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Summary
Students will learn the names of basic tempo and dynamic signs in music and their meaning. They will practice a song using different tempo and dynamic structures and analyze how both of these factors change the feeling of the song. This lesson plan will work the best if the chords, rhythm elements or/and vocals of the particular song will be learned before this lesson so that students can spend more time on learning tempo and dynamic signs.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Recognize basic signs and symbols (clefs, staff, bar line)
- Read musical notation in the treble clef
- Understand the meaning of tempo signs and dynamics
- Apply this knowledge when playing a new song
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
- Basic signs and symbols on the staff
- Some knowledge of Note values and notation
💻 Materials:
- Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
- Projector or computer and access to WIFI
Visual presentation
Start of your lesson
🕐 5 min - Set up the classroom
- Log into Solfeg.io;
- Load your chosen song;
- Find the part of the song you want to play for your students
- Tip:Make your students learn one of the suggested songs in the previous lesson (the chords, vocal and/or rhythm sections) so that they can perform it freely in this lesson
Warm-Up
🕐 8 min - Q & A
- On your screen, pull up one of the suggested songs on Solfeg.io and ask students which symbols they recognize (clefs, bars, meters, keys, etc.), what they mean, what their value is and have volunteers demonstrate.
- Review your class’ way of remembering musical notation in the treble clef. (ex. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
- Remind students about the song you learned in the last lesson and play through the song
🕐 7 min - Tempo and dynamic signs
-
Introduce the students to the most common Italian tempo and dynamic signs and their meaning:
- Presto
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Andante
- Largo
- Piano
- Mezzo Piano
- Mezzo Forte
- Forte
Practice
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:
- Ask the entire class to play the chorus together at a slower speed with no accompaniment.
- Before playing with Solfeg.io, ask students “What do you think the tempo of this song is?”
- Record on your board what answers students give, then try playing the chorus at each of those tempos.
- Also, try playing the song at presto and largo just for fun!
- As a group, decide which tempo is most accurate for the actual song.
- Repeat these same steps above for the verse.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2:
- Have students play around with dynamics.
- Ask a couple students to come up with the dynamic formula (ex. Chorus’ are all forte and verses are all piano.)
- Make sure they are using musical language!
- Play the song according to those rules and try it a few different ways!
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
-
Points of discussion
- What did you learn? Explain.
- What do you feel confident about after this lesson? Explain.
- What do you need to practice?
- What might you want to review before the next class? Explain.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Apply their knowledge to learn one of the other suggested songs on their own;
- Try thinking of a new dynamic/tempo structure for a different song;
- Try playing the song on a different instrument and change the dynamics.
This lesson plan was created by Gina, a middle school music teacher and creator behind @musicpluscoffee
Gina received her Bachelor's of Music Education in 2014 and currently teaches music at a K-5 school. She is passionate about making music resources that are cute and modern, while keeping the fun and love for music alive! She believes music is important, music is powerful and that music can bring people together. That is why she is so passionate about what she creates.
"It has been such a pleasure getting to know the Solfeg.io program and the people behind it who are also very passionate about music. I look forward to hearing and seeing how you use these lesson plans I created in your classroom so please reach out to me on instagram @musicpluscoffee."
Summary
This lesson is about clefs, tempo and dynamic signs – students will use the online class “Basic Signs I” with chatbot guidance to practice during the online lesson. The lesson consists of setting up the online class, explaining theory fundamentals, and guiding your students to do practical exercises with the help of a chatbot. Students will learn different clef names and where they are used, meaning of tempo and dynamic signs in music, as well as recognize tempo and dynamic signs in a song.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
- Recognize basic signs and symbols (clefs, staff, bar line)
- Read musical notation in the treble clef
- Understand the meaning of tempo signs and dynamics
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
- Basic signs and symbols on the staff
- Some knowledge of Note values and notation
💻 Materials:
- Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
- Projector or computer and access to WIFI
!!! If this is the first online setup lesson for your class, we recommend starting with an onboarding lesson using this presentation explaining how solfeg.io works. Download it here. If the class is more than 10 students, this might take some 30 minutes to register and go through the app.
