Chapter Graphic : Musical Sticks
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  Level: Year 4 and year 8
Approach: Team
Focus: Movement to music.
856k
Resources: 4 sticks, video recording on laptop computer.

Questions / instructions:
Put marks on the floor as explained during NEMP training.
I am going to play some music for you to listen to.
You will notice that it changes —it will have different rhythms, softness and loudness, highs and lows. I'll play it twice for you to listen to.

Click the Play button to start the video.
The music repeats 2 times; there is an "L" on the screen.
Click the Pause button.

I'm going to give each of you a stick, and I would like you to make up movements with the stick to go with the music. Your movements will need to match the music – think about how you will use your stick for high parts, low parts, gentle parts, busy parts, loud parts, etc.

The music will play four times.

I want you to really enjoy practising and experimenting with your movements on your own. I want you to stand in a circle on these marks facing out. Each time the music ends, move around the circle one place to your right.

Give students the sticks.

Here are the sticks. We'll start now.

Click the Play button
The music will repeat four times; on the screen: "I1", "I2", "I3", "I4" appear.
     
% responses
2000 ('96)
y4
y8
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE inventiveness
use of stick, space, range of movements
strong
12 (8)
10 (7)
moderate
46 (39)
37 (27)
weak
42 (53)
53 (66)
response to music
appropriateness
strong
10 (6)
10 (8)
moderate
38 (41)
38 (34)
weak
52 (53)
52 (58)

Click the Pause button.

I'm going to play the music twice again, and this time I want you to work together in the circle to see if you can make up a group performance. This time you can face each other. I'll give you three minutes to plan how you will work together.

Give three minutes discussion time. Click the Play button (it will play twice; a "G" appears on the screen).

GROUP PERFORMANCE delivery
confidence, coherence, unity
strong
21 (18)
30 (14)
moderate
56 (39)
46 (47)
weak
23 (43)
24 (39)
collective inventiveness
strong
21 (14)
20 (7)
moderate
50 (40)
42 (39)
weak
29 (46)
38 (54)
response to music
appropriateness
strong
12 (18)
20 (14)
moderate
50 (43)
54 (50)
weak
38 (39)
26 (36)

Commentary:
Year 4 and year 8 students performed very similarly. Group performance was rated somewhat higher than individual performance. Some improvement was evident from 1996 to 2000, at both year levels, more particularly at year 8.
 
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