Brahms - The Listening Lesson
Brahms Hungarian Dance #5
A “Miming” Active Listening Lesson
A Warm up (Swing bat, touch toes, pitch, scratch, spit)
B Batter up (bounce bat four times, swing – watch the ball) 2x
repeat once in slow motion
C Run the bases (6 steps per base on a small diamond)
D Slow Mo – Instant replay
(4 slow motion baseball field moves, each rewinded)
Coda Hat off, down, tossed!
Form: AABBCDAB Coda
Process:
This is a miming exercise -the students will mime playing a baseball game.
Formation:
Open Space
1)Mime swinging bats, touching toes, pitching, and scratching and spitting.
2)Mime batting -- bounce the bats four times, then swing. Repeat this, then do it a third time in SLOW MOTION.
3)Mime running the bases - Draw a small imaginary baseball diamond at your feet, then run the bases, with 6 steps per base.
4)Mime, in SLOW MOTION, four instant replays fielding the ball -- catching, throwing, chasing, tagging the runner. After each Slow motion “replay”, rewind the tape quickly.
5)CODA - Mime taking off your hat and throwing it in the air!
Perform entire piece
Form: AABBCDAB Coda
Hungarian Dance #5
LINKS:
Charlie Chaplin to Brahms Hungarian Dance #5:
lhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=monaXOpmH1U
Nishimoto Conducts Hungarian Dance #5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tvjR0j5yEY
Cecchetto Conducts Hungarian Dance #5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCBsR4lO730
David Garrett plays Hungarian Dance #5:
