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Muse375 Lesson Plan
Muse375 Lesson Plan
Date- 02/20/20
Class-MUSE 375
Assignment- Peer Teaching #1
Standards
Anchor Standard 8: Perform a varied repertoire of music by playing instruments, alone
and with others, from rote memory and written notation.
Anchor Standard 3: Connect with a varied repertoire of music by exploring the
relationships between music and history and cultures
Objectives
Students will be able to sing and play swung 8th notes.
Students will be able to play the beginning of Swing Low, Sweet Clarinets
Materials
Music Score
Baton
Pencil (maybe)
Procedure
1. Play a Bb major scale up and down (repeat top note)
a. Play Bb major scale up and down with straight 8ths
b. Play Bb major scale up and down with swung 8th
i. Model singing
2. Do some Ta-ka-di-mi
a. First do a couple basic swing.
b. Ta-di Ta-di Ta-di Ta.(mm7)
c. Ta. Ta di— di Ta-di \ Ta (mm8)
d. Ta—- Di ta di—- (mm6)
e. Di ta ta ta \ ta ta di—-\ (mm 3-4)
3. Do call and response on trumpet
a. Mm 1
b. Now mm2
c. Now both
d. Mm 7
4. Read the first 4 measures
a. Separate lows and highs or measure 1-4.
i. Articulation!
ii. Don’t forget about Noah in the back
5. Measure 5-13
a. Lows mm 8. Swing the 8ths
i. Make sure 5-13 sound good
b. Woodwinds 5-13
i. Swinging 8th and style
6. Measure 13-21
a. High winds similars but add flutes
i. Make sure they are good on splits
b. Trumpet, form, tenor sax
i. New part work on high trumpet parts mm 19
7. Run a bigger section if time!
Assessment
Informal:
o Walk around
o Asking questions and calling on students
o Listening to small groups
o Listen to individuals
Closure
Today you learned how to swing!
Practice swinging steady 8th notes and keep going farther than measure 21 in the piece.