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Jake and Jackie Learn Some Musical Terms, Part 2

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Jake and Jackie Learn Some Musical Terms, Part 2
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Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 4
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.65

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    acapella, baroque, concerto, encore, fugue, gregorian, instrumental, interval, madrigal, nocturne, opener, production, requiem, serenade, teaching, terms-Aria
     content words:    Mrs Mossett

Other Languages
     Spanish: Jake and Jackie aprenden términos musicales (segunda parte)

Jake and Jackie Learn Some Musical Terms, Part 2
By Beth Beutler 		  
1     Jake and Jackie were at their after-school music program on Thursday. Mrs. Mossett, the leader of the program, had been teaching them a variety of musical terms. She used the alphabet and gave the students a term for each letter. Last week, they had learned terms for the letters A through J.
 
2     "Today, we are going to look at terms for the letters K through S," began Mrs. Mossett. "But before we do that, let's write the terms on the board for each of the letters A through J."
 
3     The kids began calling out the terms - aria for A, baroque for B, concerto for C, and duet for D. Encore was for E, fugue for F, Gregorian chant for G, and harmony for H. Interval was for I, and jig for J.
 
4     "Very good!" Mrs. Mossett said as she turned from the blackboard and looked again at the students. "Let me give you some other terms now. K can stand for key. A music key is a group of notes on which a scale is based. L is for lyrics. Does anyone know what that is?"
 
5     Sally, a friend of Jake and Jackie's, raised her hand. "Is it the words to a song?"
 
6     "Very good, Sally. That's correct. M stands for madrigal. This was a piece sung back in the Renaissance time by a group of singers without instrumental backup. Does anyone happen to know another word for singing without musical instruments?"
 
7     None of the students knew. Mrs. Mossett smiled. "It's called singing a capella."
 
8     Many of the students nodded. They had heard the term a capella before.
 
9     "Let's move on now. N is for nocturne. Another name for that is a serenade, which will be our term for S. Both refer to a song sung at night. Have you ever seen a movie where a man comes to sing beneath the window of the lady he loves? That would be a nocturne or a serenade."

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