Macro Project #1 Dr. Kinney Music 4576 3/18/2013 Megan Adler
TEACHERS GUIDE A Prehistoric Suite Composer: Paul Jennings Grade Level 1
A Prehistoric Suite Composer: Paul Jennings Grade Level 1 Unit Guide GOALS/OBJECTIVES- By the end of this unit, students will: 1. Be able to perform and assess the piece as an individual, as a section/group, and as an ensemble. 2. Be able to sing and play their individual part. 3. Understand the concept of programmatic music and be able to create a detailed story to accompany the piece. 4. Understand the concept of aleatoric music and how it contrasts from traditional notation. 5. Understand, perform, and notate the concert Bb major and concert g minor scales relative to the key of their instrument (ie. Flutes notate Bb and g, Horns notate F and d, ect). 6. Demonstrate compositional techniques using programmatic and/or aleatoric techniques. 7. Understand and comprehend the terms found in the glossary section of this guide. 8. Demonstrate different ways to improvise (alone and with others) during aleatoric sections. 9. Understand the basic history and culture of A Prehistoric Suite. Students will be able to identify the composer, century, genre, instrumentation, and cultural relevance.* *Note: #9 is not addressed in written assignments, as it will be taught mostly orally. Students will identify pieces to play in each rehearsal by only it s title, composer, century, or genre. (Ex- Students, lets rehearse Jennings piece next. )
NATIONAL STANDARDS ADDRESSED- By the end of this unit, the following National Standards will be addressed: 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Met by Goal #2 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Met by Goals #1,2,8 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. Met by Goal #8 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. Met by Goal #6 5. Reading and notating music. Met by Goals #1,2,5,6,7,8 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. Met by Goal #1,2,3,4,7,9 7. Evaluating music and music performances. Met by Goal #1 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. Met by Goal #3,9 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture. Met by Goal #9
GLOSSARY- By the end of this unit, students will be able to identify the following terms: Accent Accidental Aleatoric music Brontosaurus Bass Clef Clef Crescendo Decrescendo Dynamics Glissando (Gliss.) Key signature Melody Movement in music P, mp, mf, f, ff Prehistoric Programmatic music Pterodactyl Ritard Slur Soli Solo Staccato Stegosaurus Suite in music Tempo Tie Time signature Treble Clef Triceratops Tyrannosaurus
TESTS/QUIZZES Vocabulary Quiz Glossary and composition expectations will be taught orally through the music before the quiz. Homework Assignment #1 Critical thinking skills will be applied to the concept of programmatic music. Students will also look at the text, not just notation. Homework Assignment #2 Critical thinking skills will be applied to the concept of aleatoric music. Individual Instrument Scale Notation Quiz The concert Bb and concert g minor scale is notated in their instrument s key with a given key signature. Scale Rubric The rubric will be used to objectively grade students on playing the concert Bb and concert g minor scale at a tempo appropriate to their instrument. Tempos will be given to the students before the quiz, but should be based on overall skill level and reasonable improvement. Multiple attempts will be allowed to improve their score.
VOCABULARY QUIZ Name: 1. In your own words, what is programmatic music? 2. In your own words, what is aleatoric music? 3. How do the musical words suite and movement relate to each other in the piece (hint: is one part of the other)? 4. What is the difference between a solo and a soli? 5. Circle the key signature, draw a star above the time signature, and draw an arrow pointing to the clef.
6. Draw a slur between these two notes. 7. Is this a slur or a tie? Explain why. 8. How many beats per measure with this time signature? 9. Is this bass or treble clef? Do higher or lower sounding instruments play in this clef? 10. Is this bass or treble clef? Do higher or lower sounding instruments play in this clef? 11. How many beats per measure with this time signature? 12. Draw an accent above this note rit. 13. Does this musical term mean that the music speeds up or slows down? 14. Give this note an accidental.
