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Sample Lesson Part 2, Build a Songhouse Items You'll Need: GBDFA Portrait GBDFA Story Sample lesson audiotape GBDFA Songsheet GBDFA Activity Page GBDFA Coloring Page Goals: Learn to recognize the names of the lines in the bass clef Learn the "GBDFA" song Place quarter notes on the lines of the bass clef with the correct letters beneath each Draw a grizzly bear flying an airplane on the bass clef Display the portrait of GBDFA. Read GBDFA Story. This new, humorous mnemonic phrase for learning the bass clef lines creates a vivid word picture students just can t forget. Review the GBDFA story. Repeat the saying that helps us remember the names of the lines of the bass clef. (Grizzly Bears Don't Fly Airplanes) Name the lines of the bass clef going from the bottom line to the top line. (GBDFA) 43
Learn: "GBDFA" Song. The GBDFA song is funny and the lyrics help students remember that these pitches belong to the bass clef lines. Draw a bass clef staff and place a quarter note on each line as shown. Have the students come to the chalkboard and place the correct letter beneath each of the notes. Draw a picture of a grizzly bear flying an airplane crashing into the bass clef. Do you sometimes doodle drawings to better understand a concept? Activities such as drawing pictures to illustrate concepts reinforce and help students remember the lesson objectives. This activity time is time well spent. Assignment: GBDFA Activity Page. GBDFA Coloring Page. 44
Student Reproducible Songsheet and Teacher s Accompaniment. GRIZZLY BEARS DON'T FLY AIRPLANES & Allegro q» 4 Words and Music by MARY BUDDEMEYER 1? 4 J œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ & 4? w... 1. Grizzly bears 2. G don't D fly F B œ œ œ œ œ air - A œ. planes. œ & 7?. come crash - Aœ œ F D B œ œ They ing down G w œ œ. right G in - B to D the F œ œ œ œ & 10? œ clef A œ. bass œ. as they hit the Aœ œ F œ D B œ w ground. G w.. 1994, 1998 Note Family, Inc. All rights reserved 45
Student Reproducible Coloring Page. Color Griz's body brown and his eyes silver. Color his glasses and the airplane's helment red. Color his plane blue. Color the words your choice. 46
Student Reproducible Activity Page. GBDFA Activity Write the names of the lines from the bottom up in the bass clef. Place whole notes on the lines in the staff above the letters in the bass clef staff below. Write a short story or poem about grizzly bears to share. If you wish, illustrate the story or poem. 47
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GBDFA Story. Hi, it s me, Quincy. I want to tell you a story. One day I was standing in a field near my house in the Land of Music. All of a sudden, I heard the sound of a small airplane. When I looked up, I saw a strange sight. The pilot of the airplane was a grizzly bear! 49
GBDFA Story. That airplane crashed right down into the field where I was standing! I was a little afraid. I didn t know if the pilot was a friendly bear or not! 50
GBDFA Story. The furry pilot got out of the plane. He rubbed his sore backside and said, Harumph! Every time I try to fly this thing, it comes crashing down! I said, That s because grizzly bears don t fly airplanes! 51
GBDFA Story. As soon as I said it, I got an idea. I could take the G from Grizzly, the B from Bears, the D from Don t, the F from Fly, and the A from Airplane to teach the names of the bass clef lines. 52
GBDFA Story. Griz thought it was a great idea, too! So just remember that the names of the lines of the bass clef, starting with the bottom line and moving up, are G,B,D,F,A. Those are the first letters of each of the words Grizzly Bears Don t Fly Airplanes! 53
GBDFA Story. You can remember that these are the names of the bass clef lines by thinking about a grizzly bear s deep growl. Grrr. It sounds low, just like the low sounds in the bass clef, the lower floor of a songhouse. 54