Bluegrass Lullabies
By Jonathan Yudkin
By: Judy Perez
Song: Cantata 147, by Jonathan Yudkin
From the CD called Bluegrass Lullabies located at
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Lesson Duration: 30 minutes
Lesson Focus: Students will focus on a different kind of music. They will need to listen closely and then be ready to discuss with me on the rug what they heard.
Learning Styles: Auditory and Tactile
Historical Background: Give the students a brief overview of the history of blue grass music.
Student Engagement:Students will listen to the music only. I will ask the students to see if they can clap to the music. Ask, were you able to clap fast or slow? If we were to dance to this music, what would our dance look like? After discussing the questions, sit students on the rug and have them look at pictures of various instruments that could be used in bluegrass music.
Compare Bluegrass dance music with bluegrass lullabies: 1. Play 2. Listen 3. Ask 4.Dance
The Park Old Time Band: Cdbaby.com (type in bluegrass dance music)
Questions:
Do you hear any voices?(Listening)
Could Ms. Perez play this song at rest time? Why?
What instruments do you recognize? (Listening)
Is the music fast or slow?(Listening)
How do you feel when you hear this song?(Interpersonal)
How could we move around the room listening to this song?(Kinesthetic)
Are there any voices in these songs?(Listening)
What do you think the second song was for?(Comprehension, verbal)
Assessment: Students are observed to see how well they are listening to the music and responding the questions.
Kindergarten: Rubric
Happy Face with Eyes, Nose, Mouth / Complete work, very neat, has everything it needs.Happy Face with Eyes, Mouth / Almost complete work, neat, missing a few things
Face with Eyes / Not complete work, messy, missing many things
Empty Circle / Oh no! Missing everything, very messy.
LISTENING TO MUSIC!
Extension Fun
If you could choose a song, what song would you choose? Would it be fast or slow?
Would we be able to sleep or would we want to dance? Each day, I will assign two people to bring a song in you would like to share. I will play it before we go home at our share time.
Songs cannot have NO bad words! Have fun.
A BOY PLAYING A GUITAR.
A LADY PLAYING A VIOLIN.
BANJO
HARMONICA
Bluegrass Music: Began in the mid 1940's
Material Belowreferenced at the end of the notes.
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and it is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of immigrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland (particularly the Scots-Irishimmigrants in Appalachia), as well as jazz and blues. In bluegrass, as in jazz, each instrument takes a turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others revert to backing; this is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment. Traditional bluegrass is typically based around acoustic stringed instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, and upright bass, with or without vocals.
Sources
Information provided above was taken from the website: CD Baby: NICKY'S JAZZ FOR KIDS: Nicky the Jazz Cat cdbaby.com/cd/nickyjazz on July 28, 2008.
Bluegrass music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and it is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music – July 28,2008
Directions: Go the website above, under styles link, click family and kids then choose instrumental. Several CD's will pop up that has instrumental music for children.