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Music & Art Standards
M-AP-E1/M1: Understand and apply basic music vocabulary to describe aesthetic qualities of musical compositions.
M-HP-E5/M5: Recognize great composers and their most significant musical works
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M-CA-E3/E4: Recognize characteristics of music that make a musical selection appropriate for a particular purpose
M-CA-E4/M4: Identify relationships among music, other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
M-AP-E2/M2: Recognize and respond to concepts of beauty and taste in the ideas and creations of others through the study of music.
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Lesson Objectives
Find out who Erik Satie was and learn about his life.
Identify the different characteristics of Erik Satie's Music.
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Sound Tips:
Explore the ways Satie used music to share his thoughts and ideas.
Listen to Gymnopédies and share our thoughts about it.
Make connections between the Dot and Satie’s music to see how small ideas can create something meaningful.
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Success Criteria
I can share something I learned about Erik Satie and his life.
I can describe the characteristics of Satie's muiscal compositions.
Click on the play button to stop or start the narration. Want to listen again? Click on the Mrs. B or the play button to listen! Click once to start! Click again to stop! Important: To listen again, the first message must finish before you can restart.
Sound Tips:
I can recognize and identify Gymnopédies, by Erik Satie.
I can listen to Gymnopédies and share my thoughts and feelings about it.
I can talk about how The Dot and Satie’s music show that small and simple ideas can create something beautiful.
I can start imagining my own “Music in the Key of Dot” composition.
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Professor Jazzper's Fine Arts Curator Training Academy
Visit the Music Room to start your training session!
Hello again, apprentices, and welcome back to my music room! Today, I want to introduce you to a very interesting....and slightly eccentric...composer named Erik Satie.
Now, eccentric is just a fancy word for someone who does things a little differently than everyone else. They aren’t afraid to be themselves, and that’s exactly what Satie did.
Click on the picture of Erik Satie to find out how his music was different.
Satie lived in France during the Romantic Period , around 1820 to 1900. Now don’t let the name fool you, the Romantic Period wasn’t really about romance, or mushy love stories. In music, it meant a time when composers wanted to express their feelings.. big, dramatic feelings.. through sound.
While many composers were writing music that was huge, emotional, and showy, Satie wanted to make his mark in a different way. He thought music didn’t have to be complicated or loud to be beautiful. He believed it could be simple, gentle, and dreamy..almost like painting with sound.
Click on the copy of Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1 on the piano to listen and watch the performance.. .
One of his most famous pieces is called Gymnopédie No. 1. No one really knows why he gave it that name… but the word Gymnopédie comes from ancient Greece, where young people danced slowly and gracefully. .
Bravo, apprentices! You discovered how Satie made his mark by doing things differently. Now, let’s hear what his music actually sounds like. .
This performance is by Nobuyuki Tsujii, a pianist who is blind, yet plays with such expression and beauty. Watch closely and listen carefully... see if you can imagine the picture Satie is painting with sound. .
When you listen to this piece, you’ll notice it feels just like that... calm, floating, and graceful.
And as you listen, think back to The Dot. Just like Vashti made her mark with one small dot, see if you can hear how Satie makes his mark with simple, gentle notes... almost like dots of sound painting a picture. .
So tell me, apprentices… where would YOUR musical dot lead?
Ahhh… wasn’t that just dreamy? Erik Satie showed us that everyone’s dot might lead somewhere different. His dot led him to paint pictures with notes, while other composers used music to tell stories or share feelings.
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
How interesting! I can’t wait to hear where your musical dot leads you..?
Click to Listen
Each one has a beautiful melody trapped inside, waiting to be heard again.
Now imagine you have a friend who has never heard Erik Satie's music before, and you can only use words to describe it.
Is it fast? Slow? Peaceful? Busy? Soft? Loud? Calm? How does it make you feel? Relaxed? Hurried?
What pictures or colors come to your mind when you hear it?
If you have a piece of paper nearby, you can jot down your ideas there. If not, don’t worry... I have a little sketch pad ready for you!
