A Detailed Lesson Plan

In Music Grade 7
November 9, 2013

Prepared by: Andy W. Acuin

I.

Objective:
Through Inductive Method, the students are expected to:
1. identify and classify a voice according to quality and range;
2. determine appropriate vocal timbres to a song; appreciate music; and
3. perform singing with a full, free-flowing expressive tone quality.
Appreciating God given talents.

II.

Subject Matter:
A. Topic:
Timbre Classification of Human Voice according to quality
and range.
B. Reference: Music, Art, Physical Education and Health; Grade 7
textbook, Perez, Vilma V., et. al.; page 11.
C. Materials: chart, pictures, textbook, speaker, chalk and chalkboard.
D. Strategy: Cooperative learning
E. Values Infusion: Appreciation of talents

III.

Procedure:
A. Pre activities
Teachers Activity
Good morning class!
(If the room is dirty then say: Kindly pick
up the pieces of paper under your chair.)

Pupils Activity
Good morning sir!

(Students pick up the pieces of

paper)

Say: As part of our classroom rules we

should always see to it that our room is
free from dirt so that it will be conducive (Students listen to their teacher
while doing the task.)
for learning.

Thank you. You may now take your seat.

Okay to start our class let us seek (Students will stand and cite the
guidance from our Almighty Father, so prayer.)
please stand and let us pray...
(Checking of Attendance)
...say present...
So how was your weekend?
Thats good! Have you enjoyed your
weekend bonding with your family?
Thats good to know.
How about today?
Are you now ready to learn?
Awesome!

(Students raise their hand and say

present as the teacher calls in their
name)
It was great sir!
Of course sir! It was a lot of fun!

Yes sir!

1. Drill
Okay, I have here strips of words with me
and I want you to read the following
words.
The students will now read the
Contralto
words.
Baritone
Contralto
Tenor
Baritone
Soprano
Tenor
Bass
Soprano
Mezzo-soprano
Bass
Mezzo-soprano
Very good.
2. Review
Now, Id like to know if the things we had
last meeting really retained not only in The students are listening attentively
to the teacher.
your mind but as well as in your heart.
Alright?
Yes.
So who can tell me on the things we had
The students are raising their hands
yesterday?
to answer.
Yes, Japheth.
Sir, last meeting we talk about
Very good.
intensity and dynamics.
What is intensity?

Yes Rose.
Great.
How about dynamics?

The students are raising their hands

to answer.
Intensity is the loudness or softness
of sound.

Very good.
It is the variation and contrast in
Why dynamics is called an expressive Intensity.
element?
It is called as an expressive element
in music because the emotion is felt
as the sound changes from soft to
Excellent!
Im glad that you have had mastered our loud or either way around.
previous lesson.
B. Lesson Proper
1. Motivation
Class, I am wondering if all of you are fond
of listening or tuning to the radio.
That is great!
The student will say yes and some
Then, who are those singers that you liked
will nod.
to listened most?
Great!
The students will say the names of
Have you noticed that singers have
their favourite singers.
different voices?
Let the student listen to the music.

The students will say yes sir.

The students sing with their teacher.

Say: Can you tell me how do they differ in

The students are listening to the
their voices?
music.
Thank you for your ideas class.
Singers have either high or low
We can check that later if all of your
voices.
answers are correct.
2. Presentation
For the meantime I want you to look at the
picture on the board.

What do you think it is?

The students are looking at the
picture on the board.

Yes it does. Because, today we are going

to learn about timbre or the classification The picture shows vocal cord.
of human voice according to quality and
range.
The students will listen attentively to
a. Setting of Standards
the teacher.
But before that, what will you do while your
teacher is discussing in front?

Can I expect that from you?

Great!

Listen,
behave,
sit
properly,
understand the lesson, cooperate
and participate.
Yes sir!

3. Abstraction
Say: Sounds have different qualities. We
learn to recognize sounds of woods,
metals, musical instruments, human voice
and many other objects.

The students listen to their teachers

We are all aware of the differences discussion attentively.
between noise and musical tones. We are
also aware that musical instruments
produce different qualities of sounds, that
a violin has a different sound quality from
a guitar.
The students listen to their teachers
discussion attentively.
We also recognize people by the quality of
their voices. Like for instance, when your
mom trying to call you on the phone, then,
of course she will not say hello this is your
mom, because at the moment you hear
the sound you can easily recognize her as
your mom.
The students listen to their teachers
This quality of sound is called timbre.
discussion attentively.

Timbre is the quality of tone distinctive of a

particular singing voice or musical
instrument.
It enables us to distinguish between
sounds of various instruments and voice The students listen to their teachers
discussion attentively.
levels.
This quality of tone is also referred to as
tone color.
There are two kinds of timbre, the vocal
and instrumental. However let us focus on
the quality of tone particularly the singing
voice or the human voice.
The tone of the human voice varies in
texture.
Have you heard the voice of Regine
Velasquez and Jaya?
Arent they different?
How did they differ?

Yes sir!

