Want a quick and easy way to help your students identify the inversion and root of any triad? Check out this "2 Minute Teaching Tip!"
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Want a quick and easy way to help your students identify the inversion and root of any triad? Check out this "2 Minute Teaching Tip!" Click "read more" to watch the video!
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Do you have a hard time getting your students "on a roll" after Christmas break? I know I do! This month I have been brainstorming ways to make practice and review in our lessons just a bit more fun. So I had a thought--how about turning some of these activities into a game using dice? Today I am sharing a fun "roll the dice" worksheet that helps students to review intervals and draw them on the staff. Use the dice from your favorite board game, or search "google dice" and use a virtual set of dice to complete this worksheet! I know I just shared a whole list of Christmas resources in my last blog post, but I created these "Christmas Jumble" worksheets for my holiday group class today and I had to share! My students got a big kick out of playing the "jumbled" versions of their favorite Christmas songs and trying to sing the lyrics out of order.
These worksheets are a fun way to get students drawing notes correctly on the staff and reviewing the notational rules of stem directions and drawing accidentals. Once students have unscrambled the measures and written them on the staff, you can challenge them to:
When it comes to holiday music, Thanksgiving often seems to be overlooked. There are hundreds of well-known Christmas songs--yet how many songs can you think of that are associated with Thanksgiving? Today's freebie features a classic tune whose lyrics were inspired by a Thanksgiving poem. In 1844, author Lydia Maria Child wrote a poem entitled "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day" inspired by her childhood memories of visiting her grandfather's house. This poem was later paired with a traditional tune to create the song we now know as "Over the River and Through the Woods," which is often sung during the holiday season. Today I am sharing a lead sheet activity featuring this famous tune that gives your students a chance to practice their harmonizing skills! This tune can be harmonized using just the primary chords in the key of C major: I, IV, and V7. To complete this worksheet, students will play the given melody, then choose the primary chord that they think works best and write it on the lines provided above the staff. Each primary chord will be used more than once. Once students have filled in their chosen chords, they can play the complete song and experiment with a variety of left hand accompaniment patterns, such as blocked, broken, or waltz-style chords. More advanced students might also enjoy the extra challenge of transposing this tune, along with their chosen primary chords, to a different key. Click HERE or on the picture above to download your free copy of this Thanksgiving lead sheet! What do you think? Will you be assigning any special activities for Thanksgiving this year? I'd love to hear from you in the comments! |
AuthorChrissy Ricker is a pianist, teacher, and composer from North Carolina. These are her thoughts on teaching, composing, and all things music. Looking for teaching ideas related to a specific topic? Use the "search" feature or scroll down to see blog posts organized by category!
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