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Summary

Mix and match activities to create a fun lesson on basic rhythm notes, their shapes and values. Integrate solfeg.io in teaching the structure of the rhythm pyramid and its rhythmical subdivisions: the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, as well as corresponding rests.

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to Wi-Fi
  • Simple rhythm instruments (optional)

 

Pyramids in general

🕐 Time: 5 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Find links between the topic of today's lesson and extra musical phenomena;
  • Get acquainted with the shape of the pyramid, if necessary.
  • Ask your students general questions about pyramids:
    • What does the shape of the pyramid look like?
    • Have you learned about it in geometry?
    • Are you familiar with the famous Egyptian pyramids?

 

Introducing the song

🕐 Time: 2 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Get acquainted with the chosen song and its rhythmical notation.

🎶 Songs:

  • Choose a song from the ‘Song suggestions’ list, for example, ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. Tell your students about the song! You can pick some facts from the song description.
  • Make sure 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals' is selected. Play a fragment of the song to introduce the different rhythm notes.

 

Theory warm-up

🕐 Time: 10 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Understand what a bar (measure) is;
  • Count the beats per bar in the selected song;
  • Understand the rhythmical subdivisions of the rhythm pyramid.

🎶 Songs:

  • Explain what a bar (measure) is.
  • Explain that the selected song has 4 beats per bar.
  • Tell about the 'rhythm pyramid' (also called 'note tree') and the hierarchy of basic rhythm notes. Explain to students the functions of rhythm and its basic elements.
  • Discuss the note names in the U.S. and U.K.

 

Rhythm pyramid comes alive

🕐 Time: 10 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Build rhythm skills;
  • Play different rhythm parts in a group;
  • Try out different percussion instruments (if available), body percussion types and surfaces.
  • Divide students into 5 groups (or select 5 individual students).
  • Assign each of them a different rhythmical value (the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes).
  • Each of the groups/students chooses a playing style that fits their assigned rhythmical value. The students can clap, play on different surfaces or use any simple rhythm instruments available.
  • Groups then build the pyramid, playing the different rhythms together. One group (for example, the one playing quarter notes) starts, the other groups join in gradually.
  • Different tempos could be explored - try playing faster or slower!

 

Identifying Rhythms

🕐 Time: 5 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Identify different rhythm notes in a song

🎶 Songs:

  • Play the selected song. Make sure the notation of rhythm lines is visible (select 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals').
  • Ask students to identify the different rhythm note values.

 

Clap along the song

🕐 Time: 10 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Learn to play the rhythm part of a song.

🎶 Songs:

  • Mute the harmonic section in the 'Sound Controls' menu, solo only the rhythm parts that contain the basic note values.
  • Divide students into groups and assign each of them a specific rhythm part (first rhythm line, second rhythm line, etc.).
  • Students practice performing their assigned rhythmic part on percussion instruments or body percussion. Tempo can be adjusted as needed.
  • After practicing, each group will demonstrate their rhythmic part for the class.
  • The class puts all rhythmic parts together with the full track.

 

Discussion

🕐 Time: 3 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Consolidate the knowledge on basic rhythmic values;
  • Describe the rhythm playing experience.
  • What rhythm values did you learn?
  • Which rhythm lines were the easiest/most challenging to play? Why?

 

Quiz

🕐 Time: 10 min

🎯 Objectives:

  • Test students' knowledge on the rhythmical subdivisions of the rhythm pyramid;
  • Recap the topics, as needed for each individual student.
  • Give the quiz “Master the Rhythm I” and/or “Master the Rhythm II” to students as an individual activity at the end of the lesson or as homework.

 

Summary

Students will learn basic rhythm notes, their shapes and values. They will explore the structure of the 'rhythm pyramid' and learn its rhythmical subdivisions: the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, as well as the corresponding rests. Students will learn to identify simple rhythms and clap along the song (they can also use rhythm instruments).

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...

  • Understand the 'rhythm pyramid' and the relation between notes;
  • Understand the concepts of bar (measure) and beat;
  • Identify the basic rhythm notes and rests: whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth;
  • Clap simple rhythms (or play on rhythm instruments);
  • Understand the different musical elements and building blocks.

