If our Wednesday music circle plans ever fall through, the children have developed a clear preference for what they like to do in class for our music time. Inspired by the tape music project of the 4th and 5th grades earlier this year, the third graders have taken up making a classroom orchestra with objects from around the room.
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| They love to experiment with a variety of objects and a variety of way in which a single object can be used before selecting one to be their instrument for the day. Head phones, plastic lids with colored pencil drum sticks, pencil sharpeners filled with beads ... just about anything can become a musical instrument. |
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Discovering the affordances of scissors.
Different scissors have a different tone to them. |
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| The hole puncher has a much different sound when used with paper than without. |
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It is always tricky at first to know where to start the overwhelming task of composing a piece.
Each musician decides how their instrument would best be used, but they almost always ask for input form group members to decide. "Should I be a steady beat or a tune?" |
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| Eventually a conductor is chosen to help coordinate the starting and stopping of various instruments. The thing I love most about this process is sitting back and letting the children manage the creative effort. I become the sound technician who simply pushes record when they feel ready to capture their song. |
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