This course has been designed for the age group 7 to 10 years of age. Children at this age have clear preference on their musical choices and this program will offer students a platform outside the classical discipline. Children can learn and enjoy music without affiliation to a particular genre. Singing and understanding music through simple activities can be appealing to a wide range of children.
Course Format
Batch Size: 3 (Online Classes), 15 (InCampus Classes)
Duration: 12 weeks, one 45 mins lesson per week
Prerequisites
Interest in learning Music
Objectives
- Practice swaras with vowel sounds and work towards accuracy in pitch
- Learn simple patterns with swaras
- Understand how Tempo impacts the mood of a song
- Understand how beats are grouped to form patterns
- Introduce Timbre as an element of sound and acquaint students with instrument families
- Learn 5 or more age relevant songs in English, Hindi and one Indian/Foreign language song
- Cultivate a regular practice routine
- Ages 8+ to 10
- Completion of GWM104A
Introduction to the world of Music
Rhythm & tempo
- Strong beat
- Keeping a rhythm pattern
- Beat grouping
- Singing slow and fast
- Note values
Pitch
- Swaras
- Melody
- Swara Mapping
Dynamic
- Loud and soft - expressive singing
Performance
- Preparing for performance
- Final Performance
World Culture
- World music
- Turkey song
- Garba song
- Diwali song
Dynamics
- Loud Vs Soft
- Staccato Legato
tarse nayana
Grumbling Song
Musical form
Texture
Students will be able to :
- Able to sing the seven swaras in the ascending and descending order
- Sing simple swara patterns of repetition and grouping of two and three swaras
- Demonstrate beat patterns and sing a song to the beat pattern (meter) of 3 or 4
- Apply tempo variations to achieve a certain mood for a song
- Classify instruments under different instrument families
- Able to sing a repertoire of songs in English, Hindi and an Indian/ Foreign language.
- Catch a glimpse of a region, its culture, language, food, traditional attire and much more, through a regional song