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Basic pulse

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI
  • Percussion instruments (optional)

 

Visual presentation

 

Song suggestions:

 

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

 

Inspiration

🕐 5 min - Pyramids in general

  • Ask your students general questions about pyramids:
    • What does the shape of pyramid look like?
    • Have you learnt about it in geometry?
    • Are you familiar with the famous Egyptian pyramids?

🕐 2 min - Introducing the song

  • Choose a song from the ‘Song suggestions’ list, for example, ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. Tell your students about the song! You can pick some facts from the song description.
  • Make sure 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals' is selected. Play a fragment of the song to introduce the different rhythm notes.

 

Warm-Up

🕐 10 min - Theory

  • Explain what a bar (measure) is.
  • Tell about the 'rhythm pyramid' (also called 'note tree') and the hierarchy of basic rhythm notes. Explain to students the functions of rhythm and basic elements of it.
  • Discuss the note names in the U.S. and U.K.

 

Practice

🕐 5 min - Exercise 1 - 'Rhythm pyramid' comes alive

  • Divide students in 5 groups (or select 5 individual students).
  • Assign each of them a different rhythmical value (the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes).
  • Each of the groups/students chooses a playing style which fits their assigned rhythmical value. The students can clap, play on different surfaces or use any simple rhythm instruments available.
  • Groups then build the pyramid, playing the different rhythms together. One group (for example, the one playing quarter notes) starts, the other groups join in gradually.
  • Different tempos could be explored - try playing faster or slower!

🕐 5 min - Exercise 2 - Identifying Rhythms

  • Play the selected song. Make sure the notation of rhythm lines is visible (select 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals').
  • Ask students to identify the different rhythm note values.

🕐 10 min - Exercise 3 - Clap along the song

  • Mute the harmonic section in the 'Sound Controls' menu, solo only the rhythm parts that contain the basic note values.
  • Divide students into groups and assign each of them a specific rhythm part (first rhythm line, second rhythm line, etc.).
  • Students practice performing their assigned rhythmic part on percussion instruments or body percussion. Tempo can be adjusted as needed
  • After practicing, each group will demonstrate their rhythmic part for the class.
  • The class puts all rhythmic parts together with the full track.

 

Reflection

🕐 3 min - Discussion

  • What rhythm values did you learn?
  • Which rhythm lines were the easiest/most challenging to play? Why?

 

Beyond the Lesson

  • Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
    • Trying to learn the rhythm parts of another suggested song.
    • Giving the chatbot classes “Master the Rhythm I-IV” to them as a homework;
      • Capture.PNG Capture.PNG
      Capture.PNG Capture.PNG

Summary

This lesson is about basic rhythm notes, their shapes and values - students will use the online class ‘Get to know the ‘rhythm pyramid’’ with robot chatbot guidance as home assignment. Students will learn about the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes by exploring the ‘rhythm pyramid’ and testing themselves in the quizzes. This class is based on listening, counting beats and recognizing note shapes - no need to use rhythm instruments. Lesson consists of setting up the online class, inspiring part, home assignment with explanation what will happen in the chatbot class and knowledge test (the test can also be held in the beginning of the next lesson).

 

⏰ Time: 45 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Goals:

  • Bar (measure)
  • Beats in the bar
  • Basic note names, shapes, values
  • Rhythm pyramid - relation between notes
  • Understanding different musical elements and building blocks;

🎼 Cross-curricular element: Instrument groups; Math; 

💡 Prior Knowledge: Bar; Beat;

💻 Teaching aids:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser 
  • 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:

  • We recommend Google Hangouts, you can read how to set it up and download it here.

 

Visual presentation

 

Song suggestions:

 

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 whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes.

🕐 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

🕐 10 min - Tell about the ‘rhythm pyramid’ and hierarchy of basic rhythm notes

  • Explain the ‘rhythm pyramid’ and explain to students what are the functions of rhythm and basic elements of it;
  • Look at different rhythm values and how they compare to each other:
    • How many eighth notes fit in a quarter note?
    • How many sixteenth notes fit in a half note?
  • Discuss note names in different countries (the chatbot class will contain U.S. note names);
  • Explain what the bar (measure) is. Explain that most songs contain 4 beats in the bar.

