Chapter Graphic : Line Music
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Level: Year 4 and year 8
Approach:Team 
Focus: Composing sounds, using voices and selected instruments, to match the flow of a line on a chart.
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Resources: Line chart, instruments: 3 beaters, 1 set of bells, 1 pair of cymbals, 1 agogo, 1 hand drum, 2 coconut shells, 2 egg maracas, 1 triangle, 1 woodblock, 2 claves.

Questions / instructions:
I want you to look carefully at the line drawn on this chart.

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Look carefully at the way the line changes.
I want you to make up sounds, using your voices, that follow the line on the chart.
Practise doing that in your team now.
Allow a couple of minutes for practice. Teacher withdraws.
I would like to hear the sounds your group made up, so let me hear them one more time.
Students make sounds with their voices while following the line on the chart.
You could also make sounds that match the way the line goes on this chart with musical instruments.

We have a variety of instruments here for making sounds. You could also use yourself to make sounds - like clapping, stamping, or mouth sounds.

I want you to work together as a team to make up some music to match the lines on this chart. Plan it out carefully. Choose instruments that are suitable, and try to make the music so that it gives a good "sound picture" for the line as it moves along on the chart.
You have 5 minutes to plan and practise.
After that I want you to play your music to me. You can start now. After 5 minutes, stop the practice session. Ask the students to get ready to perform their music through two times.

 
% responses
2000 (1996)
y4
y8
VOCAL PERFORMANCE  
  Inventiveness appropriate range / choice of sounds
 
strong
18 (7)
30 (23)
 
moderate
34 (50)
36 (62)
 
weak
48 (43)
34 (15)
Interpretation sequence and choice of sounds give a meaningful interpretation of the line (pitch, tempo, volume)
 
strong
22 (14)
39 (35)
 
moderate
46 (65)
40 (42)
 
weak
32 (21)
21 (23)
Delivery performance is effectively co-ordinated and presented
 
strong
29 (29)
45 (42)
 
moderate
40 (42)
38 (39)
 
weak
43 (55)
19 (22)
INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
 
Inventiveness
strong
11 (0)
34 (33)
moderate
46 (45)
47 (45)
weak
31 (29)
17 (19)
Interpretation
strong
8 (0)
29 (33)
moderate
35 (34)
51 (41)
weak
57 (66)
20 (26)
Delivery
strong
16 (14)
51 (41)
moderate
49 (24)
42 (44)
 
weak
35 (62)
7 (15)
Commentary:
On average, about 15 percent more year 8 than year 4 groups achieved "strong" results on the vocal performance criteria, increasing to 25 percent on the instrumental performance criteria. There was evidence of some improvment on the instrumental performance criteria between 1996 and 2000. Increased percentages of "strong" performance on the vocal performance criteria were unfortunately often accompanied by increased percentages of "weak" performance.
 
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