Well said.
When voice parts or the tones of a chord Yes they are!
are closely spaced, the result is thick Regine Velasquez has a thinner
texture. Meanwhile, when the tones are voice than Jaya.
widely spaced, the texture is thin.
To further explain this, I have here a The students listen to their teachers
picture of a human voice box I wanted you discussion attentively.
to have your eyes on the board.
If a person has a long vocal cord then he
or she will definitely have thinner voice. The students are looking at the
But if he or she has short vocal cord then picture on the board.
he or she will have thick voice.
Aside from varying the length of the vocal
cords, having a thinner air passage way
will definitely result a thinner voice. On the
other hand, if the air passageway in the
vocal cord is wider then it will result a

thicker voice.
Dont you know class that tonal texture of The students listen to their teachers
the male voice differs from that of a female discussion attentively.
voice?
Great!
Who has an idea on the different voices?
Yes!
Very Good.

The students listen to their teachers

discussion attentively.
Yes sir!

Actually class, there are six types of The pupils are raising their hands.
voices.
The different voices are soprano,
alto, tenor and bass.
1. Soprano
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Mezzo-soprano
Alto/Contralto
Tenor
Baritone
Bass

The students listen to their teachers

discussion attentively.

Which of the six voices would be classified

as the male voice?
Very good.
How about the Soprano Alto and
mezzo-soprano?
Excellent!
Soprano has the high-register female
voice.

Tenor, bass, and baritone.

Those are female voices.

The teacher will play the sound for

example.
Mezzo-soprano has a medium-register
female voice.
The students listen to their teachers
The teacher will play the sound for discussion attentively.
example.
The student will be amazed as they
Alto or contralto has low-register female listened to the sound.
The students listen to their teachers
voice.

The teacher will play the sound for discussion attentively.

example.
The student will be amazed as they
listened to the sound.
However, Tenor has high-register male
The students listen to their teachers
voice.
The teacher will play the sound for discussion attentively.
The student will be amazed as they
example.
listened to the sound.
Baritone has medium-register male voice.
The teacher will play the sound for The students listen to their teachers
discussion attentively.
example.
The student will be amazed as they
listened to the sound.
Bass has low-register male voice.
The teacher will play the sound for The students listen to their teachers
example.
discussion attentively.
The student will be amazed as they
listened to the sound.
Meanwhile soprano and tenor could either
be dramatic or lyric.
The students listen to their teachers
discussion attentively.
Dramatic soprano and dramatic tenor have The student will be amazed as they
heavier voices and are capable of listened to the sound.
conveying intense emotions in dramatic
The students listen to their teachers
situation.
discussion attentively.
However, Lyrics soprano and lyric tenor
have voices especially suited for sweet The students listen to their teachers
melody in which beauty of tone is the discussion attentively.
predominant quality.
Here is the example of the two, kindly lend
your ears to the sound.
The students listen to their teachers
discussion attentively.
4. Generalization
What is timbre?
The students listen to the sound.
Well said. How about the human voices,
what are the different types of voices?

Awesome!
Timbre is the quality of tone
Could you differentiate each voice from distinctive of a particular singing
the other? How does it differ from each voice or musical instrument.
other?
The different types of voices are
Soprano,
Mezzo-soprano,
Alto,
Tenor, Baritone, and Bass.
Yes sir.
Soprano has
female voice.

the

Mezzo-soprano has
register female voice.

high-register

medium-

Alto or contralto has low-register

Perfect!
Soprano and tenor are said to be dramatic female voice.
or lyrics, so what is dramatic soprano or
Tenor has high-register male voice.
lyric soprano?
Baritone has medium-register male
voice
Bass has low-register male voice.
Excellent!

Dramatic soprano and dramatic

tenor have heavier voices and are
5. Application
capable of conveying intense
Class, let us have a game. First I will emotions in dramatic situation.
group you into two. (Teacher is doing the
However, Lyrics soprano and lyric
groupings.)
tenor have voices especially suited
for sweet melody in which beauty of
Let us call this game as will of message, tone is the predominant quality
instead of pressing the buzzer the first
person in line will give his answer to the
person next to him once he or she hear
the music, until it reached to the last
person then the last person will run
forward and write the name of the artist. The students show enthusiasm
The first one to write it correctly will have towards the game.
the point. The first group to have five The students are now in their
respective group.

points will be the winner.

The loser will do the butt spell.
Are we all ready now?
Okay ready set go

The students are listening to the

mechanics of the game.

Let us give ourselves an excellent clap.

IV.
Evaluation
Now, lets check if the lesson really
retained in your mind. Get one-half sheet
of paper; lengthwise, and answer the
following question.
Test A.

Yes we are!

The students are now playing the

Direction:
Identify and classify the game.
voices according to quality and range. (10
points)
The pupils will get one half sheet of
Determine if the appropriate vocal timbres paper crosswise and answer the
following question after reading the
to a song; appreciate music;
direction.

The pupils are now answering the

test.

V. Assignment:
Direction: Use the appropriate preposition to complete the sentence.
Choose from the list below. Write it on a one-fourth sheet of paper.