What sounds like?

"What sounds like?"

purpose: to develop figurative thinking, imagination, and learn to focus on music.

Preparation: you first need to make a manual in the form of a notebook, it is advisable to take on the rings and attach to the sheet images of musical instruments (drum, violin, piano, flute, xylophone, tambourine), a sad and cheerful smiley (to denote major and minor), seven colors of the spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple) and animals (bear, fox, hare, wolf, bird, swan). To allow the benefit to last as long as possible, it is advisable to laminate these cards, or paste them with colorless adhesive tape.

The essence of the lesson:
The teacher includes a pre-prepared musical composition, and children, having listened to it, must select the variants of the cards, which in their opinion correspond to this work. Using the prepared manual, each child after careful listening should note the nature of the melody (sad or cheerful smiley), the sounding instruments, relate it to any color, and also select the most appropriate animal. Try to pick up bright and contrasting music to make students more interesting to answer the questions posed.

The benefits of the lesson "What sounds like?"
Pupils learn to distinguish the nature and mood of a melody, while developing figurative thinking, attention and musical ear.