Lesson 1: Listening and Describing Music
Duration of Days: 180
Lesson Objective
Students will describe musical elements they hear in a piece.
What instruments or sounds do I hear?
How do rhythm and melody affect the music?
Melody
Rhythm
Dynamics
Timbre
Responding: Analyze and describe music
Connecting: Relate listening to performance
Students develop critical listening and vocabulary for discussing music.
Provide guided listening prompts
Allow students to draw or write responses
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Class discussion
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Written or verbal reflection