Musik, Serious Gaming und Konzentrationsfähigkeit – mit der App entdecken die Kinder die Magie der klassischen Musik mit interaktiven Spielen.
Activity 1
Talk about music
Whole class
5 min.
Teacher:
“During the last lesson, you played the 'Journey along the river' level on the Fortissimo app. What did you learn? What can you remember?
App questions
General questions
1. What did you learn?
2. What can you remember?
Specific questions
1. Which instruments represent the first spring of the Vltava?
Answer: The first spring of the Vltava is played by the first flute (Figaro) and the second flute (Florestan).
2. Which instruments are added to represent the second spring? And which instrument is added when the two streams start flowing together?
Answer: The second spring of the Vltava is played by two clarinets and, when the two streams start flowing together, a violin (also called fiddle) is added.
3. What is programme music?
Answer: Programme music tells a story with music. Programme music often reprensents nature, thunderstorms, birdsong or the sound of water. It also attempts to represent feelings and moods with music.
4. How would you describe the melody of the 'Vltava' and how would you describe the theme of the 'Forest hunt'?
Answer: 'Vltava melody': calm, flowing, running water, rippling, harmonious. 'Forest hunt': rhythmic, lively, galloping horses, hunting horn, energetic.
5. Can you still hear the theme of the 'Vltava' in your head? Can you hum it?
Activity 2
Music theory
Independently
10 min.
Activity 3
Listen to music
Whole class
10 min.
Teacher:
“Now let’s have a listen to what each instrument sounds like.”
A13: Instrument sounds: flute, clarinet, violin, harp and triangle (play)
Teacher:
“In the next musical excerpt I am going to play, you will hear that the different instruments play 'Vltava's main theme' one at a time. Place the instrument cards in front of you. When you recognise an instrument playing the theme, hold the corresponding card up. To start with, you will hear the name of the instrument playing but then you will have to figure it out without any help.”
A14: Instrument sound mix: flute, clarinet, violin, harp and triangle (play)
Answer
1. Flute
2. Clarinet
3. Violin
4. Harp & Triangle
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From this point, the names of the instruments will no longer be announced.
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5. Flute
6. Violin
7. Clarinet
8. Flute
9. Tutti (all instruments together)
Activity 4
Music theory
Independently
10 min.
M7 printout
M7: Orchestral score (hand out to each pupil)
Teacher:
“Here, you can see an orchestral score from 'Vltava' in which all the different instruments are used. In an orchestral score, all the notes you can see on a page are not played by all the instruments. Each instrument has its own line. Try to connect the notes of a line, i.e. an instrument, with the following colors: flute - green, clarinet - red, violin - blue, harp - yellow and triangle - orange. Pay attention to the breaks. The notes separated by rests should not be connected."
Teacher:
“By connecting the notes on each line, you can see how the different instruments make the piece of music 'flow'. Can you try to describe the lines you drew? Which instruments form the very linear or flowing part of the river? Which instruments 'flow' the calmest? What else happens to the river?"
Divide the class into 5 groups.
Teacher:
“We are now divided into five groups. Each group represents an instrument: flute - green, clarinet - red, violin - blue, harp - yellow and triangle - orange. Look carefully at the line created by your instrument on the orchestral score. We are going to try to move to the music as the line is drawn. When the line makes big waves, you can make big movements with your body, and when your instrument makes small waves, you can make small movements. Together, we are going to represent the great river Vltava with movement. In order to make the river particularly noticeable, let's line up in several rows next to each other.”
If there's still time...
... students can try to connect the lines of the other instruments on the orchestral score.
... activity 5 can be repeated but the groups can be swapped so they try moving along to another instrument/colour.
Skills learned in this lesson...
Students...
... know the names of specific musical instruments and can recognise their sound.
... familiarise themselves with musical notation.
... develop musical imagination and translate melodic lines into movements.