I just finished cleaning off a shelf in the Music Room, and I think these music boxes would look lovely displayed there...
There’s just one small problem... None of them have labels!
But others don’t seem to match his unique style at all. That’s where you come in!
Just click the pencil icon in the upper-right corner and write or doodle the words that come to mind as you listen.
I’ve already listened to a few and noticed that some of them definitely sound like Satie's music...calm, gentle, and a little unusual.
When you’re finished, you’ll use your words to help sort the music boxes that hold the sounds of Satie.
First… Click on the recording of Gymnopédie No.1 and take a moment to really listen.
As the music begins, close your eyes if you’d like, and let the sound fill your imagination.
But I only want to include the ones that play the music of Erik Satie.
How would you tell them what it sounds like? What words come to your mind?
You see, I was reorganizing the Music Room earlier, and when I moved one of the accordions, I discovered several mysterious music boxes hiding behind it!
In the meantime, I have a special Curator Task for you to complete.
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
Write Your Words
Click Here After You Complete your List.
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Take your time... Listen closely... And most of all, enjoy exploring the calm, dreamy world of Erik Satie.
Since you’ve just been introduced to his style, I’ve made a little checklist of words that come to my mind when I hear Satie’s music.
As you listen to each music box, ask yourself: Do these words... Or the ones I wrote down... Match what I’m hearing?
You can listen to the recording of Gymnopédie No.1 as many times as you like to compare and check your answers.
If they do, click YES to place that music box on the Erik Satie Music Box Shelf. If they don’t, click NO to send it safely to the Vault Shelf for later.
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
Send To Vault
Click Here To Start Sorting the Sounds of Satie!
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Click on the Music Box to listen and then answer the question.
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Just look at how stunning those Music boxes look on the shelf. I can't thank you enough for your help...
Now I just need you to confirm a couple of details for me about Erik Satie, and we can add his portrait and composition to the Fabulous Fine Arts Gallery...
Go ahead and Click Next to continue and confirm those details for me, and I will meet you in the Fabulous Fine Arts Gallery when you finish!
Well done, my brilliant Apprentice! You listened with patience, focus, and imagination...just as a true curator should.
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
NEXT
Curator Confirmation
Complete the sentences by dragging the correct answers to the boxes, then click send to continue.
Click on me to hear me read the question.
Before you call it a day, complete the Curator’s Completion Check to document your progress toward becoming a Master Curator.
THE CURATOR COMPLETION CHECK
I can’t wait to see you next week in the Expression Gallery Workshop, where you’ll add your very own mark!
Every masterpiece you’ve helped arrange shows your growing skill as a true curator.
You’ve made truly reMARKable progress today... well done!
Bravissimo! My Fabulous Apprentice! You’ve worked hard today, bringing order and creativity to our gallery.
Congratulations! You have completed Lesson 3B- Connect the Dots Fine Arts Curator Apprentice training session! BRAVO!
Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie
Click play to Watch the Video and then Answer the Question.
The question will appear here after the video is complete. Click once on the question icon to open the question and then answer the question. You must answer the question to move forward.
Serenade by Franz Schubert
Watch the Video and Answer the Question.
Meet Erik Satie
The Question will appear here after the video has finished.
Watch the Video and answer the Question that will appear after the video is complete. Click once on the question mark to reveal the question. Click again to hid the question.
Meet: Georges Seurat
Watch the video and then answer the question.
The question will appear at the end of the video. Click once to reveal the question, click again to hide the question.
Lesson 3B Connect the Dots-Music
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Transcript
START
Click the Start Button To Begin.
Music & Art Standards
M-AP-E1/M1: Understand and apply basic music vocabulary to describe aesthetic qualities of musical compositions.
M-HP-E5/M5: Recognize great composers and their most significant musical works
Click on the play button to stop or start the narration. Want to listen again? Click on the Mrs. B or the play button to listen! Click once to start! Click again to stop! Important: To listen again, the first message must finish before you can restart.
