The Pink Panther

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Theme From “The Pink Panther” by Henry Mancini © Mary Prather - Homegrown Learners, LLC – 2014

Please enjoy this complimentary SQUILT lesson. If you enjoy this lesson, you can purchase the SQUILT curriculum, which includes many lessons similar to this one, grouped by musical era. If you mention this lesson on your blog or website, please link back to my page. Do not distribute this lesson without my permission. Thanks! Mary @ Homegrown Learners & SQUILT Music

The goal of a SQUILT lesson is to give your child exposure to a piece of beautiful music and to train their ears to listen for the elements of music. It's not so much about filling in the SQUILT notebooking page “correctly” as it is developing attention, discrimination, and appreciation (skills that translate into so much more than music appreciation). SQUILT lessons can include a little or a lot – as the parent you should judge how much your child can handle in one sitting. It is a wonderful day when your child hears a piece of music and starts talking with you about its finer points!

Disclaimer: Each SQUILT lesson includes outside links – many of them YouTube links. As with everything on the internet, please preview these before showing them to your children. I cannot be responsible for comments made on videos or other things of this nature.

© Mary Prather - Homegrown Learners, LLC - 2014

Instructions for the Lesson: SQUILT stands for Super Quiet UnInterrupted Listening Time. Play the piece of music for your child. During the first listening, the child is asked to be “Super Quiet” and listen to the entire piece of music (preferably with their eyes closed). {Preface this first listening by going over the SQUILT notebooking sheet and prepping them for what they will be listening for: dynamics, rhythm/tempo, instrumentation, and mood. Be sure to tell the child the name of the piece and a little background. } This is their time to use their imagination and listening ears to glean as much about the music as possible! After the initial listening, have children discuss the music and notebook their findings. Listen again together and talk as you listen about what you are hearing. Finish the notebooking page with assistance, if needed. Children are being TRAINED to listen, so you will need to walk them through their first SQUILT lessons. Little ones may simply color while they listen or talk to you about the music. The goal is to make these lessons short, meaningful, and enjoyable. They are designed to introduce your children to the great musical classics.

©Mary Prather - Homegrown Learners, LLC - 2014

Theme From “The Pink Panther” by Henry Mancini About the piece: “The Pink Panther Theme” is an instrumental

composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Original Music Score. (courtesy last.fm) Henry Mancini is one of the greatest composers in the history of film. He is part of the MODERN ERA of music. You can read more about Mancini if you wish. Learn how to pronounce Mancini (although in America many people say “Man – see – nee”

Listen to the theme. Remember, the first listening is done with eyes closed and no writing. Just get to know the piece and listen for the elements of music on the SQUILT notebooking page. Dynamics: Can you hear louds and softs in this piece? (In music loud is written as forte and soft is written as piano. Wouldn't music be boring without dynamics? In this piece you will hear many dynamic changes – in the Modern Era the composers had a wide range of dynamics in their music. •

Listen to the VERY FIRST NOTE in the Pink Panther... do you hear how it is suddenly loud and then gets softer? In music this is called a

SFORZANDO. You can abbreviate it sfz. (You will also hear a sforzando on the very LAST note of the piece.) • In the dynamics section of the SQUILT sheet either draw a picture or write a few words or a sentence describing the dynamics of the piece.

©Mary Prather - Homegrown Learners, LLC - 2014

Rhythm/Tempo: The “official” tempo (speed of the beat) on the music says “mysteriously”. In music, a walking tempo is Adagio. Encourage your children to use descriptive words when speaking or writing about the music. •

In the Rhythm/Tempo box, draw or write about the speed of the music. Do you hear any repeated rhythmic patterns? Write about them. Again, this is very open-ended. Encourage your children to do the best they can, but don't be surprised if this might be hard for them to articulate.

Instrumentation: This is an orchestra – with all four families of the orchestra (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion). The piano (percussion instrument) is prominent, too. There are some instruments that have SOLOS – note them as follows: :30 – TROMBONE solo • 1:15 – TRUMPET solo •

At two minutes the music changes quite a bit – it departs from the main theme and sounds completely different. •

From 3:00 on the piano, flute, and trumpet, alternate with solos

Let your children fill in the Instrumentation box with pictures of instruments or simply the names of instruments – we just want them to be listening for and speaking about the instruments they are hearing.

Mood: Your kids will have lots of great responses for this! Some may say it's “jazzy”, “mysterious”, “sneaky” – encourage the use of lots of adjectives.

©Mary Prather - Homegrown Learners, LLC – 2014

Enrichment Activities

• Watch “Plink, Plunk, Plink” - an official Pink Panther episode where the Pink Panther sneaks into a symphony performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and plays the Pink Panther theme on different instruments. *parent note: there is MILD cartoon violence in this... preview if you are concerned What instruments does the Pink Panther Play? 1. Violin 2. Tuba 3. Trumpet *Note the cameo from Henry Mancini at the end – brilliant! •

Watch this performance of the Pink Panther from my son, Grant... he just learned to play it on piano. (This might inspire some younger musicians in your house!)



Here's another piano solo of The Pink Panther – a professional version. (Your kids can fill out a SQUILT form if they want to)



A Pink Panther Coloring page is on the last page of this download... use this for fun or for young listeners who find the SQUILT notebooking page daunting.

©Mary Prather - Homegrown Learners, LLC - 2014

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Here are 5 other famous pieces by Henry Mancini. Which do you like best? Rate each piece on a scale of 1-10 (1 being the least and 10 being the best)

Nadia's Theme Moon River Baby Elephant Walk Peter Gunn Theme Exodus

©Mary Prather - Homegrown Learners, LLC – 2014

image courtesy Coloring Pages ABC