Dynamics: Landscaping

Creating a common dynamic: listening to others humming.

1. All students hum in a different dynamic: soft, medium, or loud.
2. The teacher guides the class to match a basic loud, medium, or soft dynamic that they themselves determine or by choosing one of the student’s dynamics.

1. The teacher hums a sound at a specific dynamic.
2. Individual student matches the sound’s dynamic level.

1. The teacher hums a sound at a specific dynamic.
2. Individual student matches the sound, then hums a bit softer, then matches the sound, then hums a bit louder. This develops a sense of more nuanced levels of dynamics than just soft, medium, and loud.

The above exercises can be done in specific amounts of time based on different counts.

For example: All of the exercises below can be done in 2, 3, or 4-time.

Finding a common dynamic: listening to others humming

1. All students hum in a different dynamic: soft, medium, or loud.
2. The teacher guides the class to match a basic loud, medium, or soft dynamic that they themselves determine or by choosing one of the student’s dynamics.

1. The teacher hums a sound at a specific dynamic.
2. Individual student matches the sound’s dynamic level.

1. The teacher hums a sound at a specific dynamic.
2. Individual student matches the sound, then hums a bit softer, then matches the sound, then hums a bit louder. This develops a sense of more nuanced levels of dynamics than just soft, medium, and loud.