Lesson 9-Giftedness in Music 6. Their attention span for learning emotionally.

Just like all

music is long Simply put, they can gifted students, some
-Musically gifted children tend focus on learning music, especially
to grasp musical concepts more musically gifted leaners have
of difficult degree and at a longer
rapidly than their peers. They their own set of interesting
duration compared to other
quirks and attitudes, both
might be able to learn to play an students their age.
positive and negative.
instrument or read sheet music
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 2. Make music a priority-.
with ease, quickly picking up
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized Musically gifted students
new songs or techniques. December 17, 1770 and died should be encouraged to
-Musically gifted children tend March 26, 1827) is one of the participate in a special program
to be particularly sensitive to greatest composers who ever lived dedicated only for music.
and also was an excellent pianist of
the structure of music, its
his time. -His ideas and 3.Freedom to play and
tonality, key, harmony, and compositional style broke new explore- Instruction should not
rhythm, and its expressive grounds and possibilities, opening always be too rigid and formal.
properties, and can remember a new style in music, hence he is Allow them to improvise or
songs much earlier than other considered to be the predominant modify the pieces that they are
children. transition figure from the Classical learning.
to Romantic periods of musical
CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS
history. 4. Exposure- The best way to
OF MUSICALLY GIFTED
LEARNERS -Beethoven's music was deeply
nurture their gift is to expose
rooted in the moral decrees of them to a wide array of musical
1. They are responsive to music sources, both from local
Immanuel Kant, in the ideals of
with their bodies Musically gifted Filipino cultures and foreign
dignity and liberty embodied by
children associate musical ones. This can be done through
the French Revolution, and in
elements that they hear with
other sources such as his listening activities using media
physical motions.
contemporaries in literature. - or by making them go to and
2. They express a heightened According to the Encyclopedia watch concerts or public
emotional response The best way Britannica, in some of Beethoven's recitals.
to witness this is through compositions we find "the
observing students' reactions while strongest assertion of the human 5. Learning in a group setting-
listening to music and asking them will in all music, if not in all Musically gifted learners
to discuss or share their experience art."Beethoven debuted as a benefit much when they are
with others. concert pianist in Europe when he given the opportunity to work
was eight years old. with and perform in large
3. They can match pitches or tones
with their voice A musically gifted He continued composing musical groups or ensembles, such as
child can match a pitch with their masterpieces even when he was choirs, bands, or orchestras.
voice, either it be sung or played in already deaf. He began the idea of They may perform a lead role or
different instruments. They can translating feeling into music. His an equal role with everyone
also tell you the relationship 9th Symphony was the first else.
between pitches, whether one is symphony to combine the worlds
lower or higher, darker, or brighter of vocal and instrumental music in 6. Recitals as culminating
in quality without prior instruction. a grand scale. In it we find the activities- The most tangible
famous "Ode to joy" with its theme form of evaluation for music is
4. They can improvise or play by of universal brotherhood and not through written exams, but
ear Musically gifted learners have peace. through performance-based
the uncanny ability to replicate
sounds and/or music after hearing Composition of Beethoven activities. Gifted learners are
them for a few times. They would given the opportunity to express
1. Fur Elise 2. Piano Sonata themselves through recitals and
know how to transfer those sounds
in C#, op. 27, No.
to an instrument and even showcase what they learn by
2. 2 (Moonlight Sonata)
manipulate it, modifying its sharing it publicly with their
3. 4. Symphony No. 9 (the
musical elements. Another word peers, friends, and family.
last movement is the "Ode
for this is oido.
to Joy" 7. Working with other gifted
5. They find music in the world learners-his approach ensures
around them. Gifted learners in LEARNING APPLICABLE
that musically gifted learners
music, while listening to sounds in TEACHING STRATEGIES
FOR MUSICALLY get the chance to work with and
the environment, can make sense
GIFTED LEARNERS. discover how other musically
out of them or even incorporate
these sounds when they create gifted students work, play, feel,
their own musical compositions. 1. Consider a student's profile and perceive music.
Another manifestation of this is - Upon identification whether a
their capacity to mimic sounds student is gifted in music or not,
with their voice, body parts, or attention must be given to
using other materials. his/her personality and other
traits, both academically and