Music Week 26

This week we began our Stomp Project our main objective was to learn the term Ostinato which means repeated musical rhythm or pattern. Our secondary objective was learning about improvisation.

Materials
Orff-Schulwerk: Music for Children pg 60

Using brooms, garbage cans, tubs, drum sticks, buckets, mallets rhythm sticks

Brooms-#3
Garbage Cans-#6
Buckets#9
Lids?#18 Measure 2

Use to begin teaching improvistiation.


-Display rhythms on board
-clap rhythms on hands
-transfer to instrument
-repeat process for all lines
-remind students that rythms should line up and every one should be doing same tempo

EQ/Evaluation: Can students perform ostinato?


K-2 began learning about ostinato but they used boomwhackers.

Orff Schulwerk: Music for Children pg 53 #1

Fun with Boomwhackers: Diddle, Diddle Dumpling
teaching ostinato
-teach song by rote
-sing song while clapping ostinato pattern
-transfer to tubes

Next week they will try the garbage cans and brooms and etc.