 

Practice

  • Lead students to the Classes section in Solfeg.io;
  • Show them where the “Master the Rhythm I-IV” classes are located;
  • Tell them to take the classes to learn more about the fundamentals of rhythm (30 min)!
    • Capture.PNG Capture.PNG
    Capture.PNG Capture.PNG

 

Reflection

Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!

  • Share your screen with the students and use our presentation as a supplementary file!

Visual presentation

Summary

Students will learn basic rhythm notes, their shapes and values. They will explore the structure of the 'rhythm pyramid' and learn its rhythmical subdivisions: the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, as well as the corresponding rests. Students will learn to identify simple rhythms and clap along the song (they can also use rhythm instruments).

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...

  • Understand the 'rhythm pyramid' and the relation between notes;
  • Understand the concepts of bar (measure) and beat;
  • Identify the basic rhythm notes and rests: whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth;
  • Clap simple rhythms (or play on rhythm instruments);
  • Understand the different musical elements and building blocks.

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Basic pulse

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI
  • Percussion instruments (optional)

 

Visual presentation

 

Song suggestions:

 

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

 

Inspiration

🕐 5 min - Pyramids in general

  • Ask your students general questions about pyramids:
    • What does the shape of pyramid look like?
    • Have you learnt about it in geometry?
    • Are you familiar with the famous Egyptian pyramids?

🕐 2 min - Introducing the song

  • Choose a song from the ‘Song suggestions’ list, for example, ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. Tell your students about the song! You can pick some facts from the song description.
  • Make sure 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals' is selected. Play a fragment of the song to introduce the different rhythm notes.

 

Warm-Up

🕐 10 min - Theory

  • Explain what a bar (measure) is.
  • Tell about the 'rhythm pyramid' (also called 'note tree') and the hierarchy of basic rhythm notes. Explain to students the functions of rhythm and basic elements of it.
  • Discuss the note names in the U.S. and U.K.

 

Practice

🕐 5 min - Exercise 1 - 'Rhythm pyramid' comes alive

  • Divide students in 5 groups (or select 5 individual students).
  • Assign each of them a different rhythmical value (the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes).
  • Each of the groups/students chooses a playing style which fits their assigned rhythmical value. The students can clap, play on different surfaces or use any simple rhythm instruments available.
  • Groups then build the pyramid, playing the different rhythms together. One group (for example, the one playing quarter notes) starts, the other groups join in gradually.
  • Different tempos could be explored - try playing faster or slower!

🕐 5 min - Exercise 2 - Identifying Rhythms

  • Play the selected song. Make sure the notation of rhythm lines is visible (select 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals').
  • Ask students to identify the different rhythm note values.

🕐 10 min - Exercise 3 - Clap along the song

  • Mute the harmonic section in the 'Sound Controls' menu, solo only the rhythm parts that contain the basic note values.
  • Divide students into groups and assign each of them a specific rhythm part (first rhythm line, second rhythm line, etc.).
  • Students practice performing their assigned rhythmic part on percussion instruments or body percussion. Tempo can be adjusted as needed
  • After practicing, each group will demonstrate their rhythmic part for the class.
  • The class puts all rhythmic parts together with the full track.

 

Reflection

🕐 3 min - Discussion

  • What rhythm values did you learn?
  • Which rhythm lines were the easiest/most challenging to play? Why?

 

Beyond the Lesson

  • Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
    • Trying to learn the rhythm parts of another suggested song.
    • Giving the chatbot classes “Master the Rhythm I-IV” to them as a homework;
      • Capture.PNG Capture.PNG
      Capture.PNG Capture.PNG

Summary

Students will learn basic rhythm notes, their shapes and values. They will explore the structure of the 'rhythm pyramid' and learn its rhythmical subdivisions: the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, as well as the corresponding rests. Students will learn to identify simple rhythms and clap along the song (they can also use rhythm instruments).

