MUSICEL

Dealing with Experiential

Aspects in Teaching Music
Course module Week Course Unit
(CM)
1 Unit 1. Music and Children
CM 1 2
Experiential Unit 2. Appreciating Music
Aspects in 3 Unit 3. Listening
Teaching Music
4
Unit 4. Singing
5
Unit 5. Rhythm
Listening
• Active
• Passive
• What musical instruments am I hearing? How many
are there? Are these stringed instruments? brass
instruments? wind instruments? percussion
instruments?
• Is it a solo or a group performance?
• What do the lyrics say?
• Do the lyrics fit the music?
• What is the tempo (speed) of the music? How does it
affect the character of
• How does the music make me
feel? What is its general mood?
• Are there chords used in the
piece? Are they in major or minor?
• Are the lyrics based on a literary
work, such as a poem?
• How does the melody move? In steps, skips, or
leaps? Does it stay in one place?
• Are there places where the tonality modulates
to a different key? What effect does it give to the
listener?
• What is the form or structure of the piece?
• What is the music's message? Can I relate it to
an idea, thing. animal, person, place, or event?
Alaala ka maging gabi't araw Alipinin mo0y
walang kailangan Marinig ko lang sa labi mo
hirang Na akoy ibigin lagi habang buhay.

Alaala ka maging gabi araw Alipinin mo'y

walang kailangan Marinig ko lang sa labi mo
hirang Na akoy ibigin lagi habang buhay "
EXPERIENCE: Listening
Select any Filipino folk song or piece of your
choice. Listen to it attentively several times,
analyzing its details. Afterward, write down
and describe what you heard according to
what is being asked below.

Title of chosen song:_____________

Say something about the following musical
elements after listening to your chosen song
or piece.
1. Melodic Contour:
2. Tempo (Speed):
3. Time Signature/s:
4. What instrument/s was/were used?
5. What is the overall mood of the piece? Is
there a message it wants to convey? What
would it be?