Extending a Short Piece for a Concert

Written By Victoria Boler

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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.

Victoria Boler https://www.wemakethemusic.org
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