Peer Teaching / MUSE 355
Rudi Schwerdle
10/23/2018
Basic Information
Pre-Service Teacher: Rudi Schwerdle
Grade Level: Middle School (First rehearsal)
Date & Time: October 25th, 2018
Materials
Score of Gauntlet by Doug Spata
Personal Viola
All students need personal instruments and a pencil
Individual parts for students
Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills for this Lesson
Previous exposure to half positions, extensions, and low second finger hand frames
Students must be familiar with the D Minor Scale
Previous experience of spiccato and brush stroke techniques
Content and Achievement Standards
Playing an instrument, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
a. Perform on at least one instrument1 accurately and independently, alone and in small and large
ensembles, with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control.
b. Perform with expression and technical accuracy on at least one string, wind, percussion, or classroom
instrument a repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of 2, on a scale of 1 to 6.
Reading and notating music
a. Read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, and
alla breve meter signatures.
Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
a. describe specific music events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology
Behavioral Objective(s)
At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to:
Play the opening 25 measures of Gauntlet
Understand the concept of modes
Continue to develop spiccato and brush stroke techniques with varying lengths of notes
Answer questions related to the piece Gauntlet including the following:
• What is a gauntlet?
• Where they were most historically found
• How does the piece demonstrate medieval stylings?
Procedures
0:00 Warm-Up:
D Major Scale
D Minor Scale
0:03 Introduction to Gauntlet
Brief explanation of what a gauntlet is
o With pictures!
1
The importance of medieval modes
o In medieval music, there was no such thing as scales
o Based around the Final (or tonic)
o The instructor will state that the mode they learn today is Dorian
lowers the 3rd and 7th notes
o The instructor explains that a G Dorian mode has the same key signature as D minor
o The class will then play the G Dorian mode
The instructor will ask students to see if they can find that particular mode in their music
o 1st and 2nd violins are the only ones that have this mode in a scalar form in measure 20
Quick Spiccato/Brush Stroke review
o The teacher will mention that the tempo of the music is too fast for on the string playing
o We need to bounce on the string at the balance point
Bounce on the trampoline
Heard not seen
“U” or “V”
o Repeated and fast notes need to be off the string
o Play the G Dorian Mode with 8th notes spiccato (slow to start, bump up the tempo twice)
0:11 Sight-read the opening 25 bars
After the first run, work on problem areas.
The following are prime spots:
o Main melody string crossing in second bar from staccato to slur
Measures 3-4, 6-7, etc.
Happens in Viola and Violins
o Measure 9
Viola spiccato start
Cello and Bass switch from brush stroke to on the string staccato in 10
o Measure 20-21
G Dorian Mode run in 1st and 2nd violins
Needs to be spiccato too
Have whole class practice the full G Dorian Scale with the spiccato
A skill everyone should know
0:18 Closure
Instructional: The instructor will ask students what they know about modes and what mode they heard
in the music. The instructor will also ask for a reminder about spiccato and brush stroke
Performance: Play from the beginning to measure 25 of Gauntlet
0:20 End
Assessment of Objectives
Assessment will be informal by monitoring the room throughout the entire lesson. The teacher will pay
mindful attention to posture, hand frames, spiccato technique, and pulse control. Finally, the teacher will
observe students during the final performance making note of students who have understood the concepts
taught and actively participate in the music.