16. Is this a crescendo or decrescendo? 17. Draw a decrescendo underneath the notes. f p 18. Is this dynamic loud or soft? 19. Is this dynamic loud or soft? 20. Are there any flats in this key signature? If so, which notes are always flat? 21. Are there any flats in this key signature? If so, which notes are always flat? 22. Draw a staccato marking above this note. 23. Put the following in order from softest to loudest: ff, mp, p, f, mf Soft Medium- soft Medium- loud Loud Loudest
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1 Name: Using your part to A Prehistoric Suite write the dinosaur s name, the movement it is from, and any descriptions of the dinosaur provided by the composer. Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #2 Name: Using the example from the score of A Prehistoric Suite, create your own aleatoric music using only one measure. Play random notes- start low and soft; get louder, faster, higher Who: everybody What: play random notes- start low and soft; get louder, faster, higher How long: about 10 seconds Who: What: How long: Who: What: How long: Who: What: How long: Who: What: How long:
TRUMPET SCALE NOTATTION QUIZ Name: In quarter notes, notate your Concert Bb Major scale starting on C. In quarter notes, notate your Concert Bb Major scale starting on A. HORN SCALE NOTATION QUIZ Name: In quarter notes, notate your Concert Bb Major scale starting on F. In quarter notes, notate your Concert Bb Major scale starting on D.
SCALE RUBRIC Student Name: Scale: Goal Tempo: Attempt: 0-25% correct 25-50% correct 50-75% correct 75-100% correct 100% correct Rhythm 1 2 3 4 5 Tempo 1 2 3 4 5 Fingering 1 2 3 4 5 Accuracy 1 2 3 4 5 Scale: Goal Tempo: Attempt: 0-25% correct 25-50% correct 50-75% correct 75-100% correct 100% correct Rhythm 1 2 3 4 5 Tempo 1 2 3 4 5 Fingering 1 2 3 4 5 Accuracy 1 2 3 4 5
OPTIONS PROJECTS 1. Write and illustrate a programmatic story for A Prehistoric Suite. Using the Homework Assignment #1 as a starting point, write and illustrate a short story to go along with the piece. Your short story will have 4 parts- one part for each movement. Be sure to mention the dinosaur and what is happening in each part of your story. The ideal story should make a distinction between all 4 movements. 2 pages are given (below) but the handwritten assignment may not use all of the space. The point of the assignment is to connect a detailed story with each movement. 2. Compose an piece that uses aleatoric music. Write melody on staff paper. Be sure to include a clef, key signature, and a time signature. You may use whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes in your piece. Your composition needs to include at least one example of aleatoric music: use Homework Assignment #2 for ideas! The ideal composition correctly uses any clef, key signature, and time signature. The measures should have the correct number of beats from the time signature. The piece must include an aleatoric section.
Movement 1: Stegosaurus Name: Movement 2: Brontosaurus
Movement 3: Pterodactyls Movement 4: The Battle
SCORE ANALYSIS Composer Paul Jennings composed this for full symphonic band in 1987. Paul Jennings is a composer, arranger, and author of many musical works. He composes and arranged mainly for young bands and orchestras. Composition A Prehistoric Suite is designed to teach younger students fundamentals of band and to expose them to different kinds of music. This educational piece exposes students to multi-movement suites, aleatoric music, and programmatic music at an early grade level. Historical Perspective The piece focuses on dinosaurs to give students a character to link the emotion and story to. For example, there are graceful kind herbivores and battling warrior carnivores. The piece becomes more interesting if the dinosaur characteristics are paired with the music. This is also an example of aleatory music. This is a modern tool in composition. Listening to other famous aleatory works, such as Pendereki s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima or composers such as John Cage s 4 33, will help build knowledge of these types of works. Technical Considerations Intonation- The first movement is written with a lot of fourths and fifths, so it is important for students to be able to listen and adjust. It might help students to sing their parts. Controlling the glissando- the young trombone player may get a little too enthusiastic about playing the glissandos in movement two. The program notes say, emphasize to them that all effects should remain musical (i.e. starting and stopping on the correct notes, and never playing longer than the indicated note value). Confidence with independent parts- The third movement creates a composite effect of moving notes by passing eighths through the band. Each section should be confident about their independent parts. Understanding the aleatoric sections- It may be good to show students other examples of what aleatoric music can look like, like Penderecki s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima. 1 Stylistic Considerations Students should understand the implications of programmatic music. Whatever the story is telling, the programmatic music should reflect. Students will also have to master slurs, staccatos, accents, crescendos, decrescendos, ritards, and various dynamic levels. Musical Elements Key of Bb major and g minor. Simple 1 IV-V-I harmonic progressions. Sometimes, there are harmonies with dissonant 7ths or 9ths. Time signatures of 2/4, 3/4, 4/4. The aleatoric section is in the 4 th movement. Form and Structure First movement The A section opens with the trumpets at m.1. M.9-12 are a transition to section A (m.13-20). A repeats from m.21-28. M.29-38 is a B section with a new melody in the flutes and trumpets. M.37-44 is a coda with some of the A material appearing in the low brass. This movement is in Bb major and focuses on open fourths and fifths. Second movement There is intro material from m. 1-5 including the glissando motive. The A section occurs from m.5-13 with melody in the saxes, trumpets, and horns. Section B material happens from m. 13-21. Section A comes back from m.21-29 with a fuller texture. B is back from m.29-33 and the introductory motive takes us from m.33 to the end. 1 This section was quoted from Annika Bakke s A Prehistoric Suite- Macro Project #1.
