Listening Glyph Scenes for Aaron Copland's Music

Engage and assess what your students hear in a fun, creative and artistic way as you study about (and play) the following songs written by Aaron Copland: "Buckaroo's Holiday" and "Hoedown" from Rodeo, Lincoln Portrait and Fanfare for the Common Man. Use these scenic listening glyphs to enhance for your students what Copland's music was all about. Play a recording (not included) and have your students follow the color codes key to assess what they hear. Unfamiliar with listening glyphs? This free resource will help explain how to use glyphs to assess what your students hear.

Editable glyphs in PowerPoint are now included for your older students. They contain 6-7 musical elements for your students to listen to and YOU determine which elements!:)

Not familiar with listening glyphs, want to know more about them OR want to have something to help a sub through using them? Try this freebie on How to Use Listening Glyphs.

Items assessed in this set include:

"Buckaroo's Holiday"

♬ Brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion, syncopation, tempo changing, mood, trombone, trumpet, clarinet, bassoon, and slapstick

"Hoedown"

♬ Brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion, trumpet, trombone; glyphs featuring only percussion section instruments - woodblock, piano, triangle, xylophone, snare drum, cymbal

Lincoln Portrait (glyphs designed to use with only the last 7 minutes of the piece - beginning at narration)

♬ Brass, woodwinds vs no woodwinds, strings vs no strings, percussion, mostly fast (tempo), speaking vs singing voice, loud vs soft vs loud & soft (dynamic changes), mood, gong

(Two complete sets of glyphs are included for Lincoln Portrait - one with Patriotic themed borders that can be used for patriotic holidays such as President's Day, Memorial Day and/or Veterans Day and one set of borders to match the other "Copland" set borders for any time of the year)

Fanfare for the Common Man (brass and/or percussion focus)

♬ Brass, percussion, woodwinds vs no woodwinds, strings vs no strings, bass drum, cymbals, trumpet, French horn, timpani; glyphs focusing on percussion instruments - timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle vs no triangle; glyphs focusing on brass instruments - trumpet, French horn, and trombone with percussion family

Other Classical Music Listening Glyph Products:

Listening Glyph Scenes for Handel's Music

Holst’s, The Planets, Listening Glyphs (BUNDLE)

Vivaldi’s, Four Seasons Listening Glyphs (BUNDLE)

Nutcracker Glyphs, Play-Alongs and Form Quizzes

Peter & the Wolf Listening Glyphs

Peter & the Wolf Listening Glyphs 2

Other Aaron Copland Products:

Aaron Copland Biographies (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland Bookmarks (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland Critical Thinking Worksheets (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland Finger Puppets (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland Listening Glyphs (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland Interactive Worksheets (Composer of the Month)

Listening Glyph Scenes for Aaron Copland's Music

Aaron Copland Passport (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland Puzzles (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland Reading and Writing Activities (Composer of the Month)

Aaron Copland - Composer of the Month (BUNDLE)*Note...the Composer of the Month bundled set does not include the Listening Glyph Scenes resource.