Silver Burdett Making
Music
September:
Concept: Beat/Rhythm
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 4, Syncopation
Unit 2, Lesson 4, Sixteenth/eighth
note combinations
Ti ti-ki, ti-ki ti
Unit 3, Lesson 3, ¾ meter
Unit 3, Lesson 4 and Unit 4, Lesson
4, Dotted rhythms
Composer: John
Philip Sousa
Listening
Lessons:
Stars and Stripes Forever
The Thunderer (in book)
Semper Fi
Seasonal Songs:
None in book, plenty in Music K-8
Regular Songs:
Mango Walk pg 200 (also in MMH pilot materials: the movement!)
Zum Gali Gali, pg 401
The Ash Grove, pg 114
October:
Concept: Melody
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 8, Pentatonic (intro)
Unit 3, Lesson 12, Countermelody
Unit 4, Lesson 6, Major Scale
Unit 5, Lesson 7, Minor Scale
Composer: Anton Dvorak
Listening Lessons:
Symphony No. 9 (in book)
Humoresque (mine)
New World Symphony (mine)
Seasonal Songs:
Addams Family pg 456
Watch Out, Twelve Days of Halloween
(my collection)
Regular Songs they
need to learn, not included in lessons:
Pat Works on the Railway, pg 182
Simple Gifts, pg 184
Extras:
BE only: Begin songs
for program, particularly the partner songs
November:
Concept: Form
Concept Lessons: most of BE program songs will fall in the
first 3 forms)
Unit 1, Lesson 5, Call and Response
Unit 2, Lesson 5, Verse/Refrain
Unit 3, Lesson 5, ABA
Unit 4, Lesson 5, Rondo
Composer: (JD only) Stravinsky
Infernal Dance (map incl)
Seasonal Songs:
Come Ye Thankful People Come pg 459
Qua Cua pg 460
Green Corn Song pg 462
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier pg
188
Regular Songs they
should learn, not included in lessons:
Erie Canal, pg 262 (use that book)
December:
Concept: Expression
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 1, Dynamics
Unit 2, Lesson 1, Dynamics
Unit 3, Lesson 1, Dynamics and
Articulation
Unit 5, Lesson 1, Slurs and Accents
For BE, these lessons
will need to be built into their program music
Composer: JD Only Ludwig Beethoven
Listening Lessons:
Fur Elise
Seasonal Songs only: JD Only
Pages 454 to 476 full of Christmas, winter, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa songs
January:
Concept: Timbre/harmony
Concept lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 9 and 12, Vocal Timbre
Unit 2, Lesson 9, Percussion
Unit 5, Lesson 10, Intro to the I-V7 chord structure
Composer: Beethoven continued
Listening Lessons:
Seasonal Songs:
Hi totsu toya
Three Kings Day
Lift Every Voice and Sing
For Children Safe and Strong
Regular songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Rounds, canons, partner songs
Unit 2, Lesson 11 and 12
Unit 4, Lesson 10 and 11
Kum Ba Yah
This Train/Swing Low Sweet Chariot
February:
Concept: Beat/Rhythm
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 4, Syncopation
Unit 2, Lesson 4, Sixteenth/eighth
note combinations
Ti ti-ki, ti-ki ti
Unit 3, Lesson 3, ¾ meter
Unit 3, Lesson 4 and Unit 4, Lesson
4, Dotted rhythms
Composer: John
Philip Sousa
Listening
Lessons:
Stars and Stripes Forever
The Thunderer (in book)
Semper Fi
Seasonal Songs:
Let Freedom Ring
Voices of Pride
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier pg 188
Regular Songs:
Zum Gali Gali, pg 401
The Ash Grove, pg 114
March:
Concept: Melody
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 8, Pentatonic (intro)
Unit 3, Lesson 12, Countermelody
Unit 4, Lesson 6, Major Scale
Unit 5, Lesson 7, Minor Scale
Composer: Anton Dvorak
Listening Lessons:
Symphony No. 9 (in book)
Humoresque (mine)
New World Symphony (mine)
Seasonal Songs:
Pat Works on the Railway, pg 182
Regular Songs they
need to learn, not included in lessons:
Simple Gifts, pg 184
Erie Canal, pg 262
Extras:
BE only: Begin songs
for program, particularly the partner songs
April:
Concept: Form
Concept Lessons: most of BE program songs will fall in the
first 3 forms)
Unit 1, Lesson 5, Call and Response
Unit 2, Lesson 5, Verse/Refrain
Unit 3, Lesson 5, ABA
Unit 4, Lesson 5, Rondo
Composer: (JD only) Stravinsky
Infernal Dance (map incl)
Seasonal Songs:
Spring songs, from my own
collection
Regular Songs they
should learn, not included in lessons:
Camptown Races pg 270
Mango Walk pg 200 (use movement
from MMH pilot materials)
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
pg 101
May: may be interrupted by my performance schedule
Concept: Expression
Concept Lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 1, Dynamics
Unit 2, Lesson 1, Dynamics
Unit 3, Lesson 1, Dynamics and
Articulation
Unit 5, Lesson 1, Slurs and Accents
For BE, these lessons
will need to be built into their program music
Composer: JD Only Ludwig Beethoven
Listening Lessons:
Fur Elise
Seasonal Songs:
Spring/summer songs from my own collection
Regular Songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Arirang, pg ?
All Through the Night, pg ?
June:
Concept: Timbre/harmony
Concept lessons:
Unit 1, Lesson 9 and 12, Vocal Timbre
Unit 2, Lesson 9, Percussion
Unit 5, Lesson 10, Intro to the I-V7 chord structure
Composer: Beethoven continued
Listening Lessons:
Seasonal Songs:
Silly Songs month
Regular songs they should learn, not included in lessons:
Rounds, canons, partner songs
Unit 2, Lesson 11 and 12
Unit 4, Lesson 10 and 11
Kum Ba Yah
This Train/Swing Low Sweet Chariot