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Grade 10 Music and Arts

Detailed Lesson Plan in MAPEH 10 (Music)

SUBTHEME ESSENTIAL QUESTION FOCUS QUESTION TOPIC PRACTICE TEACHER

Abilities How can I improve or How will I use my Electronic and Tagod, Mary Jane
develop my skills on abilities in creating Chance Music Tan, Chelsea
music? Electronic/Chance Valconcha, Rhegine
music?

CONTENT CONTENT PERFORMANCE CODE LEARNING COMPETENCY

STANDARD STANDARD

Musical Demonstrates Creates musical pieces MU10TCIb-g- Explains the performance

Characteristics, understanding of using particular style/s of 4 practice (setting, composition,
Composers and 20th century music the 20th Century. role of composers/performers,
their compositions styles and and audience) of 20th century
characteristic music;
features.

Quarter 1 Topic: Electronic and Chance Music Date: November 18, 2022

Objectives: Key Ideas:

At the end of the lesson, learners are expected to
1. The musical styles evolved around uniqueness and
a. Cognitive - Describe and analyze the musical innovation.
characteristics of Electronic and Chance Music. 2. Electronic Music highlights new modes of musical
expression.
b. Affective - Appreciates the beauty of Electronic and 3. Chance Music highlights improvisation on its
Chance music and its composers through active musical expression.
listening.

c. Psychomotor - Create an original 3-minute

performance of chance music.

Materials: References:
Laptop
Visual Aids Grade 10 Practical MAPEH 10 Textbook
Speaker
PowerPoint Presentation HORIZONS Grade 10 Learner’s Material: Music and Arts
Random materials for instrument making and Appreciation for Young Learners)
presentation (pebbles, bottles, kitchen materials etc.)

Electronic Music 20th Century Composers Radio

Communication I, an example of Electronic Music.
(https://youtu.be/oQs8Zz-Jj50)

John Cage: Music of Changes (1951), an example of Chance

Music. (https://youtu.be/B_8-B2rNw7s)

Hiller, L. (2021, August 26). electronic music. Encyclopedia

Britannica.
https://www.britannica.com/art/electronic-music
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https://www.musicalmum.com/what-is-chance-music/

https://www.ichingmeditations.com/2009/03/10/john-cage-
music-of-changes-and-i-ching/
https://www.perennialmusicandarts.com/post/what-is-///////
chance-music

https://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/hhowe/music785/Cage_works.
html

Lesson Proper

Teacher’s Activity Learner’s Activity

We will start by listening to some music. Make sure

to listen well.

M Learners will listen to Electronic Music 20th Century

Composers Radio Communication I, an example of
Electronic Music. (https://youtu.be/oQs8Zz-Jj50) (Learners will listen to the music)

Motivate Learners will listen to John Cage: Music of Changes

(1951), an example of Chance Music.
(https://youtu.be/B_8-B2rNw7s) (Learners will listen to the music)
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Is the music played, sounds familiar to you? (A learner may recite his/her answer)

What did you feel as you listened to the music? Both are unique, the first music feels techy
due to the sound of synthesizers and
Electronic Instruments. The other music
feels like riding a roller coaster due to the
changing of the mood of the music.
Yes that is right.

How do you think Electronic music is made and

E
produced?

How about Chance Music?

Explore
Alright, let us talk about Electronic and Chance
Music, by breaking down its history, the composers
and their contributions to 20th Century of Music.

Electronic Music

Electronic music is defined as music that involves

electronic output. This includes musical
instruments such as synthesizers and electronic
instruments, as well as recordings, tape recordings,
and editing and processing done digitally using
computers.

Three Stages of Development of Electronic Music

D The history of the development of Electronic Music

is split into three main periods: an early (by now
classical) period lasting from the commercial
Discuss introduction of the tape recorder immediately
following World War II until about 1960; a second
period that featured the introduction of electronic
music synthesizers and the acceptance of the
electronic medium as a legitimate compositional
activity; and the third period, in which computer
technology is rapidly becoming both the dominant
resource and the dominant concern.

Tape Music
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The invention of the tape recorder gave composers

of the 1950s an exciting new musical instrument to
use for new musical experiences. Fascination with
the thing itself was the dominant motivation for
composing electronic tape music. The burning
issues were whether tape would replace live
musicians and whether a new medium of
expression had been created, quite different from
and independent of instrumental music.

● Establishment of electronic studios - Tape

music quickly gained recognition and
financial support, and, before long, a
number of well-equipped electronic music
studios were established, primarily in
government-supported broadcast facilities.
● Musique Concrète - In 1948 two French
composers, Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre
Henry, and their associates at Radiodiffusion
et Télévision Française in Paris began to
produce tape collages (analogous to
collages in the visual arts), which they called
musique concrète. All the materials they
processed on tape were recorded
sounds—sound effects, musical fragments,
vocalizings, and other sounds and noises
produced by man, his environment, and his
artifacts.

Music Synthesizer

Music synthesizer, also called electronic sound

synthesizer, in a simple explanation is a machine
that electronically generates and modifies sounds,
frequently with the use of a digital computer.
Synthesizers are used for the composition of
electronic music and in live performance.

The first full scale music synthesizer that was

introduced in 1955 was the RCA Electronic Music
Synthesizers, designed by Harry Olson and Herbert
Belar, research scientists working at the RCA
Laboratories at Princeton, New Jersey. The basic
advance of the RCA synthesizer was an information
input mechanism, a device for punching sets of
instructions into a wide roll of punched paper tape.
Composers can at any time during the
programming process interrupt this activity to listen
to what had been punched, to make corrections,
and to edit the material before making a final paper
tape that then constituted the “master score” of the
composition.

● The composer whose name became

particularly associated with the RCA
synthesizer was Milton Babbitt. He had
developed a precisely defined
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compositional technique involving total

serialization (i.e., of every musical element).
Among Babbitt’s compositions created with
this machine were Composition for
Synthesizer (1961), Vision and Prayer (1961),
Ensembles for Synthesizer (1963), Philomel
(1964), and Phonemena (1974).

Computer Music

Perhaps the most important development in

electronic music is the use of digital computers. The
kinds of computers employed range from large
mainframe, general-purpose machines to
special-purpose digital circuits expressly designed
for musical uses.

● The earliest example of

computer-composed music is the Illiac
Suite for String Quartet (1957) by two
Americans, the composer Lejaren Hiller and
the mathematician Leonard Isaacson. It was
a set of four experiments in which the
computer was programmed to generate
random integers representing various
musical elements, such as pitches, rhythms,
and dynamics, which were subsequently
screened through programmed rules of
composition.

Chance Music

The term "chance" or "aleatoric" music refers to any

type of music in which some components are left to
chance or parts of a composed work are left open to
interpretation.

History of Chance music

Chance or aleatoric music can be traced back to the

Renaissance and Baroque periods, when pieces
were written with musical notation and some
performance choices were left up to the composer.

There are three types of chance music:

Random procedures to produce a determinate,

fixed score
where a composer creates a piece of music with
randomized elements but also includes instructions
for the performer on how to precisely repeat the
piece.

Mobile Form
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where the performer is given more freedom to

interpret the music as they see fit, within the
parameters set by the composer.

Indeterminate notation
The performer is given complete freedom to
interpret the music, including graphic notation and
texts.

Hans-Christoph Steiner's graphic score for

"Solitude," created using Pure Data's data
structures.

Any materials that can produce sounds.

Things that they use in creating their

compositions
Cards, Dice, Computer Generator, Mathematical
formulas, the I-Ching, or other methods to make
musical decisions.

John Cage (Born: September 5, 1912; Died: August

12, 1992) was a pioneer of what he referred to as
"Indeterminacy."

Works of John Cage

● Three Songs, 1932

● Sonata, clarinet, 1933
● Sonata for Two Voices, 2 or more
instruments, 1933
● Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of
Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short
Inventions on the Subject of the Solo, 3 or
more instruments, 1933-4

Examples

Music of Changes by John Cage (1951)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_8-B2rNw7s

Concerto for 2 Pianos by Alan Hovhaness (1954)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVWsnKT9IPM

Now that we were able to discuss the definition,

history, composers and their compositions. Let us
summarize everything, Electronic Music is the
music that involves electronic output. This music
has three stages of development which are Tape
Music, Music Synthesizer and Computer Music.
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Milton Babbit, Pierre Schaeffer and Henry are the

known composers of this music

While for Chance Music, are music left open for

interpretation. The three types of Chance Music are
Mobile Form, Random Procedures to produce a
determinate fixed score and Indeterminate
Notation. The known composer for this music is
John Cage.

Let us try!

The class will be divided into four groups. Each

group will create an original chance music using Learners then will proceed to their
different materials that you were tasked to bring. respective groups.

You are given 15 minutes to compose a song based

on the assigned theme for your group.

Group 1 - Christmas Day

Group 2 - Unforgettable Moment in Life
Group 3 - Dreams and Hopes
Group 4 - First day of school

Each group is also tasked to grade the group that is

currently performing using the rubric given:

I
Innovate

Do you have any questions before you proceed to

your respective groups?

Alright, you may now go to your respective groups.

None.
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Now that you have understood Electronic and

Chance music we will have a short quiz. Prepare
your paper and pens.

Write the correct answer on your paper. Key to correction

1. This is a sonophonic sound-producing 1. Theremin

instrument that was invented in the 1920s. 2. Musique concrète
4. Beginning with musical compositions 3. Chance Music or Aleatory Music
made from edited magnetic tape collages is 4. Edgard Varèse
called?
5. John Cage
5. A type of music that is created or performed

A using some form of probability. 6. Electronic Music

6. He is the father of Electronic Music. 7. 4’33
7. He challenged the very idea of music by 8-10. Cassette tape recorders, digital
manipulating musical instruments to attain music players, smartphones,
Assess new sounds and became the "chance karaoke players, synthesizers, etc.
music."
8. The ability of electronic machines such as
synthesizers, amplifiers, etc. to produce
different sounds was popularized by 20th
century notable composers.
9. This is a notable work of Cage wherein the
goal was to let the audience listen to the
ambient sound and its spontaneity.
8-10. Give 3 devices that are used for creating
and recording music to add to or to replace
acoustical sounds.

Now let’s have an agreement where you will read

A
some of the Traditional Music of Africa so that you
will share your insights on our next meeting.

Do you have any questions?

Agreement None so far ma’am.
Okay if you don't have any questions let’s end here
our class. Remember to study and keep safe always
class.
Thank you ma’am. Have a nice day ahead.

Prepared by:

Tagod, Mary Jane - tagod.mjt@pnu.edu.ph

Tan, Chelsea - tan.ca@pnu.edu.ph
Valconcha, Rhegine - valconcha.rp@pnu.edu.ph

Field Study Student-Teacher (Grade 10 MAPEH 10), PNU-ITL