Ultimate Substitute Teacher s Music Resource Guide Contents Activities for K 2 Teacher Level* Page Number Music Assessment Worksheet...2-3... 2 Understanding Loud and Soft...1-3...4 Learn to Listen...1-3... 6 The Name Game...1-3... 7 Feel the Beat...1-3... 8 Put on Your Listening Ears...1-3... 9 The Same or Different?...1-3...10 Count and Clap...1-3... 11 Activities for K 4 Create Your Own Music...1-3...12 Meet the Classical Composers...1-3...14 Follow the Conductor...1-3...16 Activities for Grade 3 4 Songs with Sounds...1-3... 17 Music Assessment Worksheet...2-3...18 Match the Instruments...1-3...20 Reviewing Note Values...2-3...22 Let s Rest Awhile...2-3...24 Note Speller...2-3...26 Musical Crossword Puzzle...1-3...28 Activities for Grades 3 6 Sing with Do, Re, Mi...2-3...30 Arranging Simple Songs...2-3...32 Name That Tune and Other Fun Games...1-3...34 Musical Memory Add-a-Note...2-3... 37 Music in Images and Words...1-3...38 Identify the Instruments...1-3...39 Musical Symbol Search...2-3...42 The Alphabet Game...1-3...44 Composer Gallery...1-3...46 Pass the Rhythm...1-3...48 iv
Activities for Grades 5 6 Teacher Level* Page Number Musical Story Time...1-3...49 Music Assessment Worksheet...2-3...50 Who s Who in Classical Music?...1-3...52 Draw with Musical Symbols...2-3...54 Musical Definitions...2-3...56 Mystery Composers...1-3...58 Instrument Name Game...1-3...60 Rhythm Shuffle...2-3...62 Creative Composing...2-3...64 Notespeller...2-3...66 Musical Styles Scramble...1-3...68 Once Upon a Musical Story...2-3...70 Musical Crossword Puzzle...1-3...72 Word Symphony...1-3...74 Exploring the Orchestra...2-3...75 Appendix Composers in Music History...78 Glossary of Musical Terms...80 Piano Fingering Chart...83 Parts of the Guitar...84 Guitar Chord Chart...85 Recorder Fingering Chart...86 Music Staff Paper... 87 *Teacher Level Level 1 No music knowledge or background Level 2 Some music knowledge (played an instrument or sang in the choir at some time) Level 3 Well-rounded music knowledge (music degree) v
Music Assessment Worksheet Teacher Page Grades 3 4 This worksheet is a useful tool to determine what your new class knows, and perhaps more importantly, what they don t know. If you will be teaching your class for several days, start by using this information sheet to choose which activity you might want to focus on first. Be sure to let the students know this is not a test you are just gathering information to plan your lessons for the coming days. STUDENT WORKSHEET: 1. Match the picture of the instrument with its name: Guitar Piano Violin Flute Trumpet 2. Name the lines or spaces marked on the staff below: A F D G C B 3. Match the musical symbol with its name: Quarter Rest Half Note Whole Note Quarter Note Π4. What is the value of each note below? Half Note = 2 beats Whole Note = 4 beats 18 Quarter Note = 1 beat
Music Assessment Worksheet 1. Match the picture of the instrument with its name: Guitar Piano Violin Flute Trumpet 2. Name the lines or spaces marked on the staff below: 3. Match the musical symbol with its name: Quarter Rest Half Note Whole Note Quarter Note Π4. What is the value of each note below? Half Note = beats Whole Note = beats Quarter Note = beat
Exploring the Orchestra 7 18 5 17 3 4 2 1 16 Instruments of the Orchestra Pictured above are the instruments found in a symphony orchestra. Identify each instrument picture and write the number of that instrument section next to its name below. The first one has been done for you. 1 VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO STRING BASS FLUTE OBOE CLARINET BASSOON
8 11 12 10 9 15 13 14 TRUMPET FRENCH HORN TROMBONE TUBA HARP TIMPANI CYMBALS DRUMS CONDUCTOR
Composers in Music History MUSIC OF ANCIENT TIMES Before 500 Monophonic music (Chinese, Greeks, Hebrews) Christian chant MEDIEVAL PERIOD (500-1450) 590 604 Gregorian Chant 1100 1450 Organum, motets, early rounds RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1450 1600) Essential composers: 1525 1594 Giovanni Palestrina (Italy) 1548 1611 Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain) 1571 1621 Michael Praetorius (Germany) BAROQUE PERIOD (1600 1750) Essential composers: 1653 1706 Johann Pachelbel (Germany) 1659 1695 Henry Purcell (England) 1678 1741 Antonio Vivaldi (Italy) 1685 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach (Germany) 1685 1759 George Frideric Handel (Germany/England) CLASSICAL PERIOD (1750-1820) Essential composers: 1714 1788 C.P.E. Bach (Germany) 1732 1809 Franz Joseph Haydn (Austria) 1756 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria) 1770 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany) ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820 1910) Essential composers: 1797 1828 Franz Schubert (Austria) 1809 1847 Felix Mendelssohn (Germany) 1810 1849 Frédéric Chopin (Poland/France) 1810 1856 Robert Schumann (Germany) 1811 1886 Franz Liszt (Hungary) 1813 1883 Richard Wagner (Germany) 1833 1897 Johannes Brahms (Germany) 1838 1875 Georges Bizet (France) 1839 1881 Modest Mussorgsky (Russia) 1840 1893 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russia) 1841 1904 Antonín Dvořák (Bohemia) 1843 1907 Edvard Grieg (Germany) 78
