Musical Instruments

SCRAP ARTS MUSIC’S EDUCATIONAL GALS FOR STUDENTS:

• Exposure to original, rhythmically-rich percussion ensemble music.

• Recognition of new ways to recycle scrap materials.

• Willingness to accept new ideas of music and instrumentation.

• Appreciation of musical structure in terms of elements of rhythm, pitch and melody.

• Understanding the inter-relationship of music with science, visual arts, dance, and theatre.

• Alternative ideas about what constitutes a musical instrument. Example of home made instruments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLcwIEWD9o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKwCZNu1Ms&feature=related


http://unplugyourkids.com/2009/01/14/easy-homemade-musical-instruments/

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/music-instruments/musical-instruments/make-a-spin-drum-1030072/

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/music-instruments/musical-instruments/make-a-tambourine-1027103/

http://www.green-talk.com/2010/12/14/trash-to-homemade-musical-instruments-a-kinder-note-to-the-earth/

Texture

Texture- An element of the Arts

A valuable element in the artist’s codebook is texture because it engages another sense besides sight. Texture is “tactile,” that is, it appeals to our sense of touch.

Texture: homophonic, Polyphonic, Monophonic

Polyphonic Texture

Simultaneous performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest produces the texture called polyphonic, meaning having many sounds. In polyphony several melodic lines compete for attention. (When several jazz musicians improvise different melodies at once, they produce polyphony.)

The technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole is called counterpoint.

The term contrapuntal texture is sometimes used in place of polyphonic texture

Polyphonic music often contains imitation, which occurs when a melodic idea is presented by one voice or instrument and is then restated immediately by another voice or instrument.

Homophonic Texture: When we hear one main melody accompanied by chords, the texture is homophonic.

Monophonic Texture: When we hear one main melody without accompaniment, the texture is monophonic.

Line- An element of the Arts!

Line is most easily defined as a mark that spans a distance between two points (or the path of a moving point).

Movement Project:

• Choose 2 words and create 2 human sculptures for each word. 
• Each sculpture should be defining each word.
• Connect the 2 human-word-sculptures with a line movement.
  Move through the space in specific line shapes (straight, curvy,
  diagonal, zig zag, vertical, horizontal…)
• Duration 30 - 45 seconds. 

Unit 4: Line!

Line- element of art.

In terms of art, line can be described as a moving dot. Line is perhaps the most basic element of drawing.

Kinds of lines:

Vertical lines- lines that move up and down without any slant

Horizontal lines- lines that are parallel to the horizon

Diagonal lines- lines that slant

Zigzag lines- lines made from a combination of diagonal lines

Curved lines- Lines that change direction gradually

Line Variation- adding interest to your lines is important in creating successful artwork

Length- lines can be long or short

Width- lines can be wide or skinny

Texture- lines can be rough or smooth

Direction- lines can move in any direction

Degree of curve- lines can curve gradually or not at all

Line quality or line weight- refers to the thickness or thinness of a line. By varying the line quality artists can make objects appear more 3-Deminsional and more interesting

Hatching and crosshatching- using lines to create value

Hatching- lines going in the same direction
Crosshatching- lines that cross

Rhythm and Silence

Nu works project-
1. Each student constructs an original musical instrument.
2. Make groups
3. Compose, write and perform your song.

Unit 3: Rhythm and Silence

•  Unit 3: Rhythm and Silence

1.      Research  

2.     Rhythm and Silence in music, Visual Art, Dance & Theater

3.     Quotes

4.     Dance Studio

5.     Performance

6.     Video Project

7.      Video Critic Discussion and blog entry

Rhythm can be found in the choreography of a dance, in the painting of an artist, and of course, in songs and melodies.

In looking at music, we see all sorts of styles. Some styles are slow and mellow (like a waltz) others are quick and lively (like a tango). The one thing that all rhythms have in common, however, is repetition. Rhythms must repeat themselves.

In painting, rhythm can be created with the repetition of strokes, visual elements, or even entire subjects. . . and probably the very best example of a rhythmic visual artist is the famous action painter, 

Movement

Movements in the Arts

Unit 2: Movement

"Thousands of emotions well up inside me through out the day. They are released when I dance."
Abraham Lincoln. 

