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Memorizing music pieces
Henry is trying to make the school team for some sort of music appreciation
competition our school district organizes. To try out, he will be tested on recognizing 12 pieces of music -- he must know the name of the piece and the last name of the composer. He has an audio tape of the 12 pieces and a list of them in order. We've listened to it a couple of times and have come up with some ways to recognize certain pieces (Copeland's "Variations on Simple Gifts," for example, reminds us all of Thanksgiving at our church in Iowa). Has anyone helped a child study for such a test? Any pointers or creative ideas on how to study? I'd really like to encourage him as this is the first school activity he's wanted to join at his new school TIA, -Dawn Mom to Henry, 10 |
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Iowacookiemom wrote:
Henry is trying to make the school team for some sort of music appreciation competition our school district organizes. To try out, he will be tested on recognizing 12 pieces of music -- he must know the name of the piece and the last name of the composer. He has an audio tape of the 12 pieces and a list of them in order. We've listened to it a couple of times and have come up with some ways to recognize certain pieces (Copeland's "Variations on Simple Gifts," for example, reminds us all of Thanksgiving at our church in Iowa). Has anyone helped a child study for such a test? Any pointers or creative ideas on how to study? I'd really like to encourage him as this is the first school activity he's wanted to join at his new school TIA, -Dawn Mom to Henry, 10 When my kids were studying Suzuki method I made a bingo card with the tunes they should knwo and played "BINGO" by playing a short snippet of the piece. |
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Elizabeth Gardner wrote in message ...
In article , "Jayne Kulikauskas" wrote: "Iowacookiemom" wrote in message ... Has anyone helped a child study for such a test? Any pointers or creative ideas on how to study? I'd really like to encourage him as this is the first school activity he's wanted to join at his new school Make up some words to sing along to the tune that include its name and the composer. It is easier to memorize songs than words alone. I realize some music is not very singable, but if you can isolate the themes it still should work. Jayne A friend of mine learned one for the main theme of the last movement of Mozart's 40th Symphony that went: Mozart's in the CLO-set Let him out! Let him out! Let him out! The only drawback is that once you learn a mnemonic, it will ever after run through your head every time you hear that piece of music. You mean like Wagner's Valkyrie march: We love to kill and always will that is our thrill we love to kill When we're off and on a killing spree Nothing can STOOOOOP MEEEEE! Sorry... just an example. :-) I'm not really insane. Really, I'm not! Marjorie |
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"chiam margalit" wrote in message om... Elizabeth Gardner wrote in message ... In article , "Jayne Kulikauskas" wrote: "Iowacookiemom" wrote in message ... Has anyone helped a child study for such a test? Any pointers or creative ideas on how to study? I'd really like to encourage him as this is the first school activity he's wanted to join at his new school Make up some words to sing along to the tune that include its name and the composer. It is easier to memorize songs than words alone. I realize some music is not very singable, but if you can isolate the themes it still should work. Jayne A friend of mine learned one for the main theme of the last movement of Mozart's 40th Symphony that went: Mozart's in the CLO-set Let him out! Let him out! Let him out! The only drawback is that once you learn a mnemonic, it will ever after run through your head every time you hear that piece of music. You mean like Wagner's Valkyrie march: We love to kill and always will that is our thrill we love to kill When we're off and on a killing spree Nothing can STOOOOOP MEEEEE! Sorry... just an example. :-) I'm not really insane. Really, I'm not! And the ever infamous... Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit, kill him now!!! Seriously, so much of this is repitition, repitition, repitition (I used to snitch my younger brother's tapes from his college Western Civ class -- at a music college, it was all music based and his professor played 'drop the needle' (i.e., would start a piece *anywhere* and the students had to recognize it). We spend a lot of time in the car, so our classical CD's go everywhere with us. It gave me great satisfaction a few weeks ago, when we first arrived on the grounds of the PA Ren Faire to hear the clarion bell player (4 sets a day, next to the booth where many of us hang out)...clearly heard in the parking lot...Daniel cocked his head and said, "Mom, it's 'O, Fortuna'!" Many commercials use classical pieces in them, so keep an ear open for those, too, for association purposes. Even now, the boys refer to Copeland's "Rodeo" (IIRC, I'm having a brain freeze moment) as 'The Beef Song'. Leah ________ In Memory of David, 11/10/61 - 5/21/03 Beloved Husband, Father, Heart's Companion Marjorie |
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