Week 14

During this week of class we reviewed our knowledge on binary form( AB, verse and chorus) and learned about a new form called Ternary. Ternary is made up of three distinct section in a musical piece.(ABC) then we learned about the concept of Rondo , which is where one section usually A repeats after every new section (ABACA).Also our main focus for the rest of the semester is our multicutural project. I have been getting a lot of get lesson plans together for my country of Brazil. I was think that my additional activity would be to make a rain stick since the Amazon rain forest is located in Brazil.

We learned these concept through a song with hand movements called " Gong to the Zoo" Later, we were divided up into two groups (B and C) and had to create dance moves to the tempo. When the tempo changed we would do the two dance moves.

This is an important concept to learn because we are now able to better understand music composition. also we become more aware of upcoming changes to the current measure/ measures.

Children at many ages can find this helpful when learning a new song. They can hear the piece played on CD and think about the different binary or ternary forms that may be in the piece. They may even learn when to play their instruments and when not to play them.