🤳 Video conference call provider:
- Google Hangouts is recommended, as students only need a Google account and don’t need to install the program in advance. You can share a link however best works for you. Read how to set it up here.
Visual presentation
Start of your lesson
🕐 5 min - Announcement for Students
-
Instructions for your next lesson...
- Open this Google video call link via phone: Insert your unique Google Hangouts invite link here
- Access your Solfeg.io account via desktop: Insert your unique Solfeg.io invite link here
- The online class will be 45 minutes. For optimal learning, find a room with little background noise.
- We will be learning how to recognize different clefs, tempo and dynamic signs.
🕐 5 min - Setting Up an Online Classroom
-
Send your video conference call link to students. For best results:
- Encourage them to make this call via mobile device for optimal sound management
- Make sure everyone can hear and see you.
- Students log into Solfeg.io on their desktop
- Students mute their microphone to hear you clearly. They should unmute if they want to ask a question.
- Teacher preloads one of the suggested songs for this lesson.
Warm-Up
🕐 8 min - Q & A
- Share your screen, pull up one of the suggested songs on Solfeg.io and call out students one by one to answer the questions:
- Which symbols do you recognize (clefs, bars, meters, keys, etc.)?
- What do these symbols mean?
- What is the value of these symbols?
- Review your class’ way of remembering musical notation in the treble clef. (ex. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
- Give a short intro that the treble clef is not the only clef used in music and there are more clefs.
🕐 7 min - Tempo and dynamic signs
-
Introduce the students to the most common Italian tempo and dynamic signs and their meaning:
- Presto
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Andante
- Largo
- Piano
- Mezzo Piano
- Mezzo Forte
- Forte
Practice
- Lead students to the Classes section in Solfeg.io;
- Show them where the “Basics of Signs I: Clefs, Tempo and Dynamics” class is located;
- Tell them to take the class to learn more about clefs, tempo and dynamic signs (30 min)!
Reflection
Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!
🕐 3 min - Exercise 1
- Show a bass clef to students;
- Ask them to tell its other name;
- Ask them to tell which instruments and voice timbres use this clef most often.
🕐 2 min - Exercise 2
- Show a C-clef to students;
- Ask them to tell its other name;
- Ask them to tell which instruments and voice timbres use this clef most often.
🕐 7 min - Exercise 3
- Show your students various Italian tempo and dynamic sign names and symbols
- Select students to answer if they know what they mean in English and can they give a vocal example of what this sign/symbol does.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Thinking of a new dynamic/tempo structure for a song.
Summary
Students will learn the names of basic tempo and dynamic signs in music and their meaning. They will practice a song using different tempo and dynamic structures and analyze how both of these factors change the feeling of the song. This lesson plan will work the best if the chords, rhythm elements or/and vocals of the particular song will be learned before this lesson so that students can spend more time on learning tempo and dynamic signs.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Recognize basic signs and symbols (clefs, staff, bar line)
- Read musical notation in the treble clef
- Understand the meaning of tempo signs and dynamics
- Apply this knowledge when playing a new song
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
- Basic signs and symbols on the staff
- Some knowledge of Note values and notation
💻 Materials:
- Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
- Projector or computer and access to WIFI
Visual presentation
Start of your lesson
🕐 5 min - Set up the classroom
- Log into Solfeg.io;
- Load your chosen song;
- Find the part of the song you want to play for your students
- Tip:Make your students learn one of the suggested songs in the previous lesson (the chords, vocal and/or rhythm sections) so that they can perform it freely in this lesson
Warm-Up
🕐 8 min - Q & A
- On your screen, pull up one of the suggested songs on Solfeg.io and ask students which symbols they recognize (clefs, bars, meters, keys, etc.), what they mean, what their value is and have volunteers demonstrate.
