Pin Requirements
Pin Requirements
Pin Requirements
Cub Scout Music Belt Loop (See the Pin Requirements below.)
Complete these three requirements:
1. Explain why music is an important part of our culture. ______________________________________________________
2. Pick a song with at least two verses and learn it by heart. ___________________________________________________
3. Listen to four different types of music either recorded or live.
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Cub Scout Music Pin
Earn the Cub Scout Music belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
1. Make a musical instrument and play it for your family, den, or pack. ___________________________________________
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2. Teach your den a song. _____________________________________________________________________________
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3. Play a song by yourself or in a group, in unison or in harmony. _______________________________________________
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4. Create an original melody and/or original words for a song. __________________________________________________
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5. Using a tape recorder, capture natural sounds of the environment or record songs you create, and use your recording as a
soundtrack for a short skit or as background for a movement activity. __________________________________________
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Cub Scout Music Award p. 2 Cub Scout Workbook Scout's Name: ________________________
6. Attend a live musical performance or concert. ____________________________________________________________
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7. Demonstrate conducting patterns for two songs using two different meters (two-, three-, or four- beat meter) while your adult
partner or den members sing or play the songs you have selected. ____________________________________________
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8. Take voice or dance lessons or lessons to learn to play an instrument. _________________________________________
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9. Create movements to a piece of music without words to demonstrate the moods of the music: happy, sad, calm, excited,
playful, inspired. ___________________________________________________________________________________
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10. Learn about a composer of some music that you enjoy. _____________________________________________________
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Online Resources (Use any Internet resource with caution and only with your parent’s or guardian’s supervision.)
Cub Scout Advancement: http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/ranks.asp
Tiger: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tiger Wolf: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wolf
Bear: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bear Webelos: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Webelos
Cub Scout Academics and Sports Workbooks: ► meritbadge.org -or- ►Academics / Sports
Webelos Activity Badge Workbooks: ► usscouts.org -or- ►meritbadge.org
Boy Scouts of America: http://www.scouting.org/ ►Guide to Safe Scouting ►Age-Appropriate Guidelines for Activities
ExpertVillage.com Lesson Videos: Learning to Sing Better How to Play Music Major & Minor Scales
Guitar Basics Play Piano Piano Chords
Classical Music Archives: http://www.classicalarchives.com Country Music Assn: http://www.cmaworld.com
Int. Bluegrass Music Assn: http://www.ibma.org Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: http://www.rockhall.com
Smithsonian: American Music: http://www.si.edu/art_and_design/american/music