Bulgarian folklor

School:  SU “ Vassil Levski” -Bulgaria

Students:  Siana Kaloianova, Angel Gotcov

                         

Subject:  Music

Goals: to get students acquainted with Bulgarian folklore and dances and compare it to the local songs

 Students work individually, in pairs and in small groups

 

Means:  a game introducing the specific Bulgarian rhythm, tunes and measure – musical patterns as characteristics of Bulgarian folklor

Materials:  presentation about Bulgarian songs – rhythm, melody, dances, musical instruments

Begin: Presentation for students to get acquainted with  the measure in Bulgarian folk songs

1° activity:  Students play a game about melody and rhythm in music to develop their abilities to have a good ear for music – a tune game

 

2° activity:  Students play a game to differentiate rhythm patterns – students measure different tunes and melodies

 

3^rd activity: Students are  introduced to the main characteristics of Bulgarian folklore through a Bulgarian folklore song – they listen to the song and try to sing the first cuplet

( they have the lyrics shown on the board to help them sing)

 

4^th activity:  Students have a presentation about the Bulgarian folklore regions on the board – they watch a short video about folklore songs, traditions and typical instruments. They are shown the steps for Bulgaria choro – a typical folklore dance

 Students try to play the dance together with Bulgarian students listening to the song

Follow up activity:  All students compare both Bulgarian and local folklore songs – they have the opportunity to sing their favourite traditional song typical for their countries culture, they point to the similarities and find differences.

 

Try-out: December 2014, at the primary school Vasil Levski, included into the project work – Sevlievo, Bulgaria

Students wanted to pre-teach the lesson they were preparing.

Age of students 9 – 10 years

Students seemed to be very interested in the topic, they took active part in the activities

 

Lesson1: 27.01.2015, Ostrava

             Age of students 13-14 years

             Students in Ostrava school  seemed to be interested in what they saw in the presentation about the Bulgarian folklore, they were eager to try the Bulgarian folk dance and had a lot of fun together with Bulgarian students while dancing under the melody of the song. It wasn’t difficult for them to sing the couplet from the Bulgarian song although they didn’t know the language. They wanted to repeat this activity twice.

 

 

 

   

Here we learn Bulgarian horo

  

This is the presentation to the lesson

Music