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What Does Music Look Like?
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This may be adapted for students of any age.
h4. Objective:
Students express the sounds of music through art.
h4. Procedures:
(Students may do this in any selected medium; crayons, markers, watercolor. )
Depending on the period of art being studied, choose music that was created during the same time period. If choosing Monet as a springboard, use Tchaikovsky, for example.
Give students the medium you prefer and let the music begin. Make sure you have a long enough musical selection to last (or be repeated) enough for students to take time to express themselves.
When the music is over, give students time to wrap up their work.
Gather the class together and have students talk about why they expressed themselves in their art the way they did. What did they hear in the music that made them choose certain colors, shapes, or images?
The older the students, the more complex the discussion can become.
If you want a longer unit, use varying time periods of music and watch the contrast come alive.
