Two of the 4th grade classes had the privilege of having Miss K., a field student from Oakland University, teach their classes over the last couple of weeks. We had decided in advance that Miss K. would continue teaching lessons for the form unit. Because Miss K. is a percussionist, we thought it would be really neat to focus on a percussion song, specifically without the use of a melody. Usually, it is easiest to identify sections within a song by listening to the melody. In a percussion piece, however, other musical elements such as rhythm patterns and layers of sounds help us to identify when a section change occurs. The best part, though, was that Miss K. created her very own percussion song and recorded it at Oakland University. The students absolutely LOVED the song, and were excited to learn drumming techniques they heard in the song. And of course, we were able to learn from the pro! How cool! Thanks Miss K. for planning such fabulous lessons! Side note: Because I loved the lesson so much, I will be doing the same lessons with the other 4th grade class who never got to meet Miss K.! Below, I have Miss K's original song as well as the students' performances of the song! I had a few extra recordings of Miss Kalmus' class as well, demonstrating smaller excerpts from the piece. Great work!
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