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Summary and Objective
Students will view a handmade pitchpipe from ca.1790, and compare it to a slide whistle, a tuning fork, and a modern pitchpipe. After comparing and contrasting, students will understand that it is important to take an initial pitch before singing.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Ask students to sing "Yankee Doodle". Ask them to begin on a signal, "1,2, ready, go."
Step 2.
Discuss how discordant the music sounded. Ask what could fix it. (Starting on same pitch.)
Step 3.
Read the Wikipedia article on singing schools, and discuss the practice of 19th century singing schools. Discuss how people learn to sing today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_school
Step 4.
Read text on page 19 from Hitchcock document.
Continue discussion on how and where people learn to sing today.
Step 5.
Show pitch pipe from digital collection, and discuss the principle of how it works.
Step 6.
Discuss the acoustic concept of longer=lower; for older learners, discuss vibrations/second (A=440)
Step 7.
Students will explore taking pitch from a slide whistle (analogous to Hitchcock pipe), from a tuning fork, from a modern pitch pipe, and a piano.
Step 8.
Sing "Yankee Doodle" with given pitch.
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