Page 114 - Music Education in a Digital Era 1

listen to the percussion instruments from your teaching material

CD again and ask them each time they hear a musical

instrument in the classroom to imitate the movement of playing

it. At the moment when instruments that are not in the classroom

are played, the students should sit as still as statues.

Assessment: Informal written assessment of students by the

teacher. The teacher observes the students and records his

observations.

Activity 4

Write the following rhythmic pattern on the board:
drum—«I— ^^— ^—*—
1 2 .1

platesΟ -------- ^____________

Ask students to perform it by clapping, playing

first the first row and then the second. Then divide the students

into two groups and ask them to perform the above rhythmic

pattern simultaneously, with the first group playing the first line

by clapping and the second group playing the second line by

tapping the pencils on the desk.

When the students have accomplished all of the above, once

again divide the students into two groups. Give the first group

percussion instruments (preferably drums and cymbals) and ask

them to make their own percussion band, following the rhythmic

pattern above. Give the students in the first group some time to