- Review your class’ way of remembering musical notation in the treble clef. (ex. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
- Remind students about the song you learned in the last lesson and play through the song
🕐 7 min - Tempo and dynamic signs
-
Introduce the students to the most common Italian tempo and dynamic signs and their meaning:
- Presto
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Andante
- Largo
- Piano
- Mezzo Piano
- Mezzo Forte
- Forte
Practice
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:
- Ask the entire class to play the chorus together at a slower speed with no accompaniment.
- Before playing with Solfeg.io, ask students “What do you think the tempo of this song is?”
- Record on your board what answers students give, then try playing the chorus at each of those tempos.
- Also, try playing the song at presto and largo just for fun!
- As a group, decide which tempo is most accurate for the actual song.
- Repeat these same steps above for the verse.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2:
- Have students play around with dynamics.
- Ask a couple students to come up with the dynamic formula (ex. Chorus’ are all forte and verses are all piano.)
- Make sure they are using musical language!
- Play the song according to those rules and try it a few different ways!
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
-
Points of discussion
- What did you learn? Explain.
- What do you feel confident about after this lesson? Explain.
- What do you need to practice?
- What might you want to review before the next class? Explain.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Apply their knowledge to learn one of the other suggested songs on their own;
- Try thinking of a new dynamic/tempo structure for a different song;
- Try playing the song on a different instrument and change the dynamics.
This lesson plan was created by Gina, a middle school music teacher and creator behind @musicpluscoffee
Gina received her Bachelor's of Music Education in 2014 and currently teaches music at a K-5 school. She is passionate about making music resources that are cute and modern, while keeping the fun and love for music alive! She believes music is important, music is powerful and that music can bring people together. That is why she is so passionate about what she creates.
"It has been such a pleasure getting to know the Solfeg.io program and the people behind it who are also very passionate about music. I look forward to hearing and seeing how you use these lesson plans I created in your classroom so please reach out to me on instagram @musicpluscoffee."
Summary
Students will learn the names of basic tempo and dynamic signs in music and their meaning. They will practice a song using different tempo and dynamic structures and analyze how both of these factors change the feeling of the song. This lesson plan will work the best if the chords, rhythm elements or/and vocals of the particular song will be learned before this lesson so that students can spend more time on learning tempo and dynamic signs.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Recognize basic signs and symbols (clefs, staff, bar line)
- Read musical notation in the treble clef
- Understand the meaning of tempo signs and dynamics
- Apply this knowledge when playing a new song
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
- Basic signs and symbols on the staff
- Some knowledge of Note values and notation
💻 Materials:
- Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
- Projector or computer and access to WIFI
Visual presentation
Start of your lesson
🕐 5 min - Set up the classroom
- Log into Solfeg.io;
- Load your chosen song;
- Find the part of the song you want to play for your students
- Tip:Make your students learn one of the suggested songs in the previous lesson (the chords, vocal and/or rhythm sections) so that they can perform it freely in this lesson
Warm-Up
🕐 8 min - Q & A
- On your screen, pull up one of the suggested songs on Solfeg.io and ask students which symbols they recognize (clefs, bars, meters, keys, etc.), what they mean, what their value is and have volunteers demonstrate.
- Review your class’ way of remembering musical notation in the treble clef. (ex. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
- Remind students about the song you learned in the last lesson and play through the song
🕐 7 min - Tempo and dynamic signs
-
Introduce the students to the most common Italian tempo and dynamic signs and their meaning:
- Presto
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Andante
- Largo
- Piano
- Mezzo Piano
- Mezzo Forte
- Forte
Practice
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:
- Ask the entire class to play the chorus together at a slower speed with no accompaniment.
- Before playing with Solfeg.io, ask students “What do you think the tempo of this song is?”
- Record on your board what answers students give, then try playing the chorus at each of those tempos.
- Also, try playing the song at presto and largo just for fun!
- As a group, decide which tempo is most accurate for the actual song.
- Repeat these same steps above for the verse.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2:
- Have students play around with dynamics.