ROMANTIC PERIOD (1820 1910) Essential composers (cont.): 1844 1908 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia) 1860 1911 Gustav Mahler (Bohemia/Austria) 1864 1949 Richard Strauss (Germany) 1873 1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russia) IMPRESSIONISM PERIOD (1890 1915) Essential composers: 1862 1918 Claude Debussy (France) 1875 1937 Maurice Ravel (France) TWENTIETH-CENTURY (1915 current) Essential composers: 1854 1932 John Philip Sousa (United States) 1868 1917 Scott Joplin (United States) 1872 1958 Ralph Vaughan Williams (England) 1874 1951 Arnold Schoenberg (Austria) 1881 1945 Béla Bártok (Hungary) 1882 1971 Igor Stravinsky (Russia) 1891 1953 Sergei Prokofiev (Russia) 1898 1937 George Gershwin (United States) 1899 1974 Duke Ellington (United States) 1900 1990 Aaron Copland (United States) 1900 1971 Louis Armstrong (United States) 1912 1992 John Cage (United States) 1918 1990 Leonard Bernstein (United States) 1932 Living John Williams (United States) 1937 Living Philip Glass (United States) 1943 Living Joseph Schwanter (United States) 1961 Living Wynton Marsalis (United States) 79
Glossary of Musical Terms > Accent ( ) Make stronger. Emphasize. Bar Line ( ) A vertical line that divides a musical staff into measures.? Bass Clef ( ) F clef. Locates F below middle C on the music staff. Beat Chord Clef Composer Conductor A unit of time or rhythm. Three or more pitches sounded together. A sign at the beginning of the staff which indicates the names of the lines and spaces. A person who writes music. The director of a band or orchestra. Crescendo ( ) Gradually getting louder. Decrescendo ( ) Gradually getting softer. Dotted Half Note ( ) = 3 beats. Duet Dynamics A composition for two musicians. Volume level of the music. How loud or soft it should be played. Eighth Note ( ) = ½ beat Eighth Rest ( ) = ½ beat of silence Fermata ( ) Pause. Hold. Fine b Flat ( ) Forte ( f ) Fortissimo ( ff ) Half Note ( ) The end. Lowers a pitch ½ step. Loud. Very loud. = 2 beats 80
Half rest ( ) = 2 beats of silence Harmony Improvising Instrument Keyboard Instruments Key Signature When two or more different pitches are played at the same time. Adding rhythmic or melodic variations to a song that are not written down in the music. Something that makes a musical sound. Instruments with keys or buttons that are pushed to make a sound (Ex. piano, accordion). One or more flats or sharps that appear at the beginning of a piece of music. Measure ( ) The space on a music staff between two bar lines. Melody Mezzo Forte ( mf ) Mezzo Piano ( mp ) Percussion Phrase Piano ( p ) Pianissimo ( pp ) Pitch Quarter Note ( ) ΠQuarter Rest ( ) A musical sentence. Medium loud. Medium soft. Instruments that are struck to make a sound (Ex. drums, cymbals). A musical sentence, several measures in length. Soft. Very soft. A specific musical tone. Π= 1 beat = 1 beat of silence Repeat Sign ( ) Go back to the beginning and play again Rests Rhythm Ritardando (rit.) Round Musical symbols which indicate silence. The long and short sounds in a musical phrase Gradually slowing down. A song that can overlap itself as each part enters in unison at equal time intervals. 81
Glossary of Musical Terms, continued Scale # Sharp ( ) A series of eight pitches, can be major or minor. Raises a pitch ½ step. Slur ( ) A curved line that connects two or more notes of different pitch. Staccato ( ) Musical symbol indicating to play a note short and crisply. Staff ( ) Five parallel lines and four spaces on which music is written. String Instruments Tempo Instruments that are plucked or strummed to make a sound. (Ex. guitar, harp) The speed of the music. Tie ( ) A curved line that connects two or more notes of the same pitch. Time Signature Tells how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets one beat. & Treble Clef ( ) G clef. Locates G above middle C on the music staff. Whole Note ( ) = 4 beats Whole Rest ( ) ( ) = 4 beats of silence. 82
Piano Fingering Chart F # G b G # A b A # B b C # D b D # E b F # G b G # A b A # B b C # D b D # E b F # G b G # A b A # B b C # D b D # E b F # G b M I D D L E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E F G 83
Parts of the Guitar Rollers Keys (machines) Head Nut 1st Fret 1st Fret Bar 6th String 1st String Fingerboard (fretboard) Neck Neck Heel Side Soundboard (top, face) Upper Bout Soundhole Rosette Binding Strip Purfling Waist Body Bridge Bone (saddle) Bridge Lower Bout 84
Guitar Chord Chart G D B A E E A G F F C C D A G7 C D7 B G E D E A A D D F# F F E B B B D E B Am C7 Gm F m E7 B 7 E 7 A 7 C 7 Em Cm Bm Fm D7 C 7 G7 G 7 (A 7) B m C m D 7 (E 7) E m G m (A m) B m F 7 F m A7 D m (E m) Gm B7 Am Fm F 7 E7 C m B7 Dm Cm Bm F7 Em Dm A7 A G Strings marked with an are not played G m (A m) C7 F7 A 7 (B 7) 85
Recorder Fingering Chart 86
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For an effective way to teach your class rhythm patterns and have fun at the same time... K CHEC OUT... RHYTHM RALLY! by Cathy Blair These rhythm games will help students identify, perform and improvise rhythm patterns drawn from a variety of musical styles. Essential quarter note and eighth note rhythm patterns are covered in this fun and educational collection of collaborative learning games. 30/1908H Level 1 Grades 3-5 30/1909H Level 2 Grades 5-7 Each game includes instructions, rhythm sequence cards, performer cards, 30 player cards and a CD! Six ga mes in one!