Maker Tuesday Agenda

Teachers: Leslie Aguilar Subject: Music

Topic: Elements of Music Lesson Title: Dynamics, Tempo, Timbre

and Expressive Intent

Grade Level: 6th and 7th grade Lesson 60 min

Duration:

Standard: Demonstrate and describe how expressive qualities (such as

dynamics, tempo, and timbre) are used in performers’ personal
interpretations to reflect creators’ expressive intent.

Learning Objective/ Develop skills in dynamics, tempo, and timbre and how it connects
Target: to emotions and artist intent by taking notes and making their own
music.

Essential Question: How do we discern the musical creators’ and performers’ expressive
intent?

Key Vocabulary Materials

Dynamics ❖ Internet access

Tempo ❖ Computer
Timbre ❖ Paper
Expressive Intent ❖ Pencil
Lesson Component What is the Teacher Doing? What are the Students Time
Doing?

Connect -Learning Target: Students -Taking notes Slide 1: 4:30

Grabs students’ will learn about dynamics, Slide 2: 4:31
attention. The hook tempo, and timbre and how it -Playing Scavenger Hunt Slide 3: 4:34
connects to emotions and
that sets them up to Slide 4: 4:35
artist intent.
hear the teaching Slide 5: 4:36-4:40
point (Instructional -Ask students how they are Slide 6: 4:40-4:50
Purpose) and learn feeling (baby yoda)
how to take on this
new information. -Materials Needed: Paper,
pencil/pen, internet access
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Teach -Teach the vocabulary - Students will be taking Slide 7: 4:50

Teacher Explicitly words:Timbre, Dynamics, notes Slide 8: 4:51
states the teaching Tempo, Expressive Intent Slide 9: 4:52
point, What will Slide 10: 4:53
students learn from Timbre: is the quality of
this lesson? sound, it identifies different
instruments that can be
played at same time.

Dynamics: Is the loudness

and softness of sounds. Tells
us how soft or loud the music
is playing.

Tempo: The basic pace of

music, how fast or slow the
music is going. So in the
images we have here, we can
see that the road runner is
 running at a fast tempo and
the turtle is at a slow tempo.

Expressive Intent: How the

artist feels, how they want
you to feel. Use emojis to
show different emotions.
Sometimes an artist can use a
slow tempo, and a soft
dynamic to create relaxing
music for the listener.

Model -Reviewing the definitions Observing the teacher Slide 11: 5:00
Teacher Explicitly and modeling how to model the activity, and
demonstrates how to accomplish the teaching participating/asking
accomplish the points questions (unmute, or typing
teaching point. -Asking Students: in chat)
Show and model to Can anyone tell me what
students Timbre is?
step-by-step -Modeling:
Timbre is the tone or sound
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change instruments.
Asking Students:
Can anyone tell me what
Dynamics is?
Modeling:
Dynamics means how quietly
or loudly a piece of music
should be played. Under
settings go to “Start on” you
have the option to change the
notes from Low Middle and
High.
Asking Students:
Can anyone tell me what
Tempo is?
Modeling:
 Tempo is how FAST or
SLOW the music is played. If
we look here at the bottom it
says tempo, so when you play
your song you can adjust how
fast or slow it plays

Modeling how to Save the

music

Active Engagement -The music shows how it Actively participate in the Slide 12: 5:05-5:15
Students try out the makes you feel. Are you activity
teaching point they feeling sad, mad, happy etc...
learned. Teacher Create their own music
monitors areas of -Show students my example based on how their day was
success and areas
they need -Students will create their After they finish, make sure
re-teaching. music (10 min) to copy and paste the link in
the chat

Link Ask students to reflect on Students will go to the Slide 13: 5:20-5:30
Teacher restates the their music and explain how jamboard and write their
teaching point. the elements of music connect name and paste the link to
Students reflect on with an artist's intent. their music in the post it
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