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LESSON PLAN: Mix and Match Chords: Objective

The document provides a lesson plan for having students write a song by mixing and matching chords. The lesson involves having students (1) write down all the chords they know, (2) playing selected chords in rhythmic patterns to create a chord progression, (3) replacing one chord to see which variation sounds better, and (4) recording their song composition. The lesson aims to help students develop musical composition skills outlined in the National Core Arts Standards.

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LESSON PLAN: Mix and Match Chords: Objective

The document provides a lesson plan for having students write a song by mixing and matching chords. The lesson involves having students (1) write down all the chords they know, (2) playing selected chords in rhythmic patterns to create a chord progression, (3) replacing one chord to see which variation sounds better, and (4) recording their song composition. The lesson aims to help students develop musical composition skills outlined in the National Core Arts Standards.

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Music as a Second Language & The Modern Band Movement – Little Kids Rock Teacher Manual v3.

LESSON PLAN: Mix and Match Chords


Objective:
Students will use information from their history class to write a song

Resources:
Pencil, Paper and IDEAS!
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Procedures: XO
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❶ Have the students write down all the chords they know. Hint: 1 2 3
You can do this as a class with you writing them on each slip of D
paper or have the students do it. XX
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2
❷ Pick one of the chords and play it using one of the rhythms that
1
3
the class already knows. Repeat this step until you have (4) X C
chords chosen. O
O
1

❸ Once the students are comfortable with the chord pattern. 2


E OO
3
Remove one of the chords and choose a new one. O
1

❹ Have the students compare the new one to the old one and ask 2 3

which they liked better. Will it sound better in another part of


your song?
X
O Am
Extensions: i
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2 1
3
❶ Record the song using one of the devices available to you (i.e.
Smartphone, PC or other recording device)

❷ Make the rhythms more complex by trying something new like G


OOO
the Reggae rhythm from the teacher manual.
COMPOSITION

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4
3

National Core Arts Standards (Music):


National Core Arts Standards (Music) Anchor Standard 1: Generate and Conceptualize artistic ideas
and work. Example: Harmonizing Instruments MU:Cr1.1.H.Ia (High School Proficient) Generate
melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for improvisations, compositions (forms such as theme and
variation or 12-bar blues), and three-or-more-chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as
arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).Anchor Standard 2: Organize and
develop artistic ideas and work. Example: Harmonizing Instruments MU:Cr2.1.H.5a (Novice) Select,
develop, and use standard notation or audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and
harmonic ideas for drafts of simple melodies (such as two-phrase) and chordal accompaniments
for given melodies.Common Core Correlation: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1.b Build on others’ talk in
conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

408 For More Information Please Visit www.littlekidsrock.org

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