Bell Ringer 8/23/12

• What was Voyager’s short term mission?

Chapter 1

Section 2

Music and the Individual

• Everyone has their own fingerprint and it makes two people different.

• Think about your own likes and dislikes. • How you spend your time and your taste in

food is very different from others also.

Music and your childhood

• Most cultures expose music to people when they are young.

• Do you remember any songs from your childhood?

• Did you sing the ABC song to learn the alphabet?

• Or the child’s game “Ring around the Rosey”

Song Kye Kye Kule

• Here is the song “Kye Kye Kule”• This is from the African nation of Ghana.• Pay attention to the song’s form.• Form- the structure and design of a

composition, incorporating repetition, contrast, unity, and variety.

• You will also learn about the structure of the song.

Kye Kye Kule

• Call and response- question and answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader

• Who sings the call part of the song?• What is the mood of the song?• How does this fit the way children learn

songs?

Music Preferences

• Do we still listen to the same music that we were listened to 5 years ago?

• Music is in a constant change.• How do you differ from family members with

your choice of music?• Music is all about identity!

Chapter 1 Project

• List your top 10 favorite songs• List in this order: Title, performer, genre,

writer Ex: Crawling Linkin Park Alternative

-Mark Wakefield

Due Friday August 24 at the beginning of class