6th Grade General Music
6th graders in this class will be exposed to many different types of music and will learn how to view music in a new and creative way. They will be participating in hands on activities like creating a radio show with sound effects and learning how to read music and play basic songs using our keyboard lab. The students will learn how to express what they are hearing in music using art, creative writing and vocabulary. Students will come away from this class with a new appreciation for music.
6th graders in this class will be exposed to many different types of music and will learn how to view music in a new and creative way. They will be participating in hands on activities like creating a radio show with sound effects and learning how to read music and play basic songs using our keyboard lab. The students will learn how to express what they are hearing in music using art, creative writing and vocabulary. Students will come away from this class with a new appreciation for music.
Music Vocabulary
Tempo- Fast and Slow
Pitch- High and Low
Dynamics- Volume, Loud and Soft
Piano Pianissimo (ppp)- Very, Very Soft
Pianissimo (pp)- Very Soft
Piano (p)- Soft
Mezzo Piano (mp)- Medium Soft
Mezzo Forte (mf)- Medium Loud
Forte (f)- Loud
Fortissimo (ff)- Very Loud
Forte Fortissimo (fff)- Very, Very Loud
Crescendo <- An increase in volume, soft to loud
Decrescendo >- A decrease in volume, loud to soft
Legato- Smooth, Flowing, Connected
Staccato- Choppy, Disconnected
Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst
• Born September 21, 1874 in Cheltenham, England
• His father, Adolph was a pianist neglected his wife, Clara and 2 children
• Clara died when Gustav was 8 years old
• Gustav’s Aunt Nina looked after his family
o In Nina’s youth, she strewn pedals in the path of Lizst
• Gustav was not a happy child due to having asthma
o He hated playing the violin but loved the piano
• Gustav’s father remarried and sent Gustav away to school to become a great pianist
• Gustav attended the Royal College of Music on scholarship
• He developed neuritis and had trouble with his hands
• Gustav failed at his first attempt to compose
• He became the choirmaster & organist at Bourbon on the Water
• He joined the Hammersmith Socialist Club and conducted the choir
o At the Hammersmith Socialist Club he met and fell in love with the youngest soprano, Isobel Harrison
o They married in 1901
• In 1905 Holst was appointed director of music at St. Paul’s Girls School
• Holst tried again to compose, but at the time no one would buy his work
• After WWII he started work on The Planets on long weekends at his family home
• Gustav Holst died May 25, 1934
• He composed 13 operas and several other works, but his most famous to date is The Planets
Imogen Holst
Gustav’s daughter, Imogen Holst was a distinguished conductor, scholar, teacher and composer
Do you know any other famous families that work in the same career?
Do you know any other famous families that work in the same career?
The Planets
Read the stories about the Roman Gods that the planets are named after, listen to the song that is written about it and see if there are any similarities between them.
American God and Goddesses
6th Grade Final Project
Create Your American Mythological God or Goddess
1) What is the name of your God or Goddess? 5pts
2) What do they explain? 5pts
3) What are they the God or Goddess of? 5pts
4) What are their powers? 5pts
5) What are their weaknesses? 5pts
6) What is their weapon? 5pts
7) Tell me a short story about their life or their family. (typed and neat) 20pts
8) What would the music that represents them sound like? 25pts
a. Tempo 5pts
b. Pitch 5pts
c. Dynamics 5pts
d. Description 5pts
e. Instruments 5pts
9) What would they look like? (Draw a picture) 5pts
10) Make a visual aid and present to class. 20pts
YOU MAY WORK BY YOURSELF OR WITH ONE OTHER PERSON!!!!!!!!! HAVE FUN AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Create Your American Mythological God or Goddess
1) What is the name of your God or Goddess? 5pts
2) What do they explain? 5pts
3) What are they the God or Goddess of? 5pts
4) What are their powers? 5pts
5) What are their weaknesses? 5pts
6) What is their weapon? 5pts
7) Tell me a short story about their life or their family. (typed and neat) 20pts
8) What would the music that represents them sound like? 25pts
a. Tempo 5pts
b. Pitch 5pts
c. Dynamics 5pts
d. Description 5pts
e. Instruments 5pts
9) What would they look like? (Draw a picture) 5pts
10) Make a visual aid and present to class. 20pts
YOU MAY WORK BY YOURSELF OR WITH ONE OTHER PERSON!!!!!!!!! HAVE FUN AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
