battle of the bands rachel atlas rfatlas@cps
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BATTLE OF THE BANDS Rachel Atlas [email protected]. PEDAGOGY. Unit 1: Guitar Unit 2: Keyboard Unit 3: Adding in the Bass and the Drums Unit 4: Battle of the Bands. UNIT 1: GUITAR. 1. Em , E, Am, and A 2. C , D, F, and G 3. Chord Progression of a chosen song. UNIT 2: KEYBOARD. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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BATTLE OF THE BANDSRachel [email protected]
PEDAGOGYUnit 1: GuitarUnit 2: KeyboardUnit 3: Adding in the Bass and the DrumsUnit 4: Battle of the Bands
UNIT 1: GUITAR1. Em, E, Am, and A2. C, D, F, and G3. Chord Progression of a chosen song
UNIT 2: KEYBOARD1. Teach C position with both hands so they learn finger numbers and basic music notation2. Chords with only white keys3. Chords with white and black keys
UNIT 3: BASS AND PERCUSSION1. Teach how to read a bass chart and show how they correlate to the strings and frets2. Demonstrate the back beat and have students who want to drum try it3. DRUM AUDITIONS: Select 1 student to be your class drummer and one back-up drummer
UNIT 4: BATTLE OF THE BANDS1. Instrument choice with direction of teacher2. VOCALIST AUDITIONS: Make sure you select wisely if your students will be holding a microphone3. Putting it all together: Have students vote on a song (do not let different classes play the same song
National and Illinois State Standards (FUN FUN FUN!)National Standards:1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music5. Reading and notating music6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music7. Evaluating music and music performancesIllinois State Standards:25. Know the language of the arts26. Through creating and performing, understand how works of arts are produced
Good Song Options1. Safe and Sound by Capital Cities 2. Demons by Imagine Dragons 3. Counting Stars by One Republic 4. