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Question and Answer

Lesson 60 · Unit 3 · Week 14

Question and Answer

Wednesday, December 9

As you walk inAl entrar

  1. Take your recorder from the bin.Toma tu flauta del cubo.
  2. Sit. Recorder on the desk, hands off.Siéntate. La flauta en el pupitre, manos quietas.
  3. One phrase, twice. Only the last note changes.Una frase, dos veces. Solo cambia la última nota.
One of these notes is home. Landing anywhere else asks a question.
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Do Now
Which One Asks?
¿Cuál pregunta?

Six of the seven notes are identical. Only the last one changes. Which version asks you something, and which one settles it?Seis de las siete notas son idénticas. Solo cambia la última. ¿Cuál versión te pregunta algo y cuál lo resuelve?

Version ______ asks. It did not land on ______.La versión ______ pregunta. No terminó en ______.
The same phrase, twiceLa misma frase, dos veces
Made for this class. One note is the whole difference.

Same notes, same rhythm, same speed. The ending is doing all of the work.

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Today
I Can
Yo puedo

I canYo puedo

I can turn my phrase into a question and an answer by changing where each one lands and playing both with a partner.Puedo convertir mi frase en pregunta y respuesta cambiando dónde termina cada una y tocando las dos con mi pareja.

I know I have got it whenSé que lo logré cuando

  • I marked each of three phrases as a question or an answer by its landing note.Marqué cada una de tres frases como pregunta o respuesta por su nota final.
  • I made my own phrase a question by landing it away from home.Convertí mi frase en pregunta terminándola lejos de casa.
  • I sketched the answer that lands on G and played it with my partner.Esbocé la respuesta que termina en G y la toqué con mi pareja.
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Warm-Up
I Ask, You Answer
Yo pregunto, tú respondes
  1. Breathe in for 4, out for 8.Inhala en 4, exhala en 8.
  2. The row with the recording, up and down.La fila con la grabación, subiendo y bajando.
  3. Now recorders up. I play four notes and I will not land on G.Ahora flautas arriba. Toco cuatro notas y no termino en G.
  4. You answer with four notes, and you will land on G.Ustedes responden con cuatro notas y sí terminan en G.
  5. Do not copy me. Answer me.No me copien. Respóndanme.
The row, up and down, 76 BPMLa fila, subiendo y bajando, 76
Made for this class.

Playing second is harder than playing first. You have to listen before you can answer.

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I Do
Same Notes, Different Destination
Mismas notas, distinto destino
Above, it lands on A and asks. Below, it lands on G and answers. Everything else is identical.
  • A question phrase lands away from home.Una frase de pregunta termina lejos de casa.
  • An answer phrase lands on G.Una frase de respuesta termina en G.
  • Four bars plus four bars makes eight.Cuatro compases más cuatro hacen ocho.
  • That pair is the piece you start writing tomorrow.Ese par es la pieza que empiezas a escribir mañana.

Where have you heard this already? Church. A coro. A crowd finishing somebody's bar. Call and response is not new to you.

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We Do
Question or Answer?
¿Pregunta o respuesta?
  1. Three phrases. Each plays twice.Tres frases. Cada una suena dos veces.
  2. Write the note it lands on.Escribe la nota en la que termina.
  3. Then write Q for question or A for answer.Luego escribe Q de pregunta o A de respuesta.
  4. The landing note decides it. Nothing else does.La nota final lo decide. Nada más.
Three phrases, two seconds apartTres frases, dos segundos entre cada una
Made for this class. Ask me and I will play them again.

You have heard line 1 before. It was the Do Now.

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Check
Now We Check
Ahora revisamos
Line 1 lands on A. Line 2 lands on G. Line 3 lands on D.

Line 3 lands high and bright, and still asks. High is not the same as finished.

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You Do
The Conversation
La conversación
  1. Get out the phrase you wrote yesterday.Saca la frase que escribiste ayer.
  2. Make it a question: move its last note off G.Conviértela en pregunta: mueve su última nota fuera de G.
  3. Sketch four bars that answer it and land on G.Esboza cuatro compases que la respondan y terminen en G.
  4. Your partner plays your question. You play your answer.Tu pareja toca tu pregunta. Tú tocas tu respuesta.
  5. Straight through. No gap between them.Seguido. Sin hueco entre las dos.

One sentence, not twoUna oración, no dos

If there is a gap, it stops being a conversation and becomes two people taking turns. Count your partner in.Si hay un hueco, deja de ser conversación y se vuelven dos personas turnándose. Cuéntale la entrada a tu pareja.

My question lands on ______. My answer lands on ______.Mi pregunta termina en ______. Mi respuesta termina en ______.
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Exit Ticket
Show Me
Muéstrame
  1. 1
    I play one phrase, twice. Question or answer? 1 ptToco una frase, dos veces. ¿Pregunta o respuesta?
  2. 2
    What makes a phrase sound like a question? 2 pts¿Qué hace que una frase suene como pregunta?

Pack upA guardar

  1. Question and Answer Sheet to the front.La hoja de pregunta y respuesta al frente.
  2. Wipe the mouthpiece.Limpia la boquilla.
  3. Recorder in its bag, bag in the bin.La flauta en su bolsa, la bolsa al cubo.
  4. Slip to me at the door.Entrégame la hoja en la puerta.
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Tomorrow
Next: Writing Your First Two Bars
Mañana: escribes tus primeros dos compases

Four days of tools. Tomorrow you start writing the real piece, two bars at a time, with every rhythm and bar line correct.Cuatro días de herramientas. Mañana empiezas a escribir la pieza real, de dos en dos compases, con cada ritmo y cada barra correctos.

Bring everything you have sketched this week. The question and answer you made today is the blueprint.Trae todo lo que esbozaste esta semana. La pregunta y respuesta de hoy son el plano.

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