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Music Expression Techniques for Kids

The document provides two lessons on musical expression for third grade students. Lesson 1 focuses on phrase shape, note groupings, dynamics, and how these elements give music motion and life by making phrases sound sentence-like. Lesson 2 defines slurs, staccatos, and breath marks and how they are used to play music with motion when indicated with the expression "con moto". Key vocabulary terms are also defined, including phrase, dynamics, and con moto.

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Music Expression Techniques for Kids

The document provides two lessons on musical expression for third grade students. Lesson 1 focuses on phrase shape, note groupings, dynamics, and how these elements give music motion and life by making phrases sound sentence-like. Lesson 2 defines slurs, staccatos, and breath marks and how they are used to play music with motion when indicated with the expression "con moto". Key vocabulary terms are also defined, including phrase, dynamics, and con moto.

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MU:Pr4.2.3b When MU:Pr4.2.

3a
analyzing selected Demonstrate
music, read and understanding of
perform rhythmic the structure in
patterns and
Expression
music selected for
melodic phrases Lesson 2
for 3rd Grade performance
Lesson 1
using iconic and
standard notation

Phrase shape Note Groupings

Involves Dynamics Gives music motion Gives Music Life Makes Phrases sentence like (pauses, articulations, etc)

Slurs Staccatos Breath marks


To Play With motion
Means to play Con Moto

Vocabulary:

1. Phrase: typically four measures long and there are two different uses of the word phrase in music: the first has to do
with the structure of music and is used as a noun, and the second has to do with the expression in music and is used as a
verb.
2. Dynamics: how loud or quiet the music is
3. Con Moto: with movement.

Lesson 2
1. Slur: a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played without separation, i.e.
with legato articulation.
2. Staccato: a form of musical articulation. In modern notation it signifies a note of shortened duration, separated from the
note that may follow by silence

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