Mr. Baum - Music

Grading Policy

Classwork - 50% = (Exit Slips, Written responses, Formative Assessments(written/verbal))


Participation - 50% = (Conduct, Responding to Prompts, Completion of tasks, In class initiative)

Contact 

Email - LBaum@thebellacademy.com

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Homework, assignments and upcoming assessments will be posted on the calendar page the day they are assigned.

Contact via email for any questions or concerns.

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WHats going on in class

Why Do Songs With a Minor Scale Sound Sad?
- Article Analysis
Vegetable Orchestra Video
Watch this video before completing Vegetable Orchestra assignment
Pitch: Expressive Qualities Assignment

​Jaws Theme Podcast
Listen to this podcast for the Pitch: Expressive Qualities assignment.
​A written version of this podcast can be found on Google Classroom.
Storybots video: How does sound get to our ears?
Counting Measures Listening Examples
Counting Example
Blues Example #1
Blues Example #2
Blues Example #3
Walking Blues by Robert Johnson
Laundromat Blues by Albert King
Everyday I Have the Blues by B.B. King
Rap Listening Example

Tempo: Expressive Qualities assignment

Listen to each musical example and complete the section in the google form about that listening example.
Google form: https://forms.gle/6G18hRWv5GZJNZzC6​

​Listening Example #1
Listening Example #2

Meter: Expressive Qualities assignment

​Theme from Halloween the movie
Halloween Theme Podcast

Listen to this podcast for the Meter - Expressive Qualities assignment.
​A written version of this podcast can be found on Google Classroom.
Unit 1 - Defining Music

Students discuss what is required in order to consider something to be music resulting in constructing a definition of music.

Class Definition = MUSIC IS SOUND PURPOSEFULLY ARRANGED OVER TIME


Water Walk
Music Definition Analysis - Compare/Contrast

Wind Chimes
Imaginary Landscapes #4
John Cage 4' 33"

Performance of 4' 33"
Podcast