Earth Dance A Celebration of Canons Vivian Murray Caputo Beatin Path Publications, LLC BPP-VED
Earth Dance A Mouse in Her Room Shoe the Little Horse Skeleton and Ghost Wind Directions Welcome to One and All Welcome So Glad to See You All the Best Shalom The Inside of a Whirlpool I m Gonna Dance All Day A Little Health Sing, Merrily Sing Sing For the oy Dorian Canon Dorian Day Omens of Winter Symphony of Life Swing Vocal Canon Printed and distributed by Beatin Path Publications, LLC 30 East College Street Bridgewater, VA beatinpath@maccom wwwbeatinpathpublicationscom $995 ISBN 97-0-99359-9- 5995> 9 7099 3599
A complete lesson plan is included in the book Earth Dance V GL 3 3 Earth Dance in star - shine and Earth Dance in sun, SX AM FC BX 3 3 3 3 V 5 3 GL Earth Dance on her sa - cred ground, we will sing and dance as one SX AM FC BX 3
A mouse in her room woke Miss A Mouse in Her Room Poem by rote, listening for spaces (rests) Add snaps in spaces Experiment with vocal sounds to put in spaces Experiment with dynamics Experiment with different vocal ranges for each line of poem Have students create several versions and choose favorite Say in unison, then two-part canon Dowd She was fright - ened and screamed ver - y hap - py thought hit her To scare off the crit - ter, she sat up in bed and me - loud! owed Poem anon 'Til a Shoe the Little Horse Shoe the lit - tle horse Shoe the lit - tle mare but let the lit - tle colt go Traditional bare bare bare Explore vocal timbres to enhance poem Say poem in two-part canon Decide on body percussion for Shoe the little and but let the little Choose body percussion for bare, bare, bare Choose body percussion for horse mare colt go Say poem in unison, then play poem on body percussion in unison Say, then play poem in two-part canon
Welcome So Glad to See You Wel - come! So glad to oin in our song It's here with see you! Come on and us you be - long So wel - come! Let's make some mus - ic Our spir - its rise when we sing, so let the har - mon - y ring! (snap) Coda Wel - come! Wel - come! Wel - come! Divisi Divisi Wel - come! Wel-come! Wel - come! Prepare the coda Have half class sing Do Do while other half sings Do Do Have class sing So So In three groups, combine So So with Do Do, then add Do Do Have class sing Mi Mi In four groups, combine all pitches and change solfege to Welcome! Teach beginning of coda by imitation Add final measure as above Teach song by imitation phrase by phrase, adding body percussion as indicated in score Sing once in unison; go to coda Divide into two groups; sing twice in canon; go to coda Step beat in place; sing unison Step beat as group Change snaps to partner claps when near someone except on coda Meet different person each time Form nison once with body percussion and movement Two-part canon twice with body percussion and movement, staying within group Coda - Stand in place 5
A Little Health Poem - Anon Voice GL SX A lit - tle health a lit - tle wealth, A lit - tle house and free-dom And 3 AX Hand Drum BX BM V GL at the end a lit - tle friend, And lit - tle cause to need him SX AX HD BX BM
Echo sing Low Sol - Do; Low Sol- Mi; So - So; Re - Do (the first two pitches of each phrase) Assign each group one of the intervals above and sing in two, three, then four parts T sings while using Curwen hand signs for first two notes of each phrase Echo phrases Sing in unison, then in canon, repeating last phrase until all catch up Teach Orff instrument parts with body percussion Bass Xylophone/Metallophone Left hand crosses over to touch right shoulder Start with simplified version Right Shoulder Patsch R Patsch L Alto Xylophone Right Shoulder Patsch R Patsch L Patsch Right Patsch Left Teach soprano xylophone with notation or from hand staff Glockenspiel Form Right Snap Left Snap Teach hand drum with speech Speech Wish - ing good for - tune, dreams come Introduction- four measures of accompaniment nison once with accompaniment Canon two or more times with accompaniment All repeat last phrase until all catch up Sing last phrase once a cappella true! 7
This is a partial arrangement and lesson plan The complete version is in the book Sing For the oy V GL AX AM HD BX Sing for the oy of a beau-ti-ful day, And sing for the splend-or of nat-ure's ar-ray BX BM 3 Teacher sings song, all sway dotted quarter note pulse Teach song by imitation phrase by phrase Assign a phrase to each of four groups Switch parts so that each group sings each of the phrases Sing song in unison then four-part canon repeating last phrase until all catch up Teach instrument parts with body percussion Form Introduction - four measures accompaniment only nison once with accompaniment Four-part canon twice; each group repeats the last phrase until all catch up Instruments drop out, all sing last phrase a cappella
This is a partial arrangement and lesson plan The complete version is in the book Dorian Day SR SR SX AM WB BM The range of this canon makes it more of a challenge - perhaps something for the "hot shot recorder players The canon could also be played on glockenspiels, and movement could be created to reflect and enhance the phrases Teach phrase one on recorder Start with D to B (alternate fingering for B works well here); add G to F, F to E gradually adding notes until phrase is complete Teach phrases two and four by imitation Students play phrases one, two, and four; teacher plays phrase three Teach phrase three Start with D to E (alternate fingering for E works well here); add thumb for F Add notes until phrase is complete 9
This is a partial arrangement and lesson plan The complete version is in the book Symphony of Life V 3 b Diff - 'rent col - ors, diff - 'rent ways, diff - 'rent style and b b hearts may sing and Cus - tom, cul - ture, b hearts may sing and souls may dance in the shape and size No souls maydance in the sym - pho - ny of two are ust the sym - pho - ny of views Teacher sings while students play patch-clap ostinato b Clap Patsch same life life But But, Note that phrases two and four are identical This is for emphasis Teach phrase two by imitation Teacher sings phrases one and three, students sing phrases two and four Teach phrases one and three by imitation Sing once in unison, once in two or four-part canon Teach Orff instruments with body percussion Movement On phrases two and four; add movement Students stand in a circle holding hands Raise Hands Lower Hands L R L R L R L R 0 In groups create movement for phrases one and three Check to see that it fits with two and four
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