Texture: Call and Response
Goal: To use social activities to hear and perform the textures staccato and legato.
Out of Tempo
Name game. Spoken.
Beginning
- Teacher speaks their name staccato.
- Students speaks the teacher’s name staccato.
Intermediate
- Student speaks their name legato.
- Teacher speaks the student’s name legato.
Advanced
- Teacher pairs students who continue the process.
- Students pair off and play the name game exchanging the first me, then you social structure.
In Tempo
Sung, using letters, numbers, solfege, played in two-four, three-four, or four-four time.
Beginning
- The teacher sings their name or plays the rhythm of their name one note staccato or legato in x meter in x rhythm.
- Students respond.
Intermediate
- Student sings their name or plays the rhythm of their name two notes legato then two notes staccato.
- The teacher or another student responds.
Advanced
- Teacher prompts students to pair off.
- Students pair off and play the texture name game with each other. The leader and follower roles are shared.