Thursday, July 20, 2023

Piano Pronto Movement 1: #15 Surprise Symphony and Ritardando/Sforzando

 This lesson plan includes activities for Haydn's"Surprise Symphony" in Piano Pronto Movement 1.Piano Pronto Movement 1 Lesson Plans Love Somebody

Music and Movement

Choose a listening map to clap along with. Notice how the quarter notes in your music are changed to eighth notes but the theme pattern of | short, short, short short| short short LONG| is the same.
Surprise Symphony Listening Map Emoji


As you listen to the audio of Surprise Symphony, clap on all the short staccato notes and choose a longer movement for the melody notes without staccatos (sway? paintbrush arm? rub hands? etc.)

OR

For the first 2 lines Sing the Lyrics: “Everyone is sleepy now, everyone has closed their eyes, everyone is sleepy now, here comes the surprise  “Ah!” as you play this piece with *expressive dynamics?

Music History


Theory
Watch the video to hear an example of tempo changes Accelerando and Ritardando in a music. 

Theory

Ritardando or rit. means to slow down gradually and is often written at the end of a section or piece of music. Listen to the sample rit. video clip


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