This educational proposal originated from the desire to draw students close to the world of music in a creative and original way, using the vast repertoire of folk nursery rhymes, counting rhymes, famous
poems. The path led the students to discover, analyze and interpret the texts and music present in nursery rhymes, counting rhymes and poems. After analyzing them, the students separated them carrying out divergent and imaginative paths to then newly join them, but in a new and unexpected way. The rhymes became protagonists of verbal and musical games, giving the opportunity to learn about and study in depth important poets, such as Gianni Rodari and Eugenio Montale, and classical musicians such as L.v.Beethoven and G. Mahler, without leaving out the knowledge and experimentation of contemporary musical genres, such as Rap. The path was therefore a breeding ground for dramatization activities fostering and developing the students’ means of expression and communication.
The educational path was developed using spaces in a flexible way, starting from the classroom. It also made use of equipped places capable of facilitating operational approaches to knowledge, music production, theater, painting and physical activities. The musical listening activities benefitted from the use of good quality audio instruments, such to allow a good enjoyment of the sonorous experience. The majority of the activities were conducted in the music classroom. However, in the initial part of the path, we used the regular classroom, while in the final part, we used the school’s gym. In order to complete the musical experience in its expressive and communication phase, Orff instruments were used. The indefinite pitched musical instruments used were as follows: harness bells, sonorous blocks, tambourines; while the definite pitched instruments used were the glockenspiele and the recorder.
The skills, goals and training objectives selected by the teacher for this experience are shown below.
The students learned how to: - Perform choral pieces of various musical genres – Participate in an active and correct way in choral performances - Apply basic techniques to play Orff instruments correctly - Control the musical quality of the instrumental sound produced - Perform instrumental, monodic and polyphonic pieces, of different genres and styles, both individually and in group - Recognize styles and musical forms during the listening - Grasp the differences between musical pieces of different historical periods and cultures with regard to structures and meanings - Recognize the characteristics of musical pieces destined to the various functions in the different societies, of the present and of the past - Perform simple choreographies in time with the music - Participate in group activities - Manage roles, rules and relationships within the working group.
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