprovising and Composing Lesson 2
Improvising and Composing with Familiar Rhythms, Drums, and Barred Instruments Introduction and Lesson 1 There are four lessons in this series. Students will identify, compose, read, and perform 16-beat rhythms containing quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, syncopation, and quarter rests. They will compose and perform melodies using Dorian mode, accompany themselves using a tonic…
Read MoreImprovising and Composing Lesson 1
Improvising and Composing with Familiar Rhythms, Drums, and Barred Instruments Introduction and Lesson 1 There are four lessons in this series. Students will identify, compose, read, and perform 16-beat rhythms containing quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, syncopation, and quarter rests. They will compose and perform melodies using Dorian mode, accompany themselves using a tonic…
Read MoreLesson: Melodic Improvisation with Syncopation
I Heard the Angels Singing–Southern Spiritual Lesson Objective: Melodic improvisation with syncopation Download the lesson here: I Heard the Angels Singing
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