Todays Agenda

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Todays Agenda

• Brief presentation on texture
• Explore adding texture to songs written in the
  Pentatonic Scale with Orff Instruments, drums
• Strategies
• Rhythmic ostinato
• Rhythmic/melodic ostinato
• Adding thirds
• Adding Bordun
• Introduction interlude and coda
• Partner song/canon singing

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TEXTURE(Hooky, 2000, p. 55)

• It refers to sounds played at the same time. It
  can be described as the thickness or thinness of
  the sound.

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TEXTUREDefinitions(Hookey, 2000,p. 55)

• Harmony refers to 2 or more pitches played at the
  same time.
• Traditional Harmony melody is played over a
  chord structure.
• Examples echo songs, partner songs, part songs,
  harmonic ostinato, chordal accompaniments.

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TEXTURE

• Polyphony several melodies are played at the
  same time.
• Examples
• Songs like Fish and Chips and Vinegar, Orchestra
  Song
• 20th Century Compositional techniques includes
  all sounds such as voiced, spoken, whispered,
  sung, instrumental, environmental and body sounds.

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TEXTUREMinistry Expectations

• Grade 1
• Create simple accompaniments, or and sound
  effects to songs, poems and chants, using the
  voice, instruments or found sounds.
• Accompany songs using appropriate rhythm
  instruments, body sounds or found instruments.
• Grade 2
• Accompany songs using appropriate rhythm
  instruments, body percussion or found
  instruments.
• Produce a specific effect (e.g. soundscape) as
  background for a story or poem using the voice,
  instruments or found sounds.

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TEXTUREMinistry Expectations

• Grade 3
• Create or arrange music to accompany a reading or
  dramatization using appropriate rhythm
  instruments, body percussion or found
  instruments.
• Grade 4
• Create or arrange music to accompany a story,
  poem or dramatization using their knowledge of
  beat, rhythm and tone colour.
• Create an accompaniment for a song using a
  melodic ostinato.

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TEXTUREMinistry Expectations

• Grade 5/6
• Create or arrange music to accompany a story,
  poem or dramatization using their knowledge of
  beat, rhythm, tone colour and melody.
• Sing or play in tune (unison songs, partner songs
  and rounds)
• Create and perform a song based on a scene form a
  story, poem or play.

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TEXTURE KEY QUESTIONS(Hookey, 2000, p. 56-59)

• Do students know how to use a variety of
  techniques for varying the texture in their
  compositions?
• Do they know a variety of ways to sing and play
  in harmony?
• Do they have a basis for comparing traditional
  harmony with 20th century techniques?

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND TEACHING STRATEGIES

• CONTENT
• Texture is the thick or thin layering of sounds.
• TEACHING STRATEGIES
• Make visual images representing thick and thin
  texture changes.
• Explore improvisations that vary the texture.

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TEXTURE CONTENT ANDTEACHING STRATEGIES

• Different types of texture may be created through
  ostinato.
• Create a few rhythm/melodic ostinati based on
  small sections of a song. Example Liza Jane
  Musicanada 4.

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Liza Jane
• Teach Song
• Add rhythmic ostinati clapping patterns at bottom
  of page as introduction, interlude and coda
• Add Little Liza Jane ostinati on xylophones (b
  a f A-)
• Add thirds ostinato on alto mirimba (fa, fa,
  eg,FA-
• Add bordun on bass marimba (D- A-)
• Play song with all additions

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Texture is created by singing/playing rounds or
  canons.
• Play a round using untuned percussion.
• Speak a poem or say it as a round.
• Examples Catchy Cannon Musicanada 4, Canada has
  a Beat Canada Is Music ¾,Witches Chant Musicanada
  5,Whoop-de-da Musicanada 6.

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Harmony can be created through adding one melodic
  ostinato or several ostinati.
• Examples Land of the Silver Birch Musicanada 5
  and Canoe Song Musicanada 4. Liza Jane,
  Musicanada 4
• Head and Shoulders Baby Canada Is Music 3/4

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES

• Harmony can be created through imitation as in a
  round or canon.
• For Health Strength Musicanada 3, Make New
  Friends, Musicanada 5, Poor Tom, Musicanada 6,
  Thanks giving Canon, Musicanada 4 Medieval Canon,
  Canada Is Music 5/6, Gitsigakomim Music Play 2/3

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES

• Harmony can be created by combining partner
  songs.
• Giddap Old Dobbin, Happiness Runs, Provinces of
  Canada, Its a Small World, Canada Is Music 3/4,
  Fish Chips Vinegar, Rufus Rustus, Musicanada
  6 Gitsigakomim, Music Play 2/3

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Gitsigakomim
• Teach song
• Add drum (timri ta,ta,ta)
• Add ostinato gitsigakomim (gfdcD---)
• Add bordun D- A-
• Add Way ya way ya ostinato
• (A-A-g f D-,G-G-f d D-)
• Sing as partner song and canon with Orff
  accompaniment.

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Summary

• Pentatonic songs and Texture
• Definition
• Key questions
• Teaching strategies
• Examples explored today
• rhythmic ostinati
• melodic ostinati
• thirds
• Bordun
• Partner song/canons

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES

• Harmony can be made by the held note in echo
  songs.
• My Aunt Came Back , Tongo, Canada is Music 3/4,
  Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Musicanada 4,
  Old Texas, Come On Everybody, Aint Gonna Grieve,
  Musicanada 6

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TEXTURE CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES

• Harmony can be added with descants.
• Down in the Valley, Whistling Gypsy, Canada Is
  Music 5/6, Black-Eyed Susie, Musicanada 4,
  Bicycle Built for Two Musicanada 5, Yellow Bird,
  Musicanada 6

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Harmony can be made by adding chords written
above the music.

• Chords for the major scale are built as follows
• d r m f s l t d
• I II III IV V VI VII I
• Key of C- C F G7
• Key of F- F B(flat) C
• Key of G - G C D7

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Harmony can be made by adding chords written
above the music.

• Sample 2 chord songs
• Polly Wolly Doodle
• Paw Paw Patch
• Good Morning
• Shoo Fly
• Rig-a-jig-jig
• Old Texas
• Found a Peanut

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Samples of 3 chord songs

• Alice the Camel
• Ten Little Speckled Frogs
• The Hokey Pokey
• Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands
• Happiness Runs
• Michael Finnigin
• Shake My Sillies Out

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Samples of 3 chord songs

• Turn the Glasses Over
• Rattlin Bog
• Had a Little Rooster
• Turkey in the Straw
• A Frog Went a Courtin
• Shortnin Bread
• Keemo Kimo
• Who Built The Ark
• Tinga Layo

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References

• Birkenshaw-Fleming, L. (2000).Come on everybody,
  lets sing! Toronto Gordon V. Thompson
• Brooks, P. et al (1982). Musicanada 3, 4, 5 6.
  TorontoHolt, Rinehart Winston.
• Gagne, D. (1997). Musicplay Grade 2, 3, 4, 5 6.
  Red Deer Alberta Themes Variations
• Harrison, J. Colbie,D. (1995). Canada Is
  Music5/6. Toronto Gordon V. Thompson

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References

• Harrison, J. Harrison, M. (2000) Canada Is
  Music3/4. Toronto Gordon V. Thompson
• Hookey, M. (2000). Learning Music A team
  approach to elementary music education. Toronto
  Museworks
• Schafer, P. Stack, Y. (1991). Musicanada 2.
  Toronto Holt, Rinehart Winston.