Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of combining music and Viewpoints by participating in an open viewpoint.
Materials:
CD player
CDs
Hook: Play for the class an example of Viewpoints by downloading an example of musical Viewpoints from Youtube.
Instruction: Read and discuss as a class the principles of working with music (Chapter 8 of The Viewpionts Book.
Practice: Create open viewpoints as a class while viewpointing to different songs suggested in The Viewpionts Book. Focus on opposites with the following:
Tempo
Duration
Kinesthetic Response
Repetition
Shape
Gesture
Architecture
Spacial Relationship
Topography
Assessment:Perform group open-viewpoints with music by choosing 5-8 random people to viewpoint to 3 different clippings of songs. Give oral feedback to help each individual in the group. State one thing they did well and an opportunity to grow.
Composition Group Practice: Have them practice this principle of viewpointing to music by rehearsing their group compositions with the music they brought in.
