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“Sakura Sakura” and the Kumoijoshi Scale of Japan: A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Discuss Japanese customs regarding spring and the meaning of cherry blossoms. Listen to Japanese and American versions of the same song and discuss the similarities and differences.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Mbiras, Marimbas, and You: Zimbabwean Music for the General Music Classroom, A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Learn to play and compose music with the mbira. Explore the use of the instrument in Zimbabwe to understand the relation of music to history and culture and its ability to incite social change. Lesson includes notations, historical background, and recordings and images from Smithsonian Global Sound.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

On the Plains of Orinoco: Joropo Music in Colombia, A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

This lessoninvestigates life on the Colombian Orinoco Plains through the exploration of Joropo Music. Activities include Spanish attentive listening, cultural enrichment, and musical interaction through singing, playing and moving.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Island Soundscape: Musics of Hawaii, the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea, A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Discover the island cultures of the South Pacific and their musical expressions with songs, crafts, and games. Uses recordings of Hawaiian slack key guitar, rhythmic game songs from the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea flute playing.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

An Introduction to Irish Music: A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Explore Irish and Irish-American history and culture through song lyrics, dance, and instrument demonstrations. Follow the music and play along with melody sheets and band transcriptions.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Melodic Rhythms of India: A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Introduce students to the melodic rhythms of the tabla tarang, classical drumming from India, through music and movement. Learn to improvise the jati system of vocalizing rhythms.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Egypt: The Bedouin Culture, A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Students will experience the music of the Bedouin culture of Egypt. In the listening example, they will hear two ancient traditional instruments; the rababa--a fretless stringed instrument, and the darabuka--a conical percussion instrument. They will view examples of Egyptian scales and rhythms and approximate the improvised sound of one of the scales and one of the rhythms on western instruments. An extended activity will include the use of Egyptian Bedouin music and student improvised music within the structure of the ancient Egyptian art form, Shadow Puppet Theatre.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Caribbean Beats and Blends: A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Learn about Caribbean peoples, languages, geographies, and values by singing and playing instruments to Caribbean music. Particular focus on Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti, and St. Lucia.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Capoeira: Martial Arts Meets Music, A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Performance videos and live recordings immerse students in this musically and visually exciting tradition from Brazil. Students learn to recognize the differences in several Brazilian musical genres.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Dance Traditions of Argentina: A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

The goal of the lesson is to introduce students to two contrasting dance traditions from Argentina, the Chacarera, and the Tango. Elements of the music used to accompany both types of traditional dance will be explored.Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Afghan Rubab: The Lion of Instruments, A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

The Afghan Rubab is revered as Afghanistan's "national instrument." Despite censorship during the Taliban rule, the rubab has regained its prominence in the Afghan culture. Skillful performers Ustad Mohammad Omar and Homayun Sakhi continue to perform on the solo instrument leaving "their creative imprint on the region's musical legacy. There can be no doubt that authentic traditional music remains forever contemporary." (Sakhi, 2005)Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Afghan Rubab: The Lion of Instruments, A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

The Afghan Rubab is revered as Afghanistan's "national instrument." Despite censorship during the Taliban rule, the rubab has regained its prominence in the Afghan culture. Skillful performers Ustad Mohammad Omar and Homayun Sakhi continue to perform on the solo instrument leaving "their creative imprint on the region's musical legacy. There can be no doubt that authentic traditional music remains forever contemporary." (Sakhi, 2005)Smithsonian Global Sound is an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media.  Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information and to explore thousands of recordings from around the world visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org.

Conjunto Music from South Texas: A Smithsonian Global Sound Lesson

Added: May 12, 2008 - View

Use songs and social dances from the Mexico/USA border to introduce students to South Texas people, language, location, and values. Also discuss issues such as immigration and experiences of living in the borderlands.Smithsonian Global Sound lessons are designed and tested by educators in the Smithsonian Global Sound Teacher-Nexus-Teacher network.  For more information visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org. 

Musical Theme in the film The Red Violin

Added: May 9, 2008 - View

The Red Violin. Music in a film underscores specific actions, heightens the emotions, and even sets a general mood for the entire story.  This lesson is designed to demonstrate how a composer uses a single theme to unite a story line in a film.

Turn the Beat Around

Added: May 9, 2008 - View

Students will perform a song from contemporary American culture.Students will create movements and explore choreography to accompany their singing.Students will perform song using correct posture, correct rhythms, and accurate pitches.

The Picnic of the World

Added: May 9, 2008 - View

Students will demonstrate understanding of musical form (introduction, verse, refrain, coda) by moving appropriately, playing percussion instruments, and arranging shapes to designate musical sections.Students will perform song using correct posture, correct rhythms, and accurate pitches.

Simple Gifts

Added: May 9, 2008 - View

Students will sing the song using correct posture, accurate pitches, and correct rhythms.Students will identify by singing, moving, and performing on instruments: musical phrases, rhythm patterns using half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes, ostinato pattern on barred instruments; and a movement ostinato.Students will discuss the meaning and purpose of the song in relation to the culture of the Shakers and in relation to culture today.

Play Me a Picture--Music Learning with Visual Art

Added: Apr 28, 2008 - View

Students examine a work of art from a specific cultural or stylistic tradition and use their impressions and ideas about the artwork to create a movement piece and soundscapes with unpitched percussion and/or vocalized sounds, or musical compositions with harmony and/or melody using ostinato-based melodies and accompanying patterns with layers of rhythms to accompany the movement. This approach is most suited to upper elementary and middle school students.

MI ALMA LATINA: The Rock(s) of Gibraltar by the U.S. Army Field Band

Added: Apr 28, 2008 - View

·        Students will identify monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic music.·        Students will perform monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic rhythms.Students will identify individual instruments or types of instruments.

MI ALMA LATINA: Bringing Music to Life by the U.S. Army Field Band

Added: Apr 28, 2008 - View

Students will sight-read Dos Arbolitos with at least 75% accuracy.Students will identify their musical role(s) in the music.Students will define the term “ostinato” and identify it in Dos ArbolitosStudents will discuss how lyrics can affect an arranger’s musical decisions.Students will listen to a recording of their own band’s performance and identify points for improvement.