- Ask a couple students to come up with the dynamic formula (ex. Chorus’ are all forte and verses are all piano.)
- Make sure they are using musical language!
- Play the song according to those rules and try it a few different ways!
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
-
Points of discussion
- What did you learn? Explain.
- What do you feel confident about after this lesson? Explain.
- What do you need to practice?
- What might you want to review before the next class? Explain.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Apply their knowledge to learn one of the other suggested songs on their own;
- Try thinking of a new dynamic/tempo structure for a different song;
- Try playing the song on a different instrument and change the dynamics.
This lesson plan was created by Gina, a middle school music teacher and creator behind @musicpluscoffee
Gina received her Bachelor's of Music Education in 2014 and currently teaches music at a K-5 school. She is passionate about making music resources that are cute and modern, while keeping the fun and love for music alive! She believes music is important, music is powerful and that music can bring people together. That is why she is so passionate about what she creates.
"It has been such a pleasure getting to know the Solfeg.io program and the people behind it who are also very passionate about music. I look forward to hearing and seeing how you use these lesson plans I created in your classroom so please reach out to me on instagram @musicpluscoffee."
Summary
This lesson is about clefs, tempo and dynamic signs – students will use the online class “Basic Signs I” with chatbot guidance to practice during the online lesson. The lesson consists of setting up the online class, explaining theory fundamentals, and guiding your students to do practical exercises with the help of a chatbot. Students will learn different clef names and where they are used, meaning of tempo and dynamic signs in music, as well as recognize tempo and dynamic signs in a song.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
- Recognize basic signs and symbols (clefs, staff, bar line)
- Read musical notation in the treble clef
- Understand the meaning of tempo signs and dynamics
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
- Basic signs and symbols on the staff
- Some knowledge of Note values and notation
💻 Materials:
- Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
- Projector or computer and access to WIFI
!!! If this is the first online setup lesson for your class, we recommend starting with an onboarding lesson using this presentation explaining how solfeg.io works. Download it here. If the class is more than 10 students, this might take some 30 minutes to register and go through the app.
🤳 Video conference call provider:
- Google Hangouts is recommended, as students only need a Google account and don’t need to install the program in advance. You can share a link however best works for you. Read how to set it up here.
Visual presentation
Start of your lesson
🕐 5 min - Announcement for Students
-
Instructions for your next lesson...
- Open this Google video call link via phone: Insert your unique Google Hangouts invite link here
- Access your Solfeg.io account via desktop: Insert your unique Solfeg.io invite link here
- The online class will be 45 minutes. For optimal learning, find a room with little background noise.
- We will be learning how to recognize different clefs, tempo and dynamic signs.
🕐 5 min - Setting Up an Online Classroom
-
Send your video conference call link to students. For best results:
- Encourage them to make this call via mobile device for optimal sound management
- Make sure everyone can hear and see you.
- Students log into Solfeg.io on their desktop
- Students mute their microphone to hear you clearly. They should unmute if they want to ask a question.
- Teacher preloads one of the suggested songs for this lesson.
Warm-Up
🕐 8 min - Q & A
- Share your screen, pull up one of the suggested songs on Solfeg.io and call out students one by one to answer the questions:
- Which symbols do you recognize (clefs, bars, meters, keys, etc.)?
- What do these symbols mean?
- What is the value of these symbols?
- Review your class’ way of remembering musical notation in the treble clef. (ex. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
- Give a short intro that the treble clef is not the only clef used in music and there are more clefs.
🕐 7 min - Tempo and dynamic signs
-
Introduce the students to the most common Italian tempo and dynamic signs and their meaning:
- Presto
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Andante
- Largo
- Piano
- Mezzo Piano
- Mezzo Forte
- Forte
Practice
- Lead students to the Classes section in Solfeg.io;
- Show them where the “Basics of Signs I: Clefs, Tempo and Dynamics” class is located;
- Tell them to take the class to learn more about clefs, tempo and dynamic signs (30 min)!
