Student Guide

Weill Music Institute Link Up A Program of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall for Students in Grades Three Through Five The Orchestra R CKS Student Guide Weill Music Institute Link Up A Program of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall for Students in Grades Three Through Five The Orchestra R CKS Student Guide AUTHORS Daniel Levy Richard Mannoia CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Thomas Cabaniss Laura Costa Amy Kirkland Misty Tolle ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS Phil Bravo Stephanie Rodousakis EDITOR Jay Goodwin DESIGN Kat Hargrave Evelyn Ochoa David Silva ILLUSTRATION Sophie Hogarth AUDIO PRODUCTION Scott Lehrer Daniel Levy Audrey Sherer Lorenzo Wolff VIDEO PRODUCTION RPP Productions Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall 881 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-903-9670 | Fax: 212-903-0758 E-Mail: [email protected] carnegiehall.org/LinkUp Lead funding for Link Up is provided by the Robertson Foundation. Major support for Link Up has been provided by The Irene Diamond Fund, with additional funding from The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Wells Fargo, the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust, and The Barker Welfare Foundation. Link Up in New York City schools is made possible, in part, by an endowment gift from The Irene Diamond Fund. The Weill Music Institute’s programs are made available to a nationwide audience by an endowment grant from the Citi Foundation. © 2012 The Carnegie Hall Corporation. All rights reserved. Weill Music Institute This book belongs to: ICON KEY The Student Assessment Icon indicates worksheets you can use to track your progress throughout the year. Performance icons indicate on which instrument(s) you can prepare and perform each piece of Link Up repertoire. Some selections are for one instrument only, while others can be sung or played. The Singing Icon indicates that you can sing the piece at the NewculminatingNew World World concert. RecorderRecorder DvorakDvorak StarStar Icon Icon The Recorder and Violin Icon indicates that you can play the piece on soprano recorder or violin at the culminating concert. Optional bowings ( ) are shown on the applicable music. The Recorder Star Icon indicates that the piece is geared toward more experienced recorder players. Advanced violin players can also play these parts. 6 SG 1 Meet Thomas Cabaniss, Our Guide I’m Tom, a composer and your host for Link Up: The Orchestra Rocks. One universal element of music is rhythm. Composers and musicians play with elements of musical time, creating patterns of sound and silence that are expressive and exciting. Your challenge is to find out what makes the orchestra rock. During your time with Link Up: The Orchestra Rocks, I hope you’ll begin each session by singing my song “Come to Play.” I wrote it with you in mind. SG 2 Preparing to Play the Recorder When playing the recorder, there are two basic positions: rest position and playing position. Rest Position Playing Position Place your recorder in your lap Hold your recorder up and ready or let it hang from its lanyard. to play. The left hand is on top, and the right hand is below. Recorder Checklist Hands: Holes: Lips: Breath: left hand on top finger hole(s) lips covering teeth not too hard, completely sealed not too soft SG 3 Unlocking Music Notation Notated music is made up of symbols. Music Decoder Time signature Rest Note stem Staff } } Measure Clef Bar line Note head Note Decoder middle D E F G A B high high C C D SG 4 Preparing to Play the Recorder e Notation Examples pg 93-98 B A G [Composer] e Notation Examples pg 93-98 [Composer] & œ page 93 note 5 œ & œ & page 94 note page 93 note 10 5 & œ & œ D pg96E #1 page 94F note 14 10 & & œ pg96œ #2 pg96 #1 18 14 & & pg96œ #3 pg96œ #2 22 18 & #œ & pg98 #1 pg96œ #3 22 26 & #œ & pg98 #1 26 29 & & 29 & SG 5 Parts of the Recorder Mouthpiece F# high D Body middle C } high C middle C Bell SG 6 One-Note Songs 1. 2. Staff Paper 3. Staff Paper My One-Note Songs 5 5 9 9 13 13 17 17 21 21 25 25 29 29 SGSG 7 Two-Note Songs 1. 2. Staff Paper 3. Staff Paper My Two-Note Songs 5 5 9 9 13 13 17 17 21 21 25 25 29 29 SG 8 Three-Note Songs 1. 2. 