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MUSIC LISTENING & RESPONDING

digital & print resources
​Exploring Compositional Elements
NEW
  
DIGITAL LISTENING KITS          
The Take Note Music Listening and Responding Series provides rich learning experiences through engagement with Art Music.  Responding to Art Music through listening, movement and the use of visual listening maps & worksheets, builds musical knowledge and appreciation in the music classroom.
 
These new and innovative digital resources equip students to recall, understand, interpret, analyse, evaluate and create in response to a composer’s manipulation of the compositional elements of music.
Listening and Responding digital resources for the music classroom include listening maps,  embedded audio files, music notation, instrument photos and diagrams, maps, choreographed movement to music and more.

The Compositional Elements diagram represents the tools that a composer uses to create interest when composing a musical work. 
One of more elements will be the focus for each Listening Kit.

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Picture
Instrument Mouthpieces - useful for discussing TIMBRE of each instrument
                      
 Single Reed                                                       Brass                                                Double Reed Embouchure                            Double Reed

Peter & the Wolf Digital Listening Kit

A$40.00

NEW RELEASE!!


Listening and Responding - Digital - Beginner Level


See video demo:

https://youtu.be/cDojyeYdXYM


Provided as an emailed pdf, this digital resource consists of worksheets, lesson plans, audio and notation resources for listening activities in the music classroom.


The Compositional Elements diagram is used as a point of reference for Peter and the Wolf as students focus on Timbre - the unique tone colour of the individual instruments. Student match instruments to the descriptive words given to describe the tone of each.


The written activities are targeted for beginner Primary/Elementary level and designed to be used over 3 different lessons where the students revisit the recording.


Contents:

  • Photocopiable Worksheets (A4) x 3
  • Teacher Notes
  • Youtube suggestions to watch an orchestra and then ballet performing the music
  • Audio Recording of each character theme, photo and diagram along with music notation of each character's instrumental theme


For each Character there is a

  • Picture of the Character
  • Picture of the instrument
  • Photo of the instrument being played
  • Audio and music notation for each character's theme music


Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is a programmatic work that was written with the intention of introducing children to orchestral instruments. As the children listen to the story, told by a narrator with orchestral accompaniment, they become familiar with 7 interesting characters that are depicted by 7 instruments.

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Tell the children the story using the picture story book (retold and illustrated by Ian Beck) available from Take Note Music. This engaging resource brings to life the story prior to the children delving into the Listening Kit activities.

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COMING SOON.......

Take Note Music aims to assist teachers to bring these master works to life for students. We're proud to be releasing these valuable teaching resources in  2022.
$40 each or Peer Gynt 1, 2 & 3 for $105:


Peer Gynt 1 - In the Hall of the Mountain King -  ......coming in Term 2 2021 - Beginners to Intermediate
Peer Gynt 2 - Morning Mood - Peer Gynt...........coming in Term 2 2021
Peer Gynt 3 - Dances.............coming in Term 2 2021
PRINT RESOURCES

Peter and the Wolf Picture Story Book

A$22.00
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Kids Can Listen, Kids Can Move

A$75.00
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