Today in 2nd grade music class (and some 1st grade classes) we celebrated the Detroit Tigers making it to the post season, and Miguel Cabrera's amazing Triple Crown victory!
First, we listened to Brahms' "Hungarian Dances No. 5" as Ms. Ritter acted out the story. The students' job was to figure out what story was being acted out, and they got it right away--a baseball game! Then, we talked about the form of the piece and how we can write out the form just like a musical map to follow along with the music and actions (2nd graders are learning about maps in Social Studies :)) Lastly, we got to act it out ourselves!
Here is the form of the piece (our musical road map...)
AABBCDAB coda
A=Stretch, B=Up at bat, C=Home Run! D=Slow Motion Replay Coda=Take a bow!
STUDENTS: Play the recording of "Hungarian Dances No. 5" and see if you can act out the baseball story again. Be sure to follow the map above to know what comes next! See if you can teach it or show it to someone at home!
To finish our baseball themed lesson, we also sang "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" and sang the "Eat 'em up, Tigers!" Chant and had a blast. What a fun day!
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