Hi Year 6 and Year 7 students!

Welcome to Term 3.

Learning intention: This term we will begin our learning in Music by digging into some music analysis. This means, listening to and thinking about music. This will then help us when we come to play and compose our own music later in the term, as we will know more about how composers and musicians use music to express themselves.

We’re going to begin by learning about Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.

No, not that Beethoven!! This Beethoven:

Assessment

Each week, there will be a different part to the project, finishing with a bigger assessment task at the end. You will receive a grade each week for each part of the project. For today, you will be graded on the answers that you provide to the questions below. This is because our lesson today is focused on building our knowledge of Beethoven and his 5th Symphony. So, put some effort into what you write in your booklet.

Here is an assessment rubric for The Beethoven Project: Part 1

 

Step 1

Ok, your learning journey begins by watching this introductory video below. While you watch, you will need to take notes in your booklet. **Write down at least 10 important facts that you learn by watching this video.** If you need to pause it, or watch it again, that is fine.

Beethoven’s 5th, featuring Barney Harwood : from BBC2’s ‘Play On!’ from Jamie Kennerley on Vimeo.

 

Step 2

Watch this video below of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. It uses animation to show visually what is happening in the music.

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**In your booklet, write at least 2 sentences that describe what this animation showed you.**

 

Step 3

Check with your teacher, who will randomly give you 5 of the words below to look up. **Find the definitions for your 5 words using this musical dictionary or Google, and write them in your booklet.**

• symphony
• tempo
• pitch
• melody
• harmony
• dynamics
• rhythm
• motif
• crescendo
• decrescendo
• pianissimo
• piano
• forte
• fortissimo
• presto
• allegro
• andante
• adagio
• largo
• accelerando
• ritardando
• fermata

Then, watch/listen to this animation of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony below. **Write 5 sentences about the music and animation in your booklet, for example, what the video showed, what you thought of it, what the music is like.** You must use the 5 words that you found definitions for. For example, “Many people recognise Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 as soon as they hear the first four-note motif, ‘da-da-da-DUM’”.

Type your 5 sentences into the correct column on the Padlet below, so that we can build up a bank of good sentences about Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and learn from each other about what the musical words mean. Click on the plus sign under the column of each of your 5 musical words, and type your 5 sentences. Remember to type you and your partner’s names and class at the beginning of your response, so we know whose it is!

Remember, you will be graded on your responses to Steps 1-3, so make sure that you try to write detailed answers using musical vocabulary! Here is the rubric for you again:

 

Australian Curriculum Achievement Standard

Year 6

By the end of Year 6, students explain how the elements of music are used to communicate meaning in the music they listen to, compose and perform. They describe how their music making is influenced by music and performances from different cultures, times and places.

Year 7

By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse how the elements of music are used in different styles and apply this knowledge in their performances and compositions. They evaluate musical choices they and others from different cultures, times and places make to communicate meaning as performers and composers.