Heidi Brook

General Music Pedagogies Lesson Plan 2

GROUP 1 TECHNIQUE CLASS

Seated Activity:
Objective- Bow hand review
Students sitting criss cross apple sauce in a circle, with only bows
Review Unicorn Position (bow hand on head) for silence.
Bow hand concepts:
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The stick hides the top joint of our fingers

Splash: the twins jump in.
Yikes: baby is too scared to go off the dock
Snore: lazy teenager is lying down.

Plan:
5 minutes

Classroom Rules:
Objective- establishing routine and expectations
Discuss and consistently enforce classroom rules:
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Raise your hand to speak

Participate
Respect yourself, others, and the instruments
Unicorn Position means silence

Plan:
1-2 minutes

Speaking Activity:
Objective- Name the notes of a one octave G major scale
Students still seated.
Violin instructor plays up 1 octave scale and students count how many notes:
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How many notes in 1 octave scale? 8.

How many legs does an octopus have? 8.
Count going back down to confirm.

Violin instructor plays out each note of scale and pauses for students to say:
Good Morning G, Good Morning A, Good Morning Betc

Plan:
2 minutes

Violin Position Set-up:

Objectives- Enforcing proper rest/playing position
Formation: Planted in rows of vegetables/fruits so each student can see sun.
Discuss pockets of sunlight and have students stand where the sunlight can
reach them.
1. Rest Position Song: Rest position toes in line, scroll out front thats
mighty fine. Check your bridge cause it should be, peaking out at you
and me. Point your bow down to your toes, now were ready set to go.
2. Zip, Step, Button, Shoulder
3. Yes, No, Maybe

Plan:
2 minute

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Scale with Instruments:

Objectives- Bowing techniques, left hand shapes
Two octave G major scale on violins:
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Grain of rice bows at the toad

Cherry bows, apple bows, grapefruit bows, watermelon bowsetc
Practice listening to each other and following instructors bow length

Without violins discuss hand shapes, focusing on low 2s in G scale:

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On the __ string do we have high or low 2? For each string.

Show me hand position 1: 2 and 3 are friends
Show me hand position 2: 1 and 2 are friends. Low 2!
Special hand position high fives

With violins:
8. Rows face each other and play the G scale
9. They are finger 2 police
10. Raise your hand if your partner played low 2 on Aetc

Plan:
10 minutes

Singing/Movement Game:
Objectives- Allegro introduction and form
Allegro Dance
Head, head, knees, knees
Shoulders, shoulders, knees, knees
Head, head, knees, knees
Shoulders, shoulders, nose
Head, head, knees, knees
Shoulders, shoulders, knees, knees
Head, head, knees, knees
Shoulders, shoulders, nose
Head, head, toes, toes
Head, head, toes, toes
Head, head, knees, knees
Shoulders, shoulders, nose
Head, head, knees, knees
Shoulders, shoulders, knees, knees
Head, head, knees, knees
Shoulders, shoulders, nose
*Dance gets slower or faster for following the leader

Plan:
10 minutes

Song with instruments:

Objectives- Allegro, Martele, Detache
In rows, in proper violin set-up, practice Martele and Detache:
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Hot Dog: Martele, listen for space, pass the hot dog along the class
Hamburger: Detache smaller smoother bows, pass the hamburger
Have students match the teachers sound

Play Allegro with special attention to bow strokes.

Bonus levels can be: dynamics, movements, following teacher,
student leadersetc.

Plan:
10 minutes

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Extensions:
Objective- G major scale in a round
Return to G major scale with a focus on intonation and listening.
Have each row play a different part, so the scale is played as a round.
Identify student leaders.
Allow students to experience play are different parts of the round.

Plan:
5 minutes

Lining Up:
Objectives- establishing routines
Teach students to push chairs away from drums.
Discuss appropriate behaviour around the drums when leaving the class.

Plan:
1-2 minutes