Assignment 8

1. Melodic instruments—A melodic instrument is any instrument that can produce a melodic obstinate patterns, descants, and sometimes harmony parts.
Melodic instrument examples:
• Piano
• Electronic keyboards
• Melody Bells
• Step Bells
• Resonator Bells
• Xylophone
• Glockenspiel
• Metallophone
• Hand Bells
• Tone Chimes
• Recorder
2. Harmonic instruments—A harmonic instrument can play harmonies or drones as accompaniments to songs.
Harmonic instrument examples:
• Autoharp
• Q-Chord
• Guitar
3. Rhythmic instruments (percussion instruments)—Rhythmic instruments can play the rhythmic accompaniments to songs. They are divided into woods, metals, and skins.
Rhythmic instruments (percussion instruments):
• Woods
o Rhythm Sticks
o Claves
o Woodblock
o Maracas
o Sand Blocks
o Guiro
• Metals
o Cymbals
o Finger Cymbals
o Triangle
o Tambourine
o Jingle Bells
o Jingle Sticks
• Skins
o Hand Drum
o Bongo Drums
o Conga Drum

4. Natalie Grote
Activity: Performing a song
Grade: 2

National Standards
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Concept
Music Concept
*Pitch
* Tone
Non-music Concept
*Ascending and descending patterns
*Counting (1to 5)
Music Skill
*Singing
*Moving with the song
Non-music Skill
*Following the song
* Drawing objects

Objectives
*Students will be able to identify the upward motion of the beginning pitches of musical phases
*Students will be able to play pitches F G A Bflat C on the xylophone as each occurs
* Sing with good tone quality

Materials
*Pictures of pumpkins
*Pumpkin note heads with numbers
*Xylophone
*Fence/Gate

Procedures
1. Welcome and tell the students that today they will be learning a song about pumpkins and being able to sing a song while using their crafts to help them learn the song.
2. Sing the song one time through.
3. Talk about all the different parts of the song
4. Sing the song again but this time have them hold up the pictures when they are sung in the song.
5. Then with the music in front of them have tem break into groups and each group will have a different note that they will play.
6. Go through the song helping them play the different notes, while helping them by point to which group plays when.
Assessment
*While the students are singing listen to make sure that they are singing the right pitches.
*Ask the students what the name of the notes are that they will be using in the song
*Does the class perform the song incorrect pitches and rhythms on the xylophone