Composing is as easy as 1-2-3
A 30 minute composition lesson using an 8 tone scale. This could be simplified by using a penatonic scale, as well. This can be approached in two ways, either by…
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CONCERT MUSIC
TSW PLAY ALL CONCERT MUSIC, and the students will be able play all music and they will the feel the music that they are playing.
Mirrored Chord Diagrams
Approximately one in ten students do not comprehend standard chord diagrams. This lesson presents the reason and the solution for this challenge.
Using the D Major Pentatonic Scale and a Jazz Chord Progression for Improv Practice
Students will learn to play a standard jazz chord progression in D Major (I7: DMaj7, vi7: Bmin7, ii7: Emin7, V7: A7), as well as learn to play the D Major…
Teaching the Eight Basic Sight Rhythms
Students will learn to identify and perform the eight rhythm figures in 4/4 time.
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Students will perform song using correct posture, correct rhythms, and accurate pitches. Students will correctly identify and perform syncopated rhythms. Students will play barred instruments with accurate rhythms and pitches,…
You Raise Me Up
Students will perform a song expressively, with appropriate dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation. Students will be able to identify music symbols and traditional terms referring to dynamics and tempo. Students will…
Yankee Doodle
Students will sing with good balance and blend, match dynamic levels as they sing and will demonstrate awareness of the role of the individual within the group.
Wunderkind Little Amadeus – Episode Twelve: “Street Musicians”
Musicians perform in diverse settings around the globe. In this lesson, students will explore how and where music is performed. They will also be introduced to the skill of reading…
Wunderkind Little Amadeus – Episode Thirteen: “Never Kiss an Empress”
Throughout his lifetime Mozart composed many different kinds of music. In this lesson, students will learn the theme song from the Wunderkind Little Amadeus Wunderkind program, create an original song…
