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Class Notes: Color in Music: Suggested Grades: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th

This document provides instructions for a classroom activity where students listen to a piece of music called "Ballade for Piano and Orchestra" and relate the music to colors. Students will watch a video about how composers use color in music, fill out a worksheet with questions, listen to the piece twice, and then draw or write what colors and images the music inspires in them. The teacher will lead a discussion afterwards about the students' illustrations and interpretations of how the music relates to different colors.

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Class Notes: Color in Music: Suggested Grades: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th

This document provides instructions for a classroom activity where students listen to a piece of music called "Ballade for Piano and Orchestra" and relate the music to colors. Students will watch a video about how composers use color in music, fill out a worksheet with questions, listen to the piece twice, and then draw or write what colors and images the music inspires in them. The teacher will lead a discussion afterwards about the students' illustrations and interpretations of how the music relates to different colors.

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Class Notes:

Color in Music
Suggested grades: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th

This activity is meant to accompany the video by Classical MPR


called Class Notes: Color In Music -- Germaine Tailleferre. Here
is a link to the video through SafeShare:

https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5e3f8a7c38213

1. Pass out worksheets.


2. Watch the video once through, prompting students to listen
for answers to the questions.
3. Watch the video a second time while students fill out the
answers to the questions.
4. Play a few minutes of “Ballade for Piano and Orchestra” by
Germain Tailleferre: https://safeshare.tv/x/ss5e4091cf271d6
5. Ask students to write down what the music makes them
think of (question 5).
6. While listening to the rest of the piece, students use
crayons or markers to illustrate what they hear.
7. Once they have completed their illustrations, they can
share with a partner or the class. They could also hang
their work on the whiteboard and do a gallery walk to see
their classmates take’s on the piece.
Name _____________ Teacher _________

Class Notes: Color in Music


1. When you draw, what are your favorite colors to use and why?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________

2. In music, each instrument has its own unique sound.


We call that ____________ or ________________ .

3. True or false…a trumpet and violin have the same timbre.


TRUE FALSE

4. Germaine Tailleferre once said…


“_______________________________________”
when talking about her compositions.

5. Listen to “Ballade for Piano and Orchestra” by Germaine


Tailleffere. What does the music make you think of? Write your
ideas down here:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Class Notes: Color in Music
While you listen to “Ballade for Piano and Orchestra” by
Germaine Tailleffere, illustrate what the music makes you think
of. Think about the different colors you might use to match the
timbre or tone color of the music.
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