student keyboards for practice. Each riff is being sent to the "MELODY REC" track of key-
boards.
Lesson Completed
3. Improvise - At The Hop (Song 43)
A. Play first phrase of melody. Play again, changing a few notes or changing rhythm. Ask students to:
• identify changes.
• imitate variation.
Repeat activity changing other aspects of melody.
Note: Introduce the term "improvise" (spontaneous creating, making something up as you go).
B. Split - Treble Speakers Off Play Accompaniment At The Hop. Allow partners to:
• practice improvising melody.
• play improvisations. Speakers On
Split - Reset Lesson Completed
S. Synthsesis: Improvise – 12 Bar Blues Melody & Accompaniment
A. Fingered Accomp. Have students:
• create/record their own 12 bar blues accompaniment with 50’s or Rock style (use ACCOMP
REC).
• improvise melody with new accompaniment.
• record/play improvisation (use MELODY REC). Speakers On
• perform for class.
Split - Reset Lesson Completed
R. Review
A. Note Monitor Create a variation to melody of At The Hop by changing notes or rhythms. Ask stu-
dents to:
• identify change(s).
• practice entering “black” = melody, “white” = rhythm, “both” = rhythm & melody.
B. Create a melody with or without blue notes. Have students:
• practice entering “black” = blue notes used, “white” = blue notes not used.
Review Completed
Opus 38
Modes & Sequence
MODES & SEQUENCE – Pitch/Melody & Harmony:
Melodies and harmony may include notes diatonically,
and may move sequentially.
- diatonic triads, diatonic scale, mode
- diatonic triads, diatonic scale, mode
Repertoire: Ah Vous Dirais-Je Maman à la Mode, Taste of Honey,How Dare You, Holst Second Suite in
F, Scarborough Fair, Old Joe Clark, Fugue from “Chamber Music For Four B-Flat Clarinets”, Rhapsody
in Blue, Dueling Banjos, Do Re Mi, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Come To The Sea
Repertoire: Ah Vous Dirais-Je Maman à la Mode, Taste of Honey,How Dare You, Holst Second Suite in
F, Scarborough Fair, Old Joe Clark, Fugue from “Chamber Music For Four B-Flat Clarinets”, Rhapsody
in Blue, Dueling Banjos, Do Re Mi, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Come To The Sea
National Standards:
1. NS
2. NS
3. NS
4. NS
5. NS
S. NS
R. NS
State/Local Standards:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
S.
R.
Sequence of Activities:
1. Listen, Analyze & Play – Ah Vous Dirais-Je Maman à la Mode (Song 46)
A. Play Version A Ah Vous Dirais-Je Maman à la Mode (A). Have students:
• identify key signature as C major.
B. Play Version B Ah Vous Dirais-Je Maman à la Mode (B). Have students:
• identify key signature as C major.
• identify first note of melody as second degree of C Major scale (D).
• discuss change in melody with new home tone.
• discuss how song sounds “minor”, but has raised 6
th
.
Option: Introduce term “Dorian Mode”.
C. Play Version C Ah Vous Dirais-Je Maman à la Mode (C). Have students:
• identify key signature as C major.
• identify first note of melody as fifth degree of C major scale (G).
• discuss change in melody with new home tone.
• discuss that song sounds “major”, but has lowered 7
th
.
Option: Introduce term “Mixolydian Mode”.
D. Normal Mode Encourage students to:
• take turns practicing versions.
• experiment playing in new modes (starting on E, F, A or B).
• discuss.
Note: Remind students to use all white keys – C major key signature.
Option: Introduce terms “Phrygian, Lydian, Aeolian and Locrian Modes”. Note: Aeolian = Natural
minor.
Split Mode Lesson Completed
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