What+we're+doing+in+Music+10

(Please note that leftover handouts are placed in the Period 2 bin at the back of the classroom. Please check the bin if you've been absent.)

What we're doing in Music 10... __In the class__: A course outline was sent home - with the bottom section to be completed and returned as soon as possible. Review sheets: Covered information learned in Grade 9. Please ensure you have this completed (see a classmate if you were absent the days we completed this).

=__Unit One:__= Keyboard (and Jazz and Blues). Students learn about an era of Jazz or Blues to present to the class and learn a blues song on the keyboard. @First Music 10 project

First class song (25 students are playing various parts on the keyboard). They called this "The Blues because of the Blues Blues". media type="file" key="Blues Because of the Blues Blues.wav" width="300" height="50"

=__Unit Two: __= Guitar (and Rock & Roll). Students will select a folk, classical, country or rock and roll artist or band to to learn about to present to the class. They will also learn how to tune a guitar, what the differences are between acoustic and classical guitars, and what is involved with playing an electric guitar. Students will complete a reading/writing assignment on folk, classical and country music before beginning to play their guitar. Evaluation for this unit includes: classwork, tuning the guitar, playing a scale, learning 3 chords (min), strumming a song, "picking" a song, labeling parts of a guitar and their project. Students will also be part of a class song using guitars and will learn a song to play with a partner.



__Second Music 10 project__

Second class song (27 students are playing various parts on the guitar). media type="file" key="Au clair de la lune.mp3" width="240" height="20"

__On the guitar__: Scale: one octave - student's choice Tuning: demonstrate how to tune a guitar without a tuner Chords: 4 - student's choice Song: Short, simple song of student's choice Partner work: Learn a song with a partner - one plays the melody and the other plays the harmony Class song: "Au Clair de la Lune" in 3 parts

Third music project

Fourth music project