Extending a Short Piece for a Concert
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Season 1 | Episode 53
Show Notes
I am working on planning a recorder concert. My district requires that fourth graders have a final performance which I am super excited about. I just don’t really know where to start when planning. Recorder tunes are so short and I am not sure how to plan an engaging show full of that.
Creative Choice:
Improvisation:
16 beats
Same rhythm, improvised melody
Form & Texture:
Ostinati:
Add rhythmic ostinati
Transferring rhythmic ostinati to pitch
Round
Rondo
AABB
ABA
Media:
Body percussion
Pitched percussion
Unpitched percussion
Singing
Student Perspective:
Scripts “Listen for this”
This is what our notation looks like, and this is how to read it.
Performance Road Map
On music notation, on a whiteboard in the back, on the floor of the stage, etc.
