Second Term Lesson Note for Week One
Class : Primary Four
Subject : Creative and Cultural Art
Topic : Musical Instruments
Duration : 40 Minutes
Period : Single Period
Reference Book :
- Lagos State Unified schemes of work for Upper Primary, (Primary 4 – 6).
- Creative and Cultural Art for Primary Schools, Book 4.
- Online Resources
Instructional Material : Picture Chart showing the different types of musical instruments.
Learning Objectives : By the end of the lesson, the learners have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and will be able to :
i. Explain the meaning of musical Instrument
ii. Differentiate between local and foreign musical instrument
iii. Draw and label any musical instruments
Previous knowledge : Learners are familiar with some musical instrument such as drum, flute, etc
CONTENT
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Musical instrument are what is used to produce good musical sound.
In Nigeria we have locally made musical instrument. These local instruments are made from materials found around us.
Local instrument can also be called percussion instruments.
Musical instruments are the objects put together to produce sound. By the time they are played together, they produce different sounds in one music.
Some musical instruments that are common in our society are: kakaki, udu (musical pot), Agogo (gong), gangan, kalangu, bata, kwen and so on.
Musical instruments are dividing into two namely :
(i) local musical instruments and
(ii) foreign or western musical instruments.
Local Musical instruments: are objects put together in a local way in the locality to produce music, such as udu, kàkàkí, Stone, Wood, Calabash, gangan, kalangu,
Foreign/ Western musical instruments: these are objects that are used by foreigners to produce their own music which are brought into the Nigerian music as guitar, saxophone, flute, base –drum and so on.
PRODUCTION OF SOUNDS
Local instruments produce sound by hitting, shaking, and beating, blowing air into it, plucking or by rubbing the instruments.
The following musical instrument according to their sound production :
i. Hitting : Agogo
ii. Beating : drum, talking drum, xylophone, udu(musical pot) gangan.
iii. Blowing air : algiata, kakaki, ogene
iv. Shaking : maracas, rattle, shekere.
v. Plucking : goje, thumb piano
Presentation Steps :
Step 1 : Revision of the previous terms work with the learners by asking questions
Step 2 : Introduces the new topic by explaining the meaning of musical instruments and list examples
Step 3 : Identify the different classes of musical instruments
Step 4 : Explain production of sound and classify the musical instruments based on the sound produced.
Evaluation :
1. What are musical instruments?
2. Explain the following in details :
i. Local musical instrument –
ii. Foreign musical musical instruments –
3. Draw and label any three musical instruments
Conclusion : At the end of the lesson learners were able to answer the questions correctly.