•  
Unit 2: Movement

1. Research
2. Humans require full physical movement
3. Movement in the Arts
4. Quotes
5.  Dance Studio
6. Performance
7. Video Project
   8. Video Critic Review and blog entry

'End of an era': Apple co-founder Steve Jobs remembered

Story: The Jobs legacy: Ease, elegance in technology

"Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives," Apple's board said in a statement. "The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

President Barack Obama — who described the musical contents of his iPod to Rolling Stone in 2008 and famously gave one of the gadgets to Queen Elizabeth II as a giftthe following year — said in a statement that Jobs "exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity."

"Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world and talented enough to do it," he said.

Share your thoughts on Jobs' legacy

Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January — his third since his health problems began — and resigned in August. Jobs became Apple's chairman and handed the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.

mathematics, music, quantum physics, geometry, philosophy and visual arts

Digital Art: a poetic vision | Toporek from Sergio Toporek on Vimeo.

Unit 1: Space and Time

•  Unit 1: Space & Time

1.  Research 
2. Newton, Einstein & Steven Hawkins
3. Dance Studio
4. Art & Physics  Leonard Shlaine
5. Performance
6. Video Project

Art and Emotions Video project

Aesthetics!

What is your personal Aesthetics? Distinguish yourself from the rest!
How to get started:
All serious artists have a personal aesthetic, which is more or less a set of guidelines for shaping work. Often these guidelines are never articulated -- instead the artist claims work by instinct, "feeling whether a piece is complete and whether it measures up to the original vision."
You can chose a musician, a choreographer, a dancer, an actor, a director, a composer, or any artist that you admire and look up to for their integrity and their work!
Include why you are fond of the artist and his or her work. Give example, images, videos, audios and anything that will defend your opinion.

Final Project:
Create a 3-5 mins multi-media presentation named 'My Aesthetics."

Example:

My Booker T-

Line, Texture, Value, Rhythm!

During the course of the 5th Six Weeks, we will be doing a study over LINE. TEXTURE. VALUE. RHYTHM.

Each of these elements have a deep connection with each ART discipline as well as the NATURE around us.

LINES have to do with visually appealing pieces as well as the "flow" of a performance piece such as the way a dance piece carries through from beginning to end, a play's flow of dialogue & conflict, a music pieces story, or the lines on a visual piece.

TEXTURE has to do with the quality of the piece pertaining to the senses. Particularly the sense of touch but also the way the piece resonates within your ears or eyes.

VALUE has to do with the depth of the piece and how deeply you perceive it.

RHYTHM has to do with the beat or feel that the piece leaves you with. For example the speed and, flow, and beat of a dance or music.

C 3- Circle Cycle Change!

C3:

• Research- Example of C3 in science, math, writing and the arts!
• Blog
• Discuss
• Create

Examples of Blog entries for C3:

http://expressyourselfwitharts.blogspot.com/

http://omgnewworks.blogspot.com/

http://wealllovenuworks.tumblr.com/




Example os Videos for C3:

Untitled from niloo jalilvand on Vimeo.

1000 Cranes

NU_WORKS_CRANES from Christian Vasquez Videography on Vimeo.

Cranes

Cranes Cranes Cranes!

1000 Wishes:
There is a legend that says: Any person who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish!
Write a blog about a fable.

Write a Haiku:

Slowly, graceful wings

Softly touch the still water.

Crane Dance!

Choreograph a Crane sequence.

Project:
So we will make a thousand origami-s as a group.
Our collected wish is: “This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world.”
You are to make 6 origami cranes or swans or stars-
On one side you will write your wish (only one personal wish) on the other side you can have a print or a design.

how to fold an origami bird base from josey on Vimeo.


How to fold an origami paper crane from josey on Vimeo.



how to fold an origami lucky (puffy) star from josey on Vimeo.

Nu works Reel

Nu-WORKS REEL from Christian Vasquez Videography on Vimeo.

C-3 Nu-works in working...