Present Lesson #3: Paiute Legend Song

Teacher Name: Mr. Prall

Materials of Instruction:
Paiute Legend Song Music
Xylophones, Marimbas, Glockenspiel (each with Fa and Ti removed)

Lesson Sequence:

Entry Activity/Pre-Assessment: Begin with a history lesson on the Paiute tribe, their culture,
their traditions, etc.

Activity #1 Objective: Students are able to sing The Paiute Legend Song without teacher
assistance.

1. T: sings melody on “doo” for the class

2. T: sings first line on “doo” and have class repeat
3. T: sings second line on “doo” and have class repeat
4. Class combines both lines and sings through melody, First with teacher, then without
5. T: speaks “Peahwä vee” and has class repeat
6. T: speaks “väku mädu” and class repeats
7. T: speaks” heennäh” and class repeats
8. T: speaks through whole phrase and class repeats
9. T: speaks through each measure in rhythm and class repeats, them on whole phrase
10. T: speaks “Hongäh vädäwee” and class repeats
11. T: speaks “Yämäney, yämäney” and class repeats
12. Class combines all of the second phrase. First with teacher, then without
13. T: speaks through each measure on rhythm and class repeats, then through the whole
phrase
 14. Class speaks through the whole piece on rhythm
15. T: introduces the pitches to the words on rhythm. Sing through each measure, class
repeats, then do each phrase, them combine the song together
16. S: sing through the whole piece without teacher assistance

Assessment: Are students able to sing through the song without teacher assistance
Transition/Closure: Good job! Now we’re going to add instruments!

Activity #2 Objective: Students improvise an 8 bar melody on mallet instruments in F

pentatonic

1. Pass out mallet instruments

2. T: plays through the first line on a mallet instrument and students repeat
3. T: plays the second line and class repeats
4. T: “now watch me and see what I do differently”
5. T: improvises for 8 bars
6. T: “What did I do differently?”
7. S: “You made it up!”
8. T: “Correct! Do you think you can make it up with me this time?”
9. Class plays through piece and then improvises as a group for 8 bars
10. If time allows, play through piece, then individual students play an improvisation,
alternate back and forth
11. If time does not allow, break students into small groups and have students improvise to
each other

Assessment: Are students able to successfully improvise in F pentatonic for 8 bars?

Closure: Good job today! What we did is called improvisation. We will be doing more with
it in the future!