Mix and match activities to create a fun lesson about modern careers in music. Integrate Solfeg.io in teaching about such jobs as a singer, instrumentalist, songwriter, music producer, playlist creator, video game composer and mixing engineer.
🎲 What’s included in the activities:
💻 Materials:
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
at their house,
at school,
in the community,
online, etc.
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?
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Songs:
🎲 Activity:
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?
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Songs:
🎲 Activity:
What’s missing?
What do we need to add to the song?
What instruments do you hear in this song?
Who is the person playing 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?
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Songs:
🎲 Activity:
What is this song about?
How do you know?
Who do you think wrote this?
What is their job title?
🕐 Time: 15 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Songs:
🎲 Activity:
The banjo part of “Old Town Road” is sampled from Nine Inch Nails' 2008 track “34 Ghosts IV”.
“Bad Liar” borrows its bass line from Talking Heads' 1977 track “Psycho Killer”.
The hook of “Death Bed” samples “Coffee”, a 2017 track by singer-songwriter beabadoobee.
“Feel It Still” uses the vocal melody of the Marvelettes' 1961 hit “Please Mr. Postman”.
To explore other techniques music producers use, assign the quiz “Modern Careers I” to students.
🕐 Time: 15 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Songs:
🎲 Activity:
Do they tend to listen to separate songs, albums, pre-made playlists or create playlists on their own?
A playlist is a list of songs that is made to be played sequentially or in a shuffle order.
When you see millions of songs available to listen to, making the final decision can be hard.
It is much easier to choose a certain style or mood than to choose a specific song.
What's the genre of the song?
Who is the original artist of the song?
If you were to include this song in a playlist, what other songs would you add?
What would be the name of the playlist?
What's the difference between both songs you just heard?
Would you put them both in one playlist?
🕐 Time: 15 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
Which one is their favorite?
Can you imagine how a video game would sound without any special sound effects?
🕐 Time: 15 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
When different instruments are recorded separately, they need to be mixed together so that the song sounds cohesive when you listen to it;
Mixing engineers make the song sound more like a live concert than a robotic mashup of instruments. Sometimes one instrument might feel more prominent in your left ear than in your right ear, while another instrument might have the opposite feel.
To become a mixing engineer, you should be passionate about both music and physics, as well as have good hearing - engineers concentrate on details rather than the big picture.
🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
What did you learn about careers in music?
Are careers in music important to your life?
Would you consider a career in music yourself?
Is sampling stealing? Why/why not?
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
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 and II’ quizzes as homework to explore trendy musical professions right now!
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons and add additional activities (see 'Activities' section). If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 10 min
at their house,
at school,
in the community,
online, etc.
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?
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:
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?
🕐 8 min - Exercise 2:
What’s missing?
What do we need to add to the song?
🕐 7 min - Exercise 3:
What is this song about?
How do you know?
Who do you think wrote this?
What is their job title?
🕐 5 min - Q'n'A
What did you learn about careers in music?
Are careers in music important to your life?
Would you consider a career in music yourself?
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
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 and II’ quizzes as homework to explore trendy musical professions right now!
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons and add additional activities (see 'Activities' section). If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 10 min
at their house,
at school,
in the community,
online, etc.
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?
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:
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?
🕐 8 min - Exercise 2:
What’s missing?
What do we need to add to the song?
🕐 7 min - Exercise 3:
What is this song about?
How do you know?
Who do you think wrote this?
What is their job title?
🕐 5 min - Q'n'A
What did you learn about careers in music?
Are careers in music important to your life?
Would you consider a career in music yourself?
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...
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 and II’ quizzes as homework to explore trendy musical professions right now!
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons and add additional activities (see 'Activities' section). If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 4-6
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 10 min
at their house,
at school,
in the community,
online, etc.
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?
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1:
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?
🕐 8 min - Exercise 2:
What’s missing?
What do we need to add to the song?
🕐 7 min - Exercise 3:
What is this song about?
How do you know?
Who do you think wrote this?
What is their job title?
🕐 5 min - Q'n'A
What did you learn about careers in music?
Are careers in music important to your life?
Would you consider a career in music yourself?
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by...