Lesson Plan: Brass Tech 9/9/19

Objectives:
 The students will be able to buzz Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on their
mouthpieces.

Procedures:
 Unpack instruments at the edges of the room with their backpacks.
 Students move and sit in chairs in an arch around podium with mouthpieces only.
 Teacher leads Warm up with breathing exercises: in 4, out 4. In 3, out 3. in 2, out
2. in 1, out 1.
 Teaching the Melody
o Teacher sings the melody in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star twice for students
to hear
o Teacher sings the first phrase, breathe, and then have the students repeat
first phrase
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the second phrase and has the students repeat second
phrase back.
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the first two phrases together and have the class sing back.
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the third phrase and has the students repeat third phrase
back.
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings all phrases together, has class sing all phrases together
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
 Teaching the bass line
o Teacher sings bass line twice through as students listen.
o Teacher sings the first bass line phrase and then has the students repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the second bass line phrase and has the students repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the first two phrases together and have the class repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the third phrase and has the students repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings all phrases together, has class sing all phrases together
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Split the classroom in half, having one side sing the bass line while the
other side has the melody
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
 Teaching the harmony
o Teacher sings harmony twice through as students listen.
o Teacher sings the first harmony phrase and then has the students repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
 o Teacher sings the second harmony phrase and has the students repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the first two phrases together and have the class repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings the third phrase and has the students repeat
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher sings all phrases together, has class sing all phrases together
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Split the classroom into three groups, having one sing the bass line, the
second sing the harmony, and the third group sing melody.
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
 Adding mouthpieces
o Teacher buzzes the melody in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star twice for
students to hear
o Students repeat the melody in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by buzzing
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher buzzes the bass line in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star twice for
students to hear
o Students repeat the bass line in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by buzzing
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Split the classroom into two groups, having one buzz the bass line, the
second buzz the harmony.
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Teacher buzzes the harmony in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star twice for
students to hear
o Students repeat the harmony in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by buzzing
 Repeat step until rhythm and pitches are accurate
o Split the classroom into three groups, having one buzz the bass line, the
second buzz the harmony, and the third group buzz melody.
Assessment:
 Split the classroom into small groups to assess
 Split the smaller groups into thirds so that some buzz the bass line, some buzz
the harmony, and some buzz melody.
 This allows the teacher to see who is struggling while not singling students out.
Standards:
 HIB.1: The student will echo, read, and notate music, including 1. identifying,
defining, and using basic standard notation for pitch, rhythm, meter, articulation,
dynamics, and other elements of music;
 MIB.1 The student will echo, read, and notate music, including 1. identifying,
defining, and using basic standard notation for pitch, rhythm, meter, articulation,
dynamics, and other elements of music; and singing selected lines from music
being studied.
 MIB.2 The student will echo, read, and perform rhythms and rhythmic patterns,
including whole notes, half notes, quarter eighth notes, dotted half notes, dotted
quarter notes, and corresponding rests.
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Materials:
 Chairs
 Mouthpieces