Loud & Soft songs:
- Boom Chicka Boom
- Carnival of the Animals (Saint Saëns)
- Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
- Doctor Katchel
- Good News
- I Had a Rooster
- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
- Little Birch Tree
- Little Cabin in the Wood
- Lucy Locket
- Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
- Peer Gynt (Prokofiev)
- Poor Old Crow
- Soft Music is Stealing
- Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa)
- Washington Post March (Sousa)
Soft Sounds:
Loud Sounds:
Loud/Soft Assessments
Have students explore their 4 voices (calling, whispering, singing & talking) and answer the questions:
- Which voice is always soft?
- Which voice is always loud?
- Which two voices can be either soft or loud?
Visuals
This book is full of fun sounds that emulate instruments and environmental sounds. This would be good with soft and loud.
Links
- more elements of music
- more printable dynamics visuals – I Had a Rooster
- Haydn Surprise Symphony lesson
- Kindergarten high/low, soft/loud lesson
- Musical Skills for Toddlers – Loud and Soft lesson
- Distinguishing High and Low from Loud and Soft lesson
- Rain Dance lesson
The following content is available below to Plus Members:
- PDFs include:
- Soft / Loud Assessment
- Piano / Forte Assessment
- Printable Dynamic Visuals
- Digital Dynamic Visuals
I was trying to find songs to help show dynamics and found your page. Thank you!
Last week we used colors to demonstrate piano and forte (kids chose the colors and each had different ideas but, all worked). The kids did so well that we even added in mezzo piano and mezzo forte! So, tomorrow we’ll use your suggestion of the Hall of the Mountain King and John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt 🙂
Awesome! I love your idea of using colors! Thanks for sharing!