MUSIC ENRICHMENT
​DEADLINE JUNE 5, 2020
SPECIAL PROJECT FOR 8TH GRADE ONLY: SHOW YOUR SCHOOL PRIDE
Sing your school song (The Gift). Sing solo or with other 8th Grade Students
Use music The Gift Instrumental
 https://murphyslawmusic.weebly.com/songs-2-know.html
Click on DCS Gift Piano 
Email the video: [email protected]
Please list your Name, Rm# 
This will be a Commemorative Piece for DCS 2020 GRADUATES***

Week of March 30 - April 17, 2020

A. TIKTOK DANCE 
    CHALLENGE
Best Dance will WIN A GIFT  CARD $$$
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 4/17
ONE GIFT CARD WILL BE GIVEN PER GRADE!! 5TH, 6TH, 7TH & 8TH
1. Come up with your Best TikTok Dance
2. KEEP THE MUSIC CLEAN
3. Use TikTok or any other video sharing app you 
    choose
4. Your TikTok can be 15 seconds: You can
    connect multiple clips together for up to 60    
    seconds (You can add your family & friends)
5. Email the link to your video:
    [email protected]
6. Please list your Name, Rm# & Date

Example: Why so negative | distance dance
    challenge(tiktok compilation)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCObR0KPrG0

B. SHOW YOUR
    SCHOOL PRIDE
1. Sing your school song (The Gift) your way.
2. A cappella (singing without instrumental accompaniment)
3. Add beats
4. Use music: The Gift Instrumental
 https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/search?q=dcs%20gift%20piano
click on dcs gift piano mp3
    a. Start singing from the beginning to 1:17
    b. Start singing from 1:18 to the end
5. Add dancing
6. Sing solo or add your friends & family
6. Use TikTok, Acapella from Picplaypost – (APPLE), Acapella Maker- (ANDROID) or another app
7. Email the link to your video: [email protected]
8. Please list your Name, Rm# & Date

Week of April 20 - MAY 1, 2020
Watch "Distance Dance"
Do you have the moves?
Why is Social Distancing Important to Help Prevent COVID-19 ?
Write a paragraph on why ?
email to: [email protected]
****** SAVE THE TIKTOK VIDEO , EMAIL TO ME. I DON’T HAVE A TIKTOK ACCOUNT
SO YOU CAN’T LINK IT TO ME

K Stokes702                                               JDemoe 802

This Bridge Session will tell a story through music & introduce you to percussion instruments from around the world

1. List 5 instruments you saw/heard
2. List 3 locations where the musicians took
    you on a journey
3. List 3 ways to produce sound with a
    percussion instrument
4. List 3 instruments and their origin

Week of  MAY 4- CATCH UP ON ALL YOUR ASSIGNMENTS!

Week of  MAY 11 - 22, 2020

BUSINESS OF MUSIC: MASH-UP
is a creative work, usually in a form of a song, created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs usually by superimposing the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another, increasing the tempo and pitch while adding or reducing gaps to make it flow.

YOU CAN CHOOSE OTHER WORDS TO USE FROM THE POEM
Words to the poem The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss- CLICK THE PIC

Mash-Up Dr. Seus & Dr. Dre
You Must RAP 3 STANZAS (CHOOSE 3 CONSECUTIVE STANZAS)
You can do with a SIBLING, FRIEND, DRESS UP
VIDEO & SEND TO ME [email protected]
Use the words to the Cat in the Hat and RAP to Dr. Dre Still Dre Instrumental

CLICK PIC FOR SONG STILL DRE

Cat & the Hat
​
DO NOT USE FIRST 3 STANZAS ANYMORE!
EXAMPLE:
The sun did not shine

2
'I know some good games we could play,'
said the cat.
'I know some new tricks,'
said the cat in the hat.

'a lot of good tricks.
I will show them to you.
your mother will not mind at all if I do.'

then sally and i
did not know what to say.
our mother was out of the house
for the day.
3
'now! now! have no fear.
have no fear!' said the cat.
'my tricks are not bad,'
said the cat in the hat.

'why, we can have
lots of good fun, if you wish,
with a game that I call
up-up-up with a fish!'

'put me down!' said the fish.
'this is no fun at all!
put me down!' said the fish.
'I do NOT wish to fall!'

Week of May 18- 31
BUSINESS OF MUSIC 2: SAMPLING 
​is the reuse of a portion or sample of a sound recording

IT ALL ADDS UP TEST
Week of 1/2 - 1/10/20

TEST
Rhythmic Dictation : Week of 12/2/19
Rhythmic Dictation - Students write down the rhythm as it is heard ( Only Quarter Notes & Quarter Rest)

It All Adds Up TEST: Week of 12/9/19
Students must be able to add up the number of beats using whole, half and quarter notes

Rhythm Review

7TH/8th GRADE
QUARTER NOTE DRILL TEST
Week of 10/30 & 11/7/19
Quarter Note Drill
Special Education students will have option to take Quarter Note Drill or Rhythm Clap
​Students must be able to clap & count (out loud) all rhythm


Sampling Homework
Due week of 5/20/19

sampling_hw.docx
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File Type: docx
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Homework
Choose a Rap Instrumental. Use "Concert Etiquette Rap Lyrics & rap with the instrumental. Due week of Nov. 26th, 2018.
Put your OWN spin on it.
You can do it as a SOLO, DUO, TRIO, add dancers. etc.
Presentations in class
If you are not presenting in class, you can send your video as an attachment to [email protected]

DYNAMICS REFERS TO THE VOLUME OF THE SOUND OR NOTE

Dynamics Poster

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dynamics_poster_11x17.pdf
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File Type: pdf
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Listen to the dynamics. Can you hear when the song is soft (piano)? Can you hear when the song gets very loud (fortissimo)? Do you recognize this song from a movie, commercial etc? Can you hear the  crescendos?
Did you hear the dynamics change in the music?  Did you hear any crescendos or decrescendos?

Can you answer these questions?

Which dynamic marking is the loudest?
What does P and F stand for in music?
What does FF mean in music?
What does MP in music mean?
What does MF in music mean?

Listen to Offenbach's Can Can Music

Can you hear the Crescendos? Can you hear the dynamic changes? Can you hear the Fortissimos? What dynamic level does the music start?

Does dynamics make the music sound more interesting?

Using the dynamics below, list your dynamics from softest to loudest?
FF, MP, F, MF, PP, P
1.     2.      3.     4.     5.     6.

Listen, Can you identify the dynamics?