BELL RINGER 10/3 M.socrative.com Sit wherever you’d like – in a group you can work with Room # 38178 QUESTIONS: (multiple choice on the tablet) 1. One melodic line is a _________ texture. 2. Two (or more) independent melodies going on at once is a __________ texture. 3. Two (or more) lines working together – doing the same thing but on different pitches is a __________ texture. RENAISSANCE MUSIC PROJECT A MUSICAL SCAVENGER HUNT Groups: 2-4 Materials: instructions handout, MP3 player/access to Youtube, computer (Monday) A MUSICAL SCAVENGER HUNT Goal: Find contemporary examples of Renaissance musical inventions Find 10 total musical examples. You’re looking for… Monophony Polyphony Homophony Four Part Harmony Imitation Word Painting A MUSICAL SCAVENGER HUNT Monophony, Polyphony, Homophony, Four-Part Harmony, Imitation, Word Painting 10 TOTAL Examples Do NOT have to have at least 1 of each NO MORE THAN 3 of the same thing Example: 3 examples of word painting, 2 examples of polyphony, 1 example of 4-part harmony, 2 examples of imitation, and 2 examples of monophony A MUSICAL SCAVENGER HUNT ALL EXAMPLES MUST BE CLEAN AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT You will be presenting your examples in class next week “Appropriateness” is up to Mrs. B’s discretion That includes lyric and video (if applicable) A MUSICAL SCAVENGER HUNT You CANNOT use an example used in class by Mrs. B You CANNOT have the same example as another group in the class for the same thing 2 groups can’t use the same part of a song for imitation, but one group could use it for imitation and another for word painting There is TONS of music out there – be creative! PRESENTATION Monday, we’ll in the computer lab putting together the presentations Presentations need to include the Title and Artist of the clip, what the example is presenting, and a clip of the music demonstrating the idea. PRESENTATION EXAMPLE… “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks Demonstrates word painting on the word “low” Link Here 0:36 start time YOU’LL BE GRADED ON… Each example is 10 points 10 points for the presentation AWESOME EXAMPLE = 10 points Doesn’t represent the idea at all (or inappropriate!) = 0 points Yeah, but you could’ve found a more obvious one = 5 points (and all the numbers in between) Overall preparedness, easy to read, has correct information Total /110