Students will improve their basic harmonic sense and learn the fundamentals of voice leading by singing and playing the root notes of the chords. They will learn to follow the chord symbols and create the melody of root notes of a given chord progression. Students will practice writing staff notation, as well as singing and playing along the song to understand how the root notes move within the tonality/mode.
⏰ Time: 50 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Teaching aids:
🕐 5 min - Introduce the song
🕐 10 min - Tell about the root notes
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1 - To the roots
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2 - A chord by chance
🕐 10 min - Exercise 3 - Build and progress
🕐 5 min - Discussion
This lesson is about improving basic harmonic sense and shows the fundamentals of voice leading by singing the root notes of the chords. Students will use the online class “Root Notes of Chords” with robot chatbot guidance. In this class, students will learn to create and sing the melody of the root notes to understand how the root notes move within the tonality/mode (optional: if students have harmonic instruments at home, they can also play root notes, instead of singing).
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Teaching aids:
!!! 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.
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A cover of
Dance Monkey
TONES AND I
A cover of
I'm Yours
JASON MRAZ
A cover of
Still Falling For You
ELLIE GOULDING
🕐 5 min - Announcement for Students
🕐 5 min - Setting up an online classroom
🕐 5 min - Explain the song
🕐 10 min - Tell about the root notes
Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!
🕐 10 min - Test the knowledge of students
This lesson is about improving basic harmonic sense and shows the fundamentals of voice leading by singing the root notes of the chords. Students will use the online class “Root Notes of Chords” with robot chatbot guidance. In this class, students will learn to create and sing the melody of the root notes to understand how the root notes move within the tonality/mode (optional: if students have harmonic instruments at home, they can also play root notes, instead of singing).
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Teaching aids:
!!! 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:
🕐 5 min - Announcement for Students
🕐 5 min - Setting up an online classroom
🕐 5 min - Explain the song
🕐 10 min - Tell about the root notes
Check if your students understood the material by testing their knowledge at the start of next lesson!
🕐 10 min - Test the knowledge of students
Students will improve their basic harmonic sense and learn the fundamentals of voice leading by singing and playing the root notes of the chords. They will learn to follow the chord symbols and create the melody of root notes of a given chord progression. Students will practice writing staff notation, as well as singing and playing along the song to understand how the root notes move within the tonality/mode.
⏰ Time: 50 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Teaching aids:
🕐 5 min - Introduce the song
🕐 10 min - Tell about the root notes
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1 - To the roots
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2 - A chord by chance
🕐 10 min - Exercise 3 - Build and progress
🕐 5 min - Discussion