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...

  • Understand the 'rhythm pyramid' and the relation between notes;
  • Understand the concepts of bar (measure) and beat;
  • Identify the basic rhythm notes and rests: whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth;
  • Clap simple rhythms (or play on rhythm instruments);
  • Understand the different musical elements and building blocks.

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Basic pulse

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI
  • Percussion instruments (optional)

 

Visual presentation

 

Song suggestions:

 

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

 

Inspiration

🕐 5 min - Pyramids in general

  • Ask your students general questions about pyramids:
    • What does the shape of pyramid look like?
    • Have you learnt about it in geometry?
    • Are you familiar with the famous Egyptian pyramids?

🕐 2 min - Introducing the song

  • Choose a song from the ‘Song suggestions’ list, for example, ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. Tell your students about the song! You can pick some facts from the song description.
  • Make sure 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals' is selected. Play a fragment of the song to introduce the different rhythm notes.

 

Warm-Up

🕐 10 min - Theory

  • Explain what a bar (measure) is.
  • Tell about the 'rhythm pyramid' (also called 'note tree') and the hierarchy of basic rhythm notes. Explain to students the functions of rhythm and basic elements of it.
  • Discuss the note names in the U.S. and U.K.

 

Practice

🕐 5 min - Exercise 1 - 'Rhythm pyramid' comes alive

  • Divide students in 5 groups (or select 5 individual students).
  • Assign each of them a different rhythmical value (the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes).
  • Each of the groups/students chooses a playing style which fits their assigned rhythmical value. The students can clap, play on different surfaces or use any simple rhythm instruments available.
  • Groups then build the pyramid, playing the different rhythms together. One group (for example, the one playing quarter notes) starts, the other groups join in gradually.
  • Different tempos could be explored - try playing faster or slower!

🕐 5 min - Exercise 2 - Identifying Rhythms

  • Play the selected song. Make sure the notation of rhythm lines is visible (select 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals').
  • Ask students to identify the different rhythm note values.

🕐 10 min - Exercise 3 - Clap along the song

  • Mute the harmonic section in the 'Sound Controls' menu, solo only the rhythm parts that contain the basic note values.
  • Divide students into groups and assign each of them a specific rhythm part (first rhythm line, second rhythm line, etc.).
  • Students practice performing their assigned rhythmic part on percussion instruments or body percussion. Tempo can be adjusted as needed
  • After practicing, each group will demonstrate their rhythmic part for the class.
  • The class puts all rhythmic parts together with the full track.

 

Reflection

🕐 3 min - Discussion

  • What rhythm values did you learn?
  • Which rhythm lines were the easiest/most challenging to play? Why?

 

Beyond the Lesson

  • Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
    • Trying to learn the rhythm parts of another suggested song.
    • Giving the chatbot classes “Master the Rhythm I-IV” to them as a homework;
      • Capture.PNG Capture.PNG
      Capture.PNG Capture.PNG

Summary

This lesson is about basic rhythm notes, their shapes and values - students will use the online class ‘Get to know the ‘rhythm pyramid’’ with robot chatbot guidance as home assignment. Students will learn about the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes by exploring the ‘rhythm pyramid’ and testing themselves in the quizzes. This class is based on listening, counting beats and recognizing note shapes - no need to use rhythm instruments. Lesson consists of setting up the online class, inspiring part, home assignment with explanation what will happen in the chatbot class and knowledge test (the test can also be held in the beginning of the next lesson).

 

⏰ Time: 45 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Goals:

  • Bar (measure)
  • Beats in the bar
  • Basic note names, shapes, values
  • Rhythm pyramid - relation between notes
  • Understanding different musical elements and building blocks;

🎼 Cross-curricular element: Instrument groups; Math; 

💡 Prior Knowledge: Bar; Beat;

💻 Teaching aids:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser 
  • 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:

  • We recommend Google Hangouts, you can read how to set it up and download it here.

 

Visual presentation

 

Song suggestions:

 

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 whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes.