Sound Tips:
M-CA-E3/E4: Recognize characteristics of music that make a musical selection appropriate for a particular purpose
M-CA-E4/M4: Identify relationships among music, other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
M-AP-E2/M2: Recognize and respond to concepts of beauty and taste in the ideas and creations of others through the study of music.
NEXT BUTTON
BACK BUTN
BACK
NEXT
Lesson Objectives
Find out who Erik Satie was and learn about his life.
Identify the different characteristics of Erik Satie's Music.
Click on the play button to stop or start the narration. Want to listen again? Click on the Mrs. B or the play button to listen! Click once to start! Click again to stop! Important: To listen again, the first message must finish before you can restart.
Sound Tips:
Explore the ways Satie used music to share his thoughts and ideas.
Listen to Gymnopédies and share our thoughts about it.
Make connections between the Dot and Satie’s music to see how small ideas can create something meaningful.
BACK
NEXT
Success Criteria
I can share something I learned about Erik Satie and his life.
I can describe the characteristics of Satie's muiscal compositions.
Click on the play button to stop or start the narration. Want to listen again? Click on the Mrs. B or the play button to listen! Click once to start! Click again to stop! Important: To listen again, the first message must finish before you can restart.
Sound Tips:
I can recognize and identify Gymnopédies, by Erik Satie.
I can listen to Gymnopédies and share my thoughts and feelings about it.
I can talk about how The Dot and Satie’s music show that small and simple ideas can create something beautiful.
I can start imagining my own “Music in the Key of Dot” composition.
BACK
NEXT
Professor Jazzper's Fine Arts Curator Training Academy
Visit the Music Room to start your training session!
Hello again, apprentices, and welcome back to my music room! Today, I want to introduce you to a very interesting....and slightly eccentric...composer named Erik Satie.
Now, eccentric is just a fancy word for someone who does things a little differently than everyone else. They aren’t afraid to be themselves, and that’s exactly what Satie did.
Click on the picture of Erik Satie to find out how his music was different.
Satie lived in France during the Romantic Period , around 1820 to 1900. Now don’t let the name fool you, the Romantic Period wasn’t really about romance, or mushy love stories. In music, it meant a time when composers wanted to express their feelings.. big, dramatic feelings.. through sound.
While many composers were writing music that was huge, emotional, and showy, Satie wanted to make his mark in a different way. He thought music didn’t have to be complicated or loud to be beautiful. He believed it could be simple, gentle, and dreamy..almost like painting with sound.
Click on the copy of Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1 on the piano to listen and watch the performance.. .
One of his most famous pieces is called Gymnopédie No. 1. No one really knows why he gave it that name… but the word Gymnopédie comes from ancient Greece, where young people danced slowly and gracefully. .
Bravo, apprentices! You discovered how Satie made his mark by doing things differently. Now, let’s hear what his music actually sounds like. .
This performance is by Nobuyuki Tsujii, a pianist who is blind, yet plays with such expression and beauty. Watch closely and listen carefully... see if you can imagine the picture Satie is painting with sound. .
When you listen to this piece, you’ll notice it feels just like that... calm, floating, and graceful.
And as you listen, think back to The Dot. Just like Vashti made her mark with one small dot, see if you can hear how Satie makes his mark with simple, gentle notes... almost like dots of sound painting a picture. .
So tell me, apprentices… where would YOUR musical dot lead?
Ahhh… wasn’t that just dreamy? Erik Satie showed us that everyone’s dot might lead somewhere different. His dot led him to paint pictures with notes, while other composers used music to tell stories or share feelings.
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
How interesting! I can’t wait to hear where your musical dot leads you..?
Click to Listen
Each one has a beautiful melody trapped inside, waiting to be heard again.
Now imagine you have a friend who has never heard Erik Satie's music before, and you can only use words to describe it.
Is it fast? Slow? Peaceful? Busy? Soft? Loud? Calm? How does it make you feel? Relaxed? Hurried?
