Got this lesson from the amazing teacher I student taught with. This video is too cute not to share!
Students created all the movements in the video except the clock movement for the A section. The B, C, and D sections show the toy soldiers that come out on the hour. A student "conductor" points to where they are in the form.
Lessons leading up to this:
- Reviewed AB and ABA form.
- Learned the term rondo form by making different forms out of the songs/chants "Hop Old Squirrel," "Whisky Frisky Hippity Hop" (both Jump Right In 1st grade), and "Gather acorns in the fall, little squirrel must do it all."
- Moved to this piece, Kodaly's Viennese Musical Clock, section by section then putting it all together, asking what form is it if we stop here? What form is it if we add this?
- The original movements to Viennese Musical Clock:
- A section: move hands like the minute and hour hand of a clock
- B section: the toy soldiers come out and play trumpets
- A: clock again
- C: the toy soldiers salute on the beat
- A: clock
- D: the toy soldiers march (move locomotor for the B, C, and D sections once the kids know the piece)
- A: clock
- coda: arms up on the big chords! :)
- Finally, students came up with their own "toy soldier" movements. (This class chose swaying their arms, jumping, and marching locomotor.)