🕐 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

🕐 10 min - Tell about the ‘rhythm pyramid’ and hierarchy of basic rhythm notes

  • Explain the ‘rhythm pyramid’ and explain to students what are the functions of rhythm and basic elements of it;
  • Look at different rhythm values and how they compare to each other:
    • How many eighth notes fit in a quarter note?
    • How many sixteenth notes fit in a half note?
  • Discuss note names in different countries (the chatbot class will contain U.S. note names);
  • Explain what the bar (measure) is. Explain that most songs contain 4 beats in the bar.

 

Practice

  • Lead students to the Classes section in Solfeg.io;
  • Show them where the “Master the Rhythm I-IV” classes are located;
  • Tell them to take the classes to learn more about the fundamentals of rhythm (30 min)!
    • Capture.PNG Capture.PNG
    Capture.PNG Capture.PNG

 

Reflection

Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!

  • Share your screen with the students and use our presentation as a supplementary file!

Visual presentation

Summary

Students will learn basic rhythm notes, their shapes and values. They will explore the structure of the 'rhythm pyramid' and learn its rhythmical subdivisions: the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, as well as the corresponding rests. Students will learn to identify simple rhythms and clap along the song (they can also use rhythm instruments).

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 5-12

🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...

  • Understand the 'rhythm pyramid' and the relation between notes;
  • Understand the concepts of bar (measure) and beat;
  • Identify the basic rhythm notes and rests: whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth;
  • Clap simple rhythms (or play on rhythm instruments);
  • Understand the different musical elements and building blocks.

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Basic pulse

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI
  • Percussion instruments (optional)

 

Visual presentation

 

Song suggestions:

 

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

 

Inspiration

🕐 5 min - Pyramids in general

  • Ask your students general questions about pyramids:
    • What does the shape of pyramid look like?
    • Have you learnt about it in geometry?
    • Are you familiar with the famous Egyptian pyramids?

🕐 2 min - Introducing the song

  • Choose a song from the ‘Song suggestions’ list, for example, ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. Tell your students about the song! You can pick some facts from the song description.
  • Make sure 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals' is selected. Play a fragment of the song to introduce the different rhythm notes.

 

Warm-Up

🕐 10 min - Theory

  • Explain what a bar (measure) is.
  • Tell about the 'rhythm pyramid' (also called 'note tree') and the hierarchy of basic rhythm notes. Explain to students the functions of rhythm and basic elements of it.
  • Discuss the note names in the U.S. and U.K.

 

Practice

🕐 5 min - Exercise 1 - 'Rhythm pyramid' comes alive

  • Divide students in 5 groups (or select 5 individual students).
  • Assign each of them a different rhythmical value (the whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes).
  • Each of the groups/students chooses a playing style which fits their assigned rhythmical value. The students can clap, play on different surfaces or use any simple rhythm instruments available.
  • Groups then build the pyramid, playing the different rhythms together. One group (for example, the one playing quarter notes) starts, the other groups join in gradually.
  • Different tempos could be explored - try playing faster or slower!

🕐 5 min - Exercise 2 - Identifying Rhythms

  • Play the selected song. Make sure the notation of rhythm lines is visible (select 'Notation' under 'Tools' - 'Visuals').
  • Ask students to identify the different rhythm note values.

🕐 10 min - Exercise 3 - Clap along the song

  • Mute the harmonic section in the 'Sound Controls' menu, solo only the rhythm parts that contain the basic note values.
  • Divide students into groups and assign each of them a specific rhythm part (first rhythm line, second rhythm line, etc.).
  • Students practice performing their assigned rhythmic part on percussion instruments or body percussion. Tempo can be adjusted as needed
  • After practicing, each group will demonstrate their rhythmic part for the class.
  • The class puts all rhythmic parts together with the full track.

 

Reflection

🕐 3 min - Discussion

  • What rhythm values did you learn?
  • Which rhythm lines were the easiest/most challenging to play? Why?

 

Beyond the Lesson

  • Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
    • Trying to learn the rhythm parts of another suggested song.
    • Giving the chatbot classes “Master the Rhythm I-IV” to them as a homework;
      • Capture.PNG Capture.PNG
      Capture.PNG Capture.PNG

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