What pictures or colors come to your mind when you hear it?
If you have a piece of paper nearby, you can jot down your ideas there. If not, don’t worry... I have a little sketch pad ready for you!
I just finished cleaning off a shelf in the Music Room, and I think these music boxes would look lovely displayed there...
There’s just one small problem... None of them have labels!
But others don’t seem to match his unique style at all. That’s where you come in!
Just click the pencil icon in the upper-right corner and write or doodle the words that come to mind as you listen.
I’ve already listened to a few and noticed that some of them definitely sound like Satie's music...calm, gentle, and a little unusual.
When you’re finished, you’ll use your words to help sort the music boxes that hold the sounds of Satie.
First… Click on the recording of Gymnopédie No.1 and take a moment to really listen.
As the music begins, close your eyes if you’d like, and let the sound fill your imagination.
But I only want to include the ones that play the music of Erik Satie.
How would you tell them what it sounds like? What words come to your mind?
You see, I was reorganizing the Music Room earlier, and when I moved one of the accordions, I discovered several mysterious music boxes hiding behind it!
In the meantime, I have a special Curator Task for you to complete.
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
Write Your Words
Click Here After You Complete your List.
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Take your time... Listen closely... And most of all, enjoy exploring the calm, dreamy world of Erik Satie.
Since you’ve just been introduced to his style, I’ve made a little checklist of words that come to my mind when I hear Satie’s music.
As you listen to each music box, ask yourself: Do these words... Or the ones I wrote down... Match what I’m hearing?
You can listen to the recording of Gymnopédie No.1 as many times as you like to compare and check your answers.
If they do, click YES to place that music box on the Erik Satie Music Box Shelf. If they don’t, click NO to send it safely to the Vault Shelf for later.
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
Send To Vault
Click Here To Start Sorting the Sounds of Satie!
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Click on the Music Box to listen and then answer the question.
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Calm
Slow
Dreamy
Peaceful
Soft (Not Loud)
Gentle
Floating
Satie's Characteristics Checklist
GYMNOPÉDIE No.1 by Erik Satie
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
The Sorted Sounds Of Satie
Just look at how stunning those Music boxes look on the shelf. I can't thank you enough for your help...
Now I just need you to confirm a couple of details for me about Erik Satie, and we can add his portrait and composition to the Fabulous Fine Arts Gallery...
Go ahead and Click Next to continue and confirm those details for me, and I will meet you in the Fabulous Fine Arts Gallery when you finish!
Well done, my brilliant Apprentice! You listened with patience, focus, and imagination...just as a true curator should.
Erik Satie Music Boxes
Send To Vault
NEXT
Curator Confirmation
Complete the sentences by dragging the correct answers to the boxes, then click send to continue.
Click on me to hear me read the question.
Before you call it a day, complete the Curator’s Completion Check to document your progress toward becoming a Master Curator.
THE CURATOR COMPLETION CHECK
I can’t wait to see you next week in the Expression Gallery Workshop, where you’ll add your very own mark!
Every masterpiece you’ve helped arrange shows your growing skill as a true curator.
You’ve made truly reMARKable progress today... well done!
Bravissimo! My Fabulous Apprentice! You’ve worked hard today, bringing order and creativity to our gallery.
Congratulations! You have completed Lesson 3B- Connect the Dots Fine Arts Curator Apprentice training session! BRAVO!
Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie
Click play to Watch the Video and then Answer the Question.
The question will appear here after the video is complete. Click once on the question icon to open the question and then answer the question. You must answer the question to move forward.
Serenade by Franz Schubert
Watch the Video and Answer the Question.
Meet Erik Satie
The Question will appear here after the video has finished.
Watch the Video and answer the Question that will appear after the video is complete. Click once on the question mark to reveal the question. Click again to hid the question.
Meet: Georges Seurat
Watch the video and then answer the question.
The question will appear at the end of the video. Click once to reveal the question, click again to hide the question.