The GWM program is aimed at taking music to children in schools. Apart from learning the musical elements, students are exposed to application of these concepts to further their cognitive and social development. The course is aimed at helping children to be able to appreciate music and allow music to impact their lives in a positive way.
Objectives
1.Gain understanding about musical elements - rhythm, pitch, dynamics, timbre, texture, form, musical expression and world culture
2. Active listening, composing, performance and appreciation of music
Social Interaction
- Cooperation and Peer Interaction
Rhythm and Tempo
- Imitating beat
- Identifying simple beat-grouping patterns
- Fast and Slow
- Understand that beats can be long and short
- Read improvised- self created notations for whole and half notes
Pitch
- High and low- Imitate and identify
- Singing along with instruments- most often in tune
- Musical notes- Indian and Western Solfege
- Simple melodic patterns
- Reading basic notation
Dynamics
- Loud and Soft; Louder and Softer
- Create loud and soft sounds- using objects and voice
Timbre
- Musical Instruments: Identify and Manipulate
- Adding background sounds to a story/song using simple classroom instruments like congo drums, xylophones, shakers, wood blocks etc
- Identify sounds in isolation and when grouped
Form
- Understand the beginning and end of a song
- Identify different tune sections in a song
Texture
Articulation
Musical Expression
- Listen to a story and identify characters and their unique characteristics connected with their voices/sounds
- Refections
World Culture
Performance
