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    This video lesson summary covers a Grade 9 beginner jazz band class. The teacher works on jazz articulation by singing syllables with the students and focusing on proper balance by listening to lead players. Each student is encouraged to take a short solo on the song London Bridge to get comfortable with improvising rhythms and notes. The goal is to celebrate each student's risk-taking and hopefully have them loosen up more about improvising. The class concludes by playing through another familiar song.

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    October 19, 2014

    Jazz Pedagogy - MUS 743

    Chloe Plamondon

    Video Lesson #1
    Backgroud
    This is a portion of a lesson with my Grade 9 Beginner Jazz Band. Youll notice that
    there is no rhythm section in this class. My colleague helps me at the beginning of the
    year with this band by teaching the rhythm section members in another music classroom.
    An older student, Bobby, is just learning to play drums this year and is a band room
    lurker and I like to put those types of kids to work when theyre just hangin out
    youll hear him on the video.
    A few times throughout the video youll hear the band interrupted by another jazz band
    that is the intermediate jazz band in the room next door to ours, the third music teacher
    teaches them in the jazz room at the same time.
    I become slightly distracted about part way through the class for about 4 minutes when
    one of the rhythms section kids came looking for music. Every class I recorded had some
    type of distraction, so I decided to keep it there and still submit this lesson. Distraction
    unfortunately, is a part of teaching especially when teaching 1 of 3 classes happening at
    lunchtime. Poor Sean the lead trumpet kid I wonder if hell ever come back.
    Suggestions on how to deal with this type of distraction would be greatly appreciated!
    Sometimes Ill pause the class and have them work on their own for a few minutes, but in
    this case I just continue to have them play.
    (Disclaimer I dont always ask kids to blast or play loud but I have been in this
    class because my trumpet players are quite timid and shy Ill do/say whatever I can
    right to get them to use air and play out.)
    The video begins about 10 minutes into the lesson. We started with watching a video of
    Benny Goodman and his orchestra. Here is a link to the video:
    I start snapping on 2 & 4 @ the front of the class at 12:05 sharp to a) start class and b) get
    students used to playing with a swing feel.
    After snapping and watching for a few minutes, and me explaining that I was going to
    record our class for my assignment we moved straight into our jazz books, Essential
    Elements for Beginning Jazz Ensemble b. Mike Steinel, and started singing some
    jazzy syllables together. (this is where I remember to press start on my iphone to record
    and you can watch the rest!)
    Lesson Plan
    Class Objectives
    1. Reinforce proper jazz articulation through singing syllables
    2. Establish proper balance in the wind section through listening to lead players.
    3. Encourage all students in the wind section to attempt a short solo, and celebrate
    their risk-taking ventures

    Sequence- 12:05 12:40


    12:05 Watch Benny Goodman video
    12:07 Snap 2/4s
    12:10 Method Book, Swing Rhythm Workouts
    Sing, and then play
    Listen to lead trumpet for articulation and style example
    Blend lead trumpet, trombone, alto sax
    12:15 London Bridge Improvisation
    Review: What is improvisation?
    Repeat London Bridge as many times as it takes for every student to attempt a
    solo.
    Students play notes that are given on the page, improvising rhythms (and/or notes
    if they chose) with the goal of following the form and playing with good
    articulations.
    Celebrate each the risk taking of all students in the band!! (this is only our 2nd
    time talking about improvising and lots were scared to play last time, hopefully we
    loosen up a bit today)
    12:35 Dynamo
    Play through a chart that we know to leave class feeling happy and pumped to
    come back next time! (there will be lots of gaps in this tune without the rhythm
    section here today, the plan is to have them join us next week to put this song
    together for the first time!)

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