7H

7H February 2011 Week 1 We will be dividing our time this week with ¾ spent on concluding our piano unit and ¼ spent on our bulletin board bonanza projects. We will be reviewing C major scales and cords and building on our practical knowledge of D, E, and F major. We will begin a new piece, The Animal by Neon Trees from classpiano.com to discover an alternative form of music notation. We will also have class time to build our bulletin board displays. Week 2 We will begin a new unit on musical genres which will focus on folk music, sea shanty writing, opera and musicals. We will learn why traditional folk songs were written and work together to rewrite well-known folk songs. We will also take time to peer review our finished bulletin board displays. Week 3 We will continue with our musical genres unit. Our focus will be on musicals. We will watch several examples of musical productions and write our own mini musical script. We will also return to the concept of non-traditional music notation through body percussion and the use of found instruments. We must gather materials for week 4 to perform with (boxes, coffee tins, plastic containers, etc.). Week 4 We will write a non-traditional music notation piece and perfect our performance during class time. We must have materials with us in order to create a found instrument piece. Otherwise, we will be working with body percussion. Final performance will be on Friday.