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<strong>Lesson</strong> 2 – Loud and Quiet<br />

Learning objectives and preliminary activities<br />

Learning Objectives<br />

Learn to identify different dynamic levels.<br />

Play instruments and perform vocal sounds expressively using<br />

appropriate dynamics.<br />

Create music that uses different dynamics<br />

Suggested Preliminary Activities<br />

Write the words ‘loud’, ‘very loud’, ‘quiet’, ‘very quiet’, ‘getting<br />

louder’, and ‘getting quieter’ on the board. Then, give the pupils a<br />

sentence, such as ‘The wind blew gently through the trees’. Invite<br />

them to improvise vocal or body percussion sounds that match the<br />

sentence. Then, ask the pupils to identify the dynamic label that<br />

matches their improvisation. Encourage pupils to invent their own<br />

sentences for improvisations.<br />

Distribute classroom percussion instruments to pupils. Working<br />

in small groups or as a class, invite them to invent a rhythm that<br />

they can play as an ostinato (a short, repeating pattern). Then ask<br />

the pupils to play their ostinato as you point to different dynamics<br />

words on the board. On another day, write the dynamics words on<br />

cards. Ask one pupil to draw a card and keep it secret, then play his<br />

or her instrument at that dynamic level. Ask the rest of the class to<br />

identify the dynamic level by listening.

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