Today we kicked off second grade music with what is becoming one of my favorite activities. First the kids improvised some dances to the eight beat phrases in "Hungarian Dance #5" by Brahms. We then looked at the way rhythm lies on top of the beat as a series of long and short notes. The lesson ended with kids composing their own rhythms using chop sticks on sheets of copy paper that represented the underlying pulse.
Homework -- none this week. We'll start composing music next week.
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