Listening+Activities

**EXAMPLES OF MUSIC** Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky Symphonie Fantastique - Berlioz La Mer - Debussy The Four Seasons - Vivaldi Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) - Beethoven Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (or any of his other tone poems) Mars from The Planets - Holst Symphony No. 101, Mvmt. 2, The Clock - Haydn Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov Enigma Variations - Elgar The Moldau - Smetana Flight of the Bumblebee - Rimsky-Korsakov Wall Rat from Ratatouille - Michael Giocchino

Use this listening log to help students analyze what they are hearing. (Thanks to Judith Bean for this handout.) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Listening Journal <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**LISTENING LOG EXAMPLES**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**What image comes to your mind as you listen to this piece of music. You may write or draw a response.**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Flight of the Bumblebee** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• moving very fast <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• showing the bees buzzing around <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• slurred which shows scurrying <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• gets faster as it goes, imitating how fast the wings are going <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Wall Rat from Ratatouille** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• fast-moving <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• light and springy <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• fast, quick movements of the rat showing that the rat is being chased <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• slows down and is more calm than usual showing that the rat is now safe
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How were the instruments used to effectively imitate the title? **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• mice running, small animals, harry potter (in minor key) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• medieval fairs <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• snow melting, plants growing through soil (high notes violin) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• a carousel - the music is loud and then soft like the ride going up and down, lots of notes like the ride is going round and round in a circle <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• weddings and other celebrations, flower <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• flying or on the swings - being really free (really short notes and scales, very high notes, fast bows constrasted with louder, heavier cellos) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• being chased or attacked - crescendos <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• winning - the part with a trumpet <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• chase scenes in silent films and cartoons <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• funeral or death at the end <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• a big storm, violent weather at the beginning (The Wizard of Oz) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• evil person rising up minions - marching <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• sea voyage (running into bad weather, giant squid, then calm) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• someone running away from something <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• quiet part at the end - the storm is over, sun coming up, a bright new day is beginning (reminds me of death of Rue from the Hunger Games)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What does this music make you think of? **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Spring from the Four Seasons **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Night on Bald Mountain **