Reflection
Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!
🕐 3 min - Exercise 1
- Show a bass clef to students;
- Ask them to tell its other name;
- Ask them to tell which instruments and voice timbres use this clef most often.
🕐 2 min - Exercise 2
- Show a C-clef to students;
- Ask them to tell its other name;
- Ask them to tell which instruments and voice timbres use this clef most often.
🕐 7 min - Exercise 3
- Show your students various Italian tempo and dynamic sign names and symbols
- Select students to answer if they know what they mean in English and can they give a vocal example of what this sign/symbol does.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Thinking of a new dynamic/tempo structure for a song.
Summary
Students will learn the names of basic tempo and dynamic signs in music and their meaning. They will practice a song using different tempo and dynamic structures and analyze how both of these factors change the feeling of the song. This lesson plan will work the best if the chords, rhythm elements or/and vocals of the particular song will be learned before this lesson so that students can spend more time on learning tempo and dynamic signs.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Recognize basic signs and symbols (clefs, staff, bar line)
- Read musical notation in the treble clef
- Understand the meaning of tempo signs and dynamics
- Apply this knowledge when playing a new song
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
- Basic signs and symbols on the staff
- Some knowledge of Note values and notation
💻 Materials:
- Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
- Projector or computer and access to WIFI
Visual presentation
Start of your lesson
🕐 5 min - Set up the classroom
- Log into Solfeg.io;
- Load your chosen song;
- Find the part of the song you want to play for your students
- Tip:Make your students learn one of the suggested songs in the previous lesson (the chords, vocal and/or rhythm sections) so that they can perform it freely in this lesson
Warm-Up
🕐 8 min - Q & A
- On your screen, pull up one of the suggested songs on Solfeg.io and ask students which symbols they recognize (clefs, bars, meters, keys, etc.), what they mean, what their value is and have volunteers demonstrate.
- Review your class’ way of remembering musical notation in the treble clef. (ex. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
- Remind students about the song you learned in the last lesson and play through the song
🕐 7 min - Tempo and dynamic signs
-
Introduce the students to the most common Italian tempo and dynamic signs and their meaning:
- Presto
- Allegro
- Moderato
- Andante
- Largo
- Piano
- Mezzo Piano
- Mezzo Forte
- Forte
Practice
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:
- Ask the entire class to play the chorus together at a slower speed with no accompaniment.
- Before playing with Solfeg.io, ask students “What do you think the tempo of this song is?”
- Record on your board what answers students give, then try playing the chorus at each of those tempos.
- Also, try playing the song at presto and largo just for fun!
- As a group, decide which tempo is most accurate for the actual song.
- Repeat these same steps above for the verse.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2:
- Have students play around with dynamics.
- Ask a couple students to come up with the dynamic formula (ex. Chorus’ are all forte and verses are all piano.)
- Make sure they are using musical language!
- Play the song according to those rules and try it a few different ways!
Reflection
🕐 5 min - Q & A
-
Points of discussion
- What did you learn? Explain.
- What do you feel confident about after this lesson? Explain.
- What do you need to practice?
- What might you want to review before the next class? Explain.
Beyond the Lesson
-
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
- Apply their knowledge to learn one of the other suggested songs on their own;
- Try thinking of a new dynamic/tempo structure for a different song;
- Try playing the song on a different instrument and change the dynamics.
This lesson plan was created by Gina, a middle school music teacher and creator behind @musicpluscoffee
Gina received her Bachelor's of Music Education in 2014 and currently teaches music at a K-5 school. She is passionate about making music resources that are cute and modern, while keeping the fun and love for music alive! She believes music is important, music is powerful and that music can bring people together. That is why she is so passionate about what she creates.
"It has been such a pleasure getting to know the Solfeg.io program and the people behind it who are also very passionate about music. I look forward to hearing and seeing how you use these lesson plans I created in your classroom so please reach out to me on instagram @musicpluscoffee."
