SOUND BOX EXPLORATION DAY

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SOUND BOX EXPLORATION DAY

• Agenda
• Review Note Values
• Listening 5 Live Bongos
• Sharing instruments
• Creating a Rhythm Pattern
• Video Clip Stomp
• Creating a soundscape

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SHARING SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS

• Share your most special instrument with the
  group.
• Tell how you made it and where you got your idea.
• Demonstrate all the sounds your instrument will
  make.

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USING INSTRUMENTS

• Make up a 2 bar rhythm pattern in 4/4 time.
• Add your instruments and make your pattern
  interesting.
• Share your pattern with the rest of the class.

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VIDEO CLIP Stomp

• Why is this video appropriate for sound
  exploration activities?
• At what grade level would you use it? Why?
• What questions would you ask to focus attention
  during the introduction? The performance?

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Creating Soundscapes

• Pick a poem.
• Add sounds using instruments or body percussion
  as appropriate with your mentor group.
• Share soundscapes with class.

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SOUND BOX EXPLORATION DAY

• Reviewed Note Values
• Listened to 5 Live Bongos
• Shared instruments
• Created a Rhythm Pattern
• Watched Video Clip Stomp
• Created Soundscape

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SHARING ACTIVITIES

• We have 15 minutes to share activities. Share
  your favourite activity.
• Tell what age group your activity works best with
  and what level of learning it demonstrates.

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LISTENING TRADITIONAL NATIVE MUSIC

• As you are listening, notice how percussion and
  vocal work is done. What tonality is used? What
  kind of texture is added to the music? How is it
  added?

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COMPOSING IN THE STYLE OF NATIVE CANADIAN MUSIC

• In groups of 10 or 11, use one of the poems on
  p. 124 or 125 of Canada Is Music 5/6 or any of
  the native poems on cards at the front. Compose
  a piece in the style of Native Canadian music
  using a native poem as your starting point. We
  will share these in 20 minutes.