Sixth Grade Music Choice Boards
1) Select 3 of the following 9 choice boards for the entire quarter 2) Make a list, take a picture, or record yourself demonstrating the 3 activities of your choice 3) Share the document with me, either in Google classroom, Gmail, or my school email address
Have fun and be musical! Music Choice Boards Information Music class will be a recorded lesson in Google classroom that students can view at any time. Students are encouraged to watch and participate to the best of their ability.
In addition to watching the videos and participating, students will be given Choice Boards that they may select 3 activities of their choice to complete for the quarter.
You can type your answers, take a picture, or send a video of yourself completing the activity to your music teacher.
The first/second choice activity is due October 2. The second/third choice activity is due November 13. If you have any questions, please reach out to your music teacher. Music Choice Boards #1-3
Influencers of 1 2 Acoustic vs. 3 Leo Fender - His Rock and Roll Electric Guitars
Choose from the following Rock and Make 2 lists of the 10 similarities and Use the following link to Roll greats: the differences between acoustic and learn about the inventor electric guitars. Leo Fender and his guitars. Fats Domino Chuck Berry List 5 songs that acoustic guitar is the Little Richard Ray Charles primary instrument Fender Guitars
List 5 songs that use the electric Elvis Presley Muddy Waters guitar as the primary instrument. Follow the directions and submit your work. Complete facts on their life, Name 3 acoustic guitarists influences in music, and listen to Name 3 electric guitarists their music. Music Choice Boards #4-6
Delta Blues and 4 5 Influential 6 World-wide Rock and Roll Guitarists in Rock Diffusion of R & R
Review the slideshow and complete Watch the short video containing 10 of Use the link to learn about the short answer worksheet. Keb ’Mo’ & the the Delta Blues some the most Influential guitarists in rock/blues. Submit your answers
Life is Beautiful 10 Most Influential Guitarists of All Time The World Diffusion of Rock and Roll Complete the assignment and You will pick 2 guitarists of your choice in addition to these 3: Chuck Berry, Jimi Answers Submission submit your work Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen . Look up their music and complete the assignment.
Music Choice Boards #7-9
Rock and Roll 7 8 Guitar Webquest 9 Rise of the DJ WebQuest
Open the link and research Go to the website: Watch the following video some important facts and about Alan Freed, the DJ events about R & R www.acousticguitar.com who coined the term “rock and roll”. Original Version of Rock and Roll Use the Google Doc link Moondog Alan Freed below to complete the Complete your work and webquest: Complete the questions in submit it to your music the Google form link below: teacher. Guitar Submission Sheet Alan Freed Answer Submission Please submit your work to your music teacher:
Mrs. Manko-Morgan Darby Township School [email protected] [email protected]
Mrs. Erin Sprague Delcroft School [email protected] [email protected]
Mr. James Angelucci Sharon Hill School [email protected] [email protected]
Mr. Joseph Scholl Harris School [email protected] [email protected] Choice Board #1: Influencers of Rock and Roll Select 3 Rock and Roll musicians from the list below:
Fats Domino Chuck Berry Little Richard Ray Charles
Muddy Waters Elvis Presley
Some items to be included, but not limited to:
1) Their childhood 2) Their adult life 3) Their personal musical influences 4) How did they influence music and other musicians?
After you have researched your 3 musicians, listen to at least 3 songs by each musician. What did you think of their music? Would you listen to them again? Would you recommend their music to your friends? Can you see some of their musical elements in the music you listen to today? Choice Board #2: Acoustic vs. Electric Guitars
Compare and Contrast the similarities & differences between the electric and acoustic guitar. You can make 2 columns for each and list your answers.
Think of the music you listen to and try to determine if there is any guitar.
Complete your research online. Youtube would be a great place to start and search for songs that the primary instrument is acoustic guitar.
Then do the same for electric. Genres would be classical, rock, jazz, blues, metal, flamenco and reggae, just to name a few.
After observing the instructional video from your teacher, find 3 acoustic guitarists and 3 electric. You can go on Youtube and listen to, as well as watch them. Please tell me their names and an example of their playing. You can share Youtube links in your response. You can use the same process as you did for the songs. Try and make a note to yourself what players you found intriguing and enjoyable. Choice Board #3: Fender Guitars
Open the link provided to learn about Leo Fender and his inventions/ contributions to the world of musical instruments and musical styles:
Fender Guitars
Answer the questions embedded throughout the slideshow, write/type your answers and submit your work to your music teacher. Choice Board #4: Delta blues and R & R
Open the link provided to learn about the influence of the Delta Blues style and artist Keb’ Mo’ on the music genre known as rock and roll:
Life is Beautiful
Answer the questions embedded throughout the slideshow, write/type your answers and submit your work to your music teacher. Choice Board #5: Influential Guitarists in Rock
Listen to at least 5 different songs of each of the following guitarists: Chuck Berry Jimi Hendrix Eddie Van Halen
1) Write down the 5 song selections you listened to in its entirety for each guitarist. 2) Explain how Chuck Berry could have influenced Jimi Hendrix 3) Explain how Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix could have influenced Eddie Van Halen 4) Describe how the sound of each guitarist is different, and how the electric guitar style of playing has evolved through the years.
On your own, research at least 2 other guitarists of your choice, from any genre of music. Listen to several of their songs. Once you have a good understanding of their style and music, answer the following questions: How is their playing similar to that of Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, and Eddie Van Halen? How are they different? Can you hear in their playing how they were influenced by the above guitarists?
When you have listened all of the music and answered the above questions, please submit your answers to your music teacher. Happy listening!!
Choice Board #6: Diffusion of R & R
Open the slide show link provided to learn about the worldwide diffusion of the rock and roll style of music: The World Diffusion of Rock and Roll
View the slide show, watch the accompanying videos.
When you are finished the slide show open the link to the short answer google document: Answers Submission
Complete your answers and submit your work to your music teacher. Choice Board #7: Rock and Roll WebQuest
Open the link provided for the Webquest Rock and Roll search:
Original Version of Rock and Roll
Follow the instructions listed in the slideshow and complete all assignments.
You can view the video clips on Youtube.
After you have finished, please submit your work to your music teacher. Choice Board #8: Guitar Webquest
You will go on a musical webquest search for find answers to the questions listed in the activity. You may use the website provided or find answers by your own reputable sources. Check out:
www.acousticguitar.com
See what the website has to offer in the world of guitars. Then you will answer the following questions in the google document below:
Guitar Submission Sheet Choice Board #9: Rise of the Disc Jockey
A disc jockey (DJ) is a person who plays recorded music for a live audience. Most common are radio and club DJs, who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on records. Nowadays, DJs mix recorded music from any source, including cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ or laptop.
In this activity, you will learn about Alan Freed and his influence on music and radio. You will watch a 3 part series on Youtube:
Moondog Alan Freed
You will then answer questions and submit them to your teacher:
Alan Freed Answer Submission