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Summary

Students will learn about music careers surrounding them in everyday life. They will explore the importance of artists - singers, instrumentalists and lyricists. For additional learning, we recommend giving ‘Modern Music Careers I & II’ classes as homework to explore trendy musical professions right now!

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 4-6

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

  • Understand the importance of music in their everyday life
  • Know of many options for music careers
  • Appreciate and acknowledge the impact that music careers have on society

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Basic signs and symbols
  • Experience playing their instrument
  • Knowledge of how to read notes

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI

 

Song suggestions:

 

Inspiration

🕐 5 min

  • Play one of the suggested songs to your students!
  • Tell them some facts about the songs using the song description by using Solfeg.io
  • Ask their opinion about the song and create a short discussion.

 

Warm-Up

🕐 10 min

  • Create a brainstorm with your students: Where do you hear music in your life?
  • Write down the answers that students tell you and encourage them to start small. Think about where they hear it:
    • at their house,
    • at school,
    • in the community,
    • online, etc.
  • Once you feel like they have provided enough answers, go back with a different colour marker and post the questions:
    • Where does that music come from?
    • Who makes the music that you hear?
    • What is the job title of the person who made that music?

 

Practice

🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:

  • Listen to the first song on the suggested song list with students.
  • Ask students:
    • Who is the person singing this song?
    • What is their job?
    • What do you think they have to do to prepare for their job?
    • What do you think a day looks like for their job?
  • Then, ask your students to do their job. Use the features on Solfeg.io to mute the vocals so that only the instruments are playing. Ask students to see if they can keep up and sing along with the song.

🕐 8 min - Exercise 2:

  • Play the same song from Exercise 1 and again, using the features of Solfeg.io and this time only play the vocals of the song.
  • Ask students:
    • What’s missing?
    • What do we need to add to the song?
  • Explain to students the role of the instrumentalists in music and continue to ask them some of the same questions from Exercise 1. Then, play the song again but this time mute the instruments and have students act as the instrumentalists.

🕐 7 min - Exercise 3:

  • Play the song one last time but have the lyrics pulled up on the screen for students to see.
  • Ask students:
    • What is this song about?
    • How do you know?
    • Who do you think wrote this?
    • What is their job title?
  • As a class, take the chorus of the song and work with students to write their own chorus about the topic of their choice. Then using Solfeg.io features, mute the vocals and have students sing and play their new chorus!

 

Reflection

🕐 5 min - Q & A

  • Select students to answer the following questions:
    • What did you learn about careers in music?
    • Are careers in music important to your life?
    • Would you consider a career in music yourself?

 

Beyond the Lesson

  • Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
    • Ask students to look up more career paths that involve music
    • Put up a bulletin board to display all the different careers in music

 

Summary

This lesson is about music careers – students will use the online class “Modern Music Careers I & II” with chatbot guidance to practice during the online lesson. The lesson consists of setting up the online class, explaining the lesson fundamentals, and guiding your students to do practical exercises with the help of a chatbot. Students will learn about trendy and popular music careers right now.

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 4-12

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

  • Understand the importance of music in their everyday life
  • Know of many options for music careers
  • Appreciate and acknowledge the impact that music careers have on society

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Basic signs and symbols
  • Experience playing their instrument
  • Knowledge of how to read notes

💻 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.

 

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 accidentals.

🕐 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.

 

Inspiration

🕐 5 min - Q & A

  • Select students to answer the questions:
    • Have you thought about what you want to be when you grow up?
    • Do you consider having a career in music?
    • What are the most common careers in music?

 

Warm-Up

🕐 10 min

  • Select students to answer the questions: Where do you hear music in your life?
  • Think about where they hear it:
    • at their house,
    • at school,
    • in the community,
    • online, etc.
  • Once you feel like they have provided enough answers, ask more questions:
    • Where does that music come from?
    • Who makes the music that you hear?
    • What is the job title of the person who made that music?

 

Practice

  • Lead students to the Classes section in Solfeg.io;
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  • Show them where the “Modern Music Careers” classes are located;
  • Tell them to take both classes to learn more about trendy and popular professions in the world of music (30 min)!

 

Reflection

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

🕐 10 min - Exercise 1

  • Select students to answer the questions:
    • What professions did you look at in the classes?
    • Had you ever heard of them?
    • Which profession was your favourite?
    • Would any of you like to have careers in those fields?

 

Beyond the Lesson

  • Ask students to make an elaborate project about one career path/profession in the field of music.

 

Summary

Students will learn about music careers surrounding them in everyday life. They will explore the importance of artists - singers, instrumentalists and lyricists. For additional learning, we recommend giving ‘Modern Music Careers I & II’ classes as homework to explore trendy musical professions right now!

 

⏰ Time: 40 min

🎓 Grades: 4-6

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

  • Understand the importance of music in their everyday life
  • Know of many options for music careers
  • Appreciate and acknowledge the impact that music careers have on society

💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

  • Basic signs and symbols
  • Experience playing their instrument
  • Knowledge of how to read notes

💻 Materials:

  • Solfeg.io app best used with Chrome browser
  • Projector or computer and access to WIFI

 

Song suggestions:

 

Inspiration

🕐 5 min

  • Play one of the suggested songs to your students!
  • Tell them some facts about the songs using the song description by using Solfeg.io
  • Ask their opinion about the song and create a short discussion.

 

Warm-Up

🕐 10 min

  • Create a brainstorm with your students: Where do you hear music in your life?
  • Write down the answers that students tell you and encourage them to start small. Think about where they hear it:
    • at their house,
    • at school,
    • in the community,
    • online, etc.
  • Once you feel like they have provided enough answers, go back with a different colour marker and post the questions:
    • Where does that music come from?
    • Who makes the music that you hear?
    • What is the job title of the person who made that music?

 

Practice

🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:

  • Listen to the first song on the suggested song list with students.
  • Ask students:
    • Who is the person singing this song?
    • What is their job?
    • What do you think they have to do to prepare for their job?
    • What do you think a day looks like for their job?
  • Then, ask your students to do their job. Use the features on Solfeg.io to mute the vocals so that only the instruments are playing. Ask students to see if they can keep up and sing along with the song.

🕐 8 min - Exercise 2:

  • Play the same song from Exercise 1 and again, using the features of Solfeg.io and this time only play the vocals of the song.
  • Ask students:
    • What’s missing?
    • What do we need to add to the song?
  • Explain to students the role of the instrumentalists in music and continue to ask them some of the same questions from Exercise 1. Then, play the song again but this time mute the instruments and have students act as the instrumentalists.

🕐 7 min - Exercise 3:

  • Play the song one last time but have the lyrics pulled up on the screen for students to see.
  • Ask students:
    • What is this song about?
    • How do you know?
    • Who do you think wrote this?
    • What is their job title?
  • As a class, take the chorus of the song and work with students to write their own chorus about the topic of their choice. Then using Solfeg.io features, mute the vocals and have students sing and play their new chorus!

 

Reflection

🕐 5 min - Q & A

  • Select students to answer the following questions:
    • What did you learn about careers in music?
    • Are careers in music important to your life?
    • Would you consider a career in music yourself?

 

Beyond the Lesson

  • Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
    • Ask students to look up more career paths that involve music
    • Put up a bulletin board to display all the different careers in music

 

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