Name the Place and Time
06/18/20 • 12 min
This is the second of three episodes on songwriting. This week, we’ll learn about how songs help us celebrate special occasions (hint: it involves cake and candles) and also how songs can make us feel strong in the face of hard times. We’ll hear some examples about songs that bring people together, and we’ll write our own verse to a well-known call-and-response song.
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Featured music:
B.B. King: Why I Sing the Blues
Aretha Franklin: A Change Is Gonna Come
Pete Seeger & the Song Swappers: We Shall Not Be Moved
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National standards incorporated:
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
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Additional resources:
Songwriting With Kids
How To Teach Children to Write Songs
Sing Me A Story - Songs and Stories for Kids in Need
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Resources for discussing current events with your kids:
Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations About Race and Racism (Anti-Defamation League)
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice (Medium)
How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids (Common Sense Media)
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This is the second of three episodes on songwriting. This week, we’ll learn about how songs help us celebrate special occasions (hint: it involves cake and candles) and also how songs can make us feel strong in the face of hard times. We’ll hear some examples about songs that bring people together, and we’ll write our own verse to a well-known call-and-response song.
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Featured music:
B.B. King: Why I Sing the Blues
Aretha Franklin: A Change Is Gonna Come
Pete Seeger & the Song Swappers: We Shall Not Be Moved
***
National standards incorporated:
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
***
Additional resources:
Songwriting With Kids
How To Teach Children to Write Songs
Sing Me A Story - Songs and Stories for Kids in Need
***
Resources for discussing current events with your kids:
Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations About Race and Racism (Anti-Defamation League)
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice (Medium)
How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids (Common Sense Media)
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Previous Episode
It's Rhyme Time
This is the first of a series of three episodes on songwriting. This week, we’ll learn about how rhyming words can help us tell a story. We’ll start with some songs you already know, and then we’ll write our own song!
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Featured music:
W.A. Mozart: Variations on “Ah vous dirais-je, Maman” (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
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National standards incorporated:
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music**
**Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
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Additional resources:
Songwriting With Kids
How To Teach Children to Write Songs | Songwriting Tips
Sing Me a Story - Stories and Songs for Kids in Need
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Next Episode
Who Plays What?
This is the final episode in our mini-series about songwriting: we’ll explore how instruments are used to tell stories in sound — most specifically, in movie soundtracks! You’ll be sure to hear a few familiar tunes here, and you’ll never watch movies the same way again.
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Featured musical excerpts:
John Williams: Star Wars Main Theme, from “Star Wars” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Hans Zimmer: ...To Die For, from “The Lion King” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
John Williams: Hedwig’s Theme, from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Marc Mancina: We Know the Way, from “Moana” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Rachel Portman: Tino, from “A Dog’s Purpose” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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National standards applied:
Listening to, analyzing, and describing music* *Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Understanding music in relation to history and culture
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Additional resources:
“Tino” from A Dog’s Purpose
10 film composers you should know -- besides John Williams
Female composers are trying to break film’s sound barrier
THE POWER OF MUSIC IN FILM - How music affects film
Moana: On-set visit with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i & Mark Mancina
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