Posts Tagged ‘canon’
Lesson: Ice Cream Please
The spring semester is a perfect time to let students have a little more independence and the opportunity to create. This Ice Cream Canon from Angela Leonhardt is a fun lesson to use in the spring.
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Super Heroes Day 1 Teach “Canon” and sing as a two or three-part canon. (Music for Children I, #41 pg. 132 with adjusted rhythm to fit text) Day 2 As a class, have students brainstorm superheroes and create an eight-beat rhythm using superhero names. For example, Together, create body percussion to go with…
Read MoreColors Springing, Voices Ringing
Colors Springing, Voices Ringing Orff Schulwerk and New Beginnings This lesson will use a process in which important nouns, verbs, and descriptive language are chosen and used as a springboard for individual and group creativity. A canon will serve as a unifying piece of music and a music literacy component will take shape as this piece…
Read MoreLesson: “Thank You” Canon
You simply can’t have too many rounds and canons in your teaching repertoire. Nor can you have too much gratitude in your life and classroom! This “Thank You” canon is intentionally written to be very simple so students can learn and perform it quickly. We know that it is helpful to have simple lessons that…
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