Summary
In “Dynamics in Music | Piano Lesson,” Joseph Hoffman walks students through how to play with feeling by shaping phrases and dynamics. A 10-minute lesson from Hoffman Academy's free elementary piano curriculum — drop it into a music center, a keyboard station, or a whole-class music block.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Expression is how we make music sound happy, gentle, loud, or calm.
- What does this lesson teach about playing with expression?
- How does changing the volume or shaping a phrase change the feeling of a piece?
- Where in a song you know could you add more expression?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: dynamics, phrase, expression.
Try it: Play a few notes loudly, then softly. Decide which fits the mood of a song you know.