Category Archives: Additional Resources

Audio

Find all the tracks featured on the audio CD that is included with the teacher guide to stream online

Video

Warm-Up Rhyme with Melody from Savannah Music Festival on Vimeo.   Apple Tree Warm-Up with Melody from Savannah Music Festival on Vimeo.   Yawning Kittens Warm-Up with Melody from Savannah Music Festival on Vimeo.  

Student Guide Library

Browse and download the entire index of student guide pages from the 2015-16 Musical Explorers Teacher Guide or download all 43 Student Guide pages in one file. Introduction SG1 Welcome to our Musical Trip! ↓ Download File SG2 Musical Explorers Song  ↓ Download File SG3 Musical Explorers Song Sign Language  ↓ Download File SG4 Vibrations…

Glossary

adagio: a slow tempo allegro: a fast tempo backbeat: a rhythmic pattern where beats two and four are emphasized bodhrán: an Irish frame drum call and response: a common way to learn music in which one person sings part of the song (call), and another person repeats it (response) Cajun: a culture deriving from the…

Standards

Common Core Capacities Through hands-on classroom activities and two culminating interactive performances, Musical Explorers helps to address Common Core Capacities for College and Career Readiness, empowering students through learning activities in which they: demonstrate independence gain confidence through self-expression build strong content knowledge respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline comprehend,…

Acknowledgments

Recordings “Musical Explorers Song,” by Daniel Eliot Levy.  © 2007 Daniel Levy and ASCAP. Performed by Shanna Lesniak-Whitney and Shane Schag. “I Got You (I Feel Good),” by James Brown. Performed by Laiken Williams, Eric Jones, Linus Enokssen and Robert Saunders. © 1965 Fort Knox Music., Inc. All rights reserved. “I Heard It Through the…