This lesson could take one or two periods (or even three) to complete depending on scheduling. It leads students from learning the basic pattern of major scales to writing them on the keyboard diagram and then playing them in groups. The next lessons would transfer the pattern to staff notation.

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Category

  • Advocacy
  • Standards

Resource Type

  • Lesson Plan

Specialties

  • Composition
  • Theory

Teaching Level

  • Junior/Middle School
  • Senior High School

Year Added

2025

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