A lullaby is music written to gently rock someone to sleep. Hear Gina play a famous lullaby written by composer Johannes Brahms on the flute, and then learn to play a lullaby on the recorder..
All Through the Night
Lullaby A lullaby is a piece of music that is written or played to gently rock someone to sleep. Sing or hum a lullaby that you may already know.
Largo Largo is a musical term that means to play slowly. Many lullabies are often played at a Largo tempo so that the listener can slowly drift to sleep.
Piano You probably already know that a piano is a type of musical instrument with 88 keys, but did you know that it also describes a dynamic level that means to play softly? Many lullabies work best when played at a piano dynamic, so that you don’t wake up your listener.
1.0 Artistic Perception Listen to, Analyze, and Describe Music 1.4 Describe music according to its elements, using terminology of music.
2.0 Creative Expression Apply Vocal and Instrumental Skills 2.2 Use classroom instruments to play melodies and accompaniments from a varied repertoire of music from diverse cultures, including rounds, descants, and ostinatos, by oneself and with others.
3.0 Historical and Cultural Context Diversity of Music 3.3 Sing and play music from diverse cultures and time periods.
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing Analyze and Critically Assess 4.1 Use specific criteria when judging the relative quality of musical performances. Derive Meaning 4.2 Describe the characteristics that make a performance a work of art.
5.0 Connections, Relationships and Applications Connections and Applications 5.1 Identify and interpret expressive characteristics in works of art and music. Careers and Career-Related Skills 5.4 Evaluate improvement in personal musical performances after practice or rehearsal.
Creating • MU.CR.2.4b. Use notation to document personal or collective rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas (e.g. chords). • MU.CR.3.4b. Present the final version of personally or collectively created music to others and explain their creative process.
Responding • MU.RE.7.4a. Explain how music listening is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context. • MU.RE.7.4b. Demonstrate and explain how musical concepts and contexts affect responses to music. • MU.RE.8.4a. Demonstrate and describe expressive attributes and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent. • MU.RE.9.4a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Performing • MU.PR.4.4aDemonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context • MU.PR.4.4c. Read and perform using notation (e.g. syncopation). • MU.PR.4.4d. Demonstrate an understanding of musical concepts (e.g. physical, verbal, or written response–understanding of musical concepts and how creators use them to convey expressive intent). • MU.PR.5.4b. With an appropriate level of independence rehearse to refine technique, expression, and identified performance challenges. – • MU.PR.6.4a. Perform music with appropriate expression, technique, and interpretation. • MU.PR.6.4b. Demonstrate performance and audience decorum appropriate for the occasion.
Connecting • MU.CN.10.4b. Describe the roles and impact various musics plays in one’s life and the lives of others. • MU.CN.11.4a. Explore and describe relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts). • MU.CN.11.4b. Describe how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self Direction
Leadership and Responsibility
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability