Break-out Plan #9

Date: Nov 24
Break-out Title/Topic:Technological Improvements of the Baroque
Bridge-in:
Does anybody in University Singers hate it when youre given the starting pitch;
and the person next to you starts HUMMING THE WRONG NOTE!??

Resources

Time

~ 0.5
min
Pre-Assessment:
Sing happy birthday to Felice Allesandri (Classical composer, born on Nov 24th)
while giving different mentees different starting pitches.
~2
min
Learning Objective:
Identifying and understanding how technological improvements in the Baroque
era allowed

Participatory Activity:
1.) Stable tuning
-give mentees the same starting pitch and attempt initial activity again.
2.) Barlines
-attempt to have mentees sing a short excerpt from a pop song, with
metric value of notes as well as measures removed.
3.) Harmony
-attempt to harmonize a melody using counterpoint.
-re attempt same exercise using I and V chords.
4.) Instrumental innovations
-have a mentee play the chords to the second harmonized excerpt on toy
guitar.
-repeat the same activity with a real instrument
5.) Listening Activity Dr. Bick has yet to assign
Post-Assessment:
In-activity post assessment.
Summary:
A large number of technological innovations in how music was written and
disseminated allowed for instrumentalists to rise to the same level of artistry
that was typically reserved for vocalists.

- digital pitch
pipe
- pop
transcription in
various states of
disarray
- toy guitar
- real guitar
- Norton
Anthology
- Norton
Anthology CDs

25+
min