Adam Miller

MUED 373 – Dabback

3-Minute Lesson Plan no. 2
Objectives

• Students will understand air support as a concept of DRIVING music forward

Procedure

• Teacher will write a rhythm on the board and as the students to play all together on a

concert F – Change notes every time!! Concert F is BORING

• After the first run, teacher will ask about what students thought about tempo/support/etc.

• Based on feedback, teacher will then talk about air support and tell students to use their

air support to drive from note to note

o Teacher will draw little arcs/slurs/ from note to note – The notes on the board

should be in one line, I didn’t have enough board space though

• After the run, teacher will ask the same question, response will probably be “better”

• Do it one more time, but think about driving your air from the very first articulation of

the first note, all the way to the cutoff of the last one.

o Teacher will draw one big phrase marking from the first note to the last one

• Time permitting, teacher may add dynamics? – EDIT I wish I had done this from the

beginning

Assessment

• Students improve their air support from the beginning to the end of the exercise

• Students are able to have a discussion about how they feel about their own breath/air

support.
 Adam Miller
MUED 373 – Dabback
3-Minute Lesson Plan no. 2

Reflection

I thought this 3 minute teaching went A LOT better than last time. I was much more clear with

my instructions from the beginning, and didn’t talk nearly as much. The first time, I spoke WAY

too much and didn’t have time to do any of the actual lesson I wanted to do. This time, I gave

brief instructions and then explained the concept after a run. My instructions continued to be

concise and clear throughout the majority of my lesson. I do, however, feel like the objective of

my lesson could have been a little bit deeper. If I had added dynamics from the beginning, it

would have enhanced the concept of using AIR as a driving force from note to note. ALSO, I

don’t believe I mentioned anything at all about articulations and how the tongue affects this

process, even though it’s quite important.