3. Staff Paper SGSGStaff9 Paper My Three-Note Songs Staff Paper 5 Staff Paper My5 Patterns 9 Staff Paper 9 5 13 5 139 5 17 9 1713 9 21 13 2117 13 25 17 2521 17 29 21 2925 21 25 29 25 29 29 SG 10 Come to Play Thomas Cabaniss mf SGSG 11 Come to Play SG 12 mp mp SG 13 mp SG 14 mf mf mf SG 15 f f f SGSG16 How Am I Doing? Date: In C Work Title: “Come to Play” Composer: Thomas Cabaniss Mark on the lines below how you feel about Goals your progress on each goal. Clapping the rhythm Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music with Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! different dynamics What is one goal above that you would like to improve on? What are some things you can do to make the improvement? 1. 2. 3. Listening Mark on the lines below how you feel the composer used each tool. Dynamics No surprises Lots of surprises Steps No steps Lots of steps Leaps No leaps Lots of leaps Tempo Slow Fast Melodic direction Descending Ascending Rhythm Not interesting Interesting 22 SGSGSG171 In C In C 2 In C 1 Terry Riley 1. 2. ³ ² ³ ³ ² ³ . j j j . j . Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ba - rang, ba - rang, ba - rang Ba-rang - a - rang Ba - rang,I n CBa -3 rang, Ba - rang, In C 4 Ba-rang - a - rang, 3. 4. ² ³ ² ² ³ ² . ä . ä . Ï Ï Ï . Ï Ï Ï . Gar - rang - a Rang - a - du GaI n- rangC - a5 RangIn -C a - du6 5. 6. ³ ² ³ ³ ² . ä . w w . Ï Ï Ï . Du - rang - a See, see Du - rang - a In C 7 See, see 7. ³ ² ³ . Î Î Î ä Ï Ï Ï ä Î Î Î Î . J . Ba - da - doop Ba - da - doop 22 SGSG 181 How Am I Doing? Date: Work Title: In C Composer: Terry Riley Mark on the lines below how you feel about Goals your progress on each goal. Clapping the rhythm Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music with Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! different dynamics What is one goal above that you would like to improve on? What are some things you can do to make the improvement? 1. 2. 3. Listening Mark on the lines below how you feel the composer used each tool. Dynamics No surprises Lots of surprises Steps No steps Lots of steps Leaps No leaps Lots of leaps Tempo Slow Fast Melodic direction Descending Ascending Rhythm Not interesting Interesting 24 SGSG 19 O Fortuna Carl Orff 24 SG20 mp SGSG 21 SGSG221 Recorders play G. Hold this note as orchestra Singers sing B-flat. plays to the end. SGSGSG231 “O Fortuna” Translation Latin English O Fortuna O Fortune, velut luna like the moon statu variabilis, you are changeable, semper crescis ever waxing aut decrescis; and waning; vita detestabilis hateful life nunc obdurat first oppresses et tunc curat and then soothes ludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it; egestatem, poverty potestatem and power dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice. SG 24 How Am I Doing? Date: Work Title: “O Fortuna” Composer: Carl Orff Mark on the lines below how you feel about Goals your progress on each goal. Clapping the rhythm Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music with Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! different dynamics What is one goal above that you would like to improve on? What are some things you can do to make the improvement? 1. 2. 3. Listening Mark on the lines below how you feel the composer used each tool. Dynamics No surprises Lots of surprises Steps No steps Lots of steps Leaps No leaps Lots of leaps Tempo Slow Fast Melodic direction Descending Ascending Rhythm Not interesting Interesting SG SG25 Drumlines Thomas Cabaniss SG 26 How Am I Doing? Date: Work Title: “Drumlines” Composer: Thomas Cabaniss Mark on the lines below how you feel about Goals your progress on each goal. Clapping the rhythm Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! Singing or playing the music with Hmm, difficult. Ha, easy! different dynamics What is one goal above that you would like to improve on? What are some things you can do to make the improvement? 1. 2. 3. Listening Mark on the lines below how you feel the composer used each tool. Dynamics No surprises Lots of surprises Steps No steps Lots of steps Leaps No leaps Lots of leaps Tempo Slow Fast Melodic direction Descending Ascending Rhythm Not interesting Interesting SG 27 Orchestra Organizer Piccolo Flute Woodwinds (wooden tubes, blown) Clarinet Oboe Bassoon Brass Trumpet (metal tubes, buzzed lips) French Horn Trombone Tuba SG 28 Orchestra Organizer Snare Drum Bass Drum Percussion Xylophone Timpani (struck, shaken, or scraped) Triangle Viola Bass Strings (wooden box with strings, Cello Harp bowed or plucked) Violin SG 29 Who Am I? Instrument Name Family SG30 Who Am I? Instrument Name Family SG 31 Who Am I? Instrument Name Family SG 32 Who Am I? Instrument Name Family SG 33 My Own Orchestra Name of orchestra: Type of music: Instruments included: Reasons for instrumentation: Stage set-up (draw): SG34 Families and Instruments Family Instrument 1.

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