This movement is in G minor, the relative minor of the previous movement. Third Movement The introduction is m. 1-5. A Section A melody is repeated m.5-13, m.13-21, and m.29-35 with slight variations. There is a coda from m.37-42. This movement comes back to Bb major. Fourth Movement An aleatoric section opens the piece. Theme A happens from m. 2-10. Theme B is from m.10-20. M. 20-23 is a transition back to section A (m.24-32). Then the aleatoric section returns. M. 33-36 is a coda. This piece appears to be in G minor, even though the key signature suggests it would be in F major or D minor. 2 2 This section was quoted from Annika Bakke s A Prehistoric Suite- Macro Project #1.
STUDENT GUIDE A Prehistoric Suite Composer: Paul Jennings Horn in F
A Prehistoric Suite Composer: Paul Jennings Horn in F Unit Guide GOALS/OBJECTIVES- By the end of this unit, you will: 1. Be able to perform and assess the piece. 2. Be able to sing and play your individual part. 3. Understand the concept of programmatic music. 4. Understand the concept of aleatoric music, 5. Understand, perform, and notate the concert Bb major scale starting on a two different pitches. 6. Complete a project about A Prehistoric Suite. 7. Know all glossary terms. 8. Learn how to play aleatoric music. 9. Understand the basic history and culture of A Prehistoric Suite. Goal #5: Concert Bb Scale Instrument Flutes, Trombones, Baritones, Tuba, Percussion Horns Trumpets and Clarinets Saxophones Starting Notes of Concert Bb Scale Starting notes are on Bb and G Starting notes are on F and D Starting notes are on C and A Starting notes are on Eb and C
GLOSSARY Accent The beginning of the note is louder Accidental A sharp or a flat added that is not in the key signature Aleatoric music Music that is determined by chance. Something is different in every performance. Bass Clef Lower instruments use this clef Clef Lets us know where pitches are. There are treble and bass clefs. Crescendo Gets gradually louder Decrescendo Gets gradually softer Dynamics Gets gradually louder Key signature Tells you how many sharps or flats are always there Movement in music A section or part of an entire piece. There are 4 movements in A Prehistoric Suite. p mp mf f ff Soft Medium- soft Medium- loud Loud loudest Programmatic music Music that tells a story Ritard The music slows down. Slur Two different pitches that are not articulated Soli One group plays
Solo One person plays Staccato The notes length is short Suite in music A collection of smaller parts to form one suite. Tie Two of the same pitches that are not articulated Time signature Tells you how many beats per measure Treble Clef Higher instruments use this clef
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1 Name: Using your part to A Prehistoric Suite write the dinosaur s name, the movement it is from, and any descriptions of the dinosaur provided by the composer. Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description Dinosaur Movement Description
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #2 Name: Using the example from the score of A Prehistoric Suite, create your own aleatoric music using only one measure. Play random notes- start low and soft; get louder, faster, higher Who: everybody What: play random notes- start low and soft; get louder, faster, higher How long: about 10 seconds Who: What: How long: Who: What: How long: Who: What: How long: Who: What: How long:
OPTIONS PROJECTS 1. Write and illustrate a programmatic story for A Prehistoric Suite. Using the Homework Assignment #1 as a starting point, write and illustrate a short story to go along with the piece. Your short story will have 4 parts- one part for each movement. Be sure to mention the dinosaur and what is happening in each part of your story. 2. Compose an piece that uses aleatoric music. Write melody on staff paper. Be sure to include a clef, key signature, and a time signature. You may use whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes in your piece. Your composition needs to include at least one example of aleatoric music: use Homework Assignment #2 for ideas!
PRACTICE GUIDE: Horn in F Goal Tempo: Concert Bb Major Scale