Game-based learning ideas for the music classroom #2

 Form (Middle School, Women's Choir): Students will learn a musical round, such as Frere Jacque (Brother John), link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZPqYuKwiag. Students will first learn the melody individually through call and response style, as well as the translation from French. The instructor will be recorded and encourage students to sing back the song broken down into smaller phrases. The program will then show a monk, Brother John, sleeping, the name of the game is to wake him up with three alarm clocks as he loves to sleep (Relates to the text of the song). The program will then have students record their line individually with metronome clicking to keep time, and it will turn into a graphic of an alarm clock once finished. Words will also be highlighted in time as they sing to support timing. To create the form of a three-part round to wake up Brother John, alarm clocks will be placed on the bed at the correct time (each after the first two phrases "Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?) The entire round will playback at the end with the student's recorded voice, and Brother John will wake up. Recording can be shared directly through social media platforms and feedback encouraged to be shared by peers. Can expand topic further to require students to research and find another example of a round and share. 

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  1. KelvynMay 20, 2021 at 2:18 PM

    Hello!

    I really admire your passion for music, and how you seek to incorporate whatever you have learnt into promoting music education. I found some resources that I hope you will find useful and perhaps even give you more inspiration and ideas:

    https://vibrantmusicteaching.com/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ktvXq3SAy35iwLo0hH-gg (Colourful Keys on Youtube)

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  2. TeachMusicTravelMay 21, 2021 at 8:40 AM

    Thanks Kelvyn! Interesting ideas on these sites!

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