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Quest 7: Musical Composition
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Musical Composition |
| Task: |
As a class we are going to produce a soundscape of music depicting life and activity in the rainforest over a 24 hour period of time. |
| Time: |
2 sessions maximum |
Materials:
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- Access to relevant websites and rainforest information texts.
• This might include the Conservation International
video about using an ipod to record bird-song.
- Percussion instruments.
- Examples of music inspired by the rainforest or Saint Saen’s ”Carnival Of The Animals”
- Rainforest Sounds - listen to what rainforest creatures sound like
- Breathe - a pop song written by Luc Floreani
- A recording facility.
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Process:
- Introduce the children to the task.
- Tell the story of 24 hours in the rainforest.
- Break the 24 hours up into 6-8 segments of time.
- Identify the creatures that will be active in the particular segments.
- Identify other sounds i.e. not made by creatures that might be heard e.g. rain.
- Form the class into groups.
- Allocate specific time segments.
- Highlight availability of resources .
- Play examples of relevant music.
- Once children are in groups allow a time for brainstorming and free thinking. At the end of the initial planning time invite a report back to the whole class on progress made.
- Set a time frame for the composition.
Product Success Criteria:
A soundscape of musical composition depicting life and sounds of the rainforest over a 24 hour period of time.
Conclusion:
A group based feedback.
Focus:
- Could we identify sounds of creatures?
- What we learnt as a group.
- What was difficult.
- How did we solve it?
- What could we do next?
Development:
- Make a recording of the composition.
- Play it as assembly music.
- Use it as a starting point for a class assembly.
- Don’t forget that you can submit this work to the PRP website and use it to gain a higher award.
- Material may be used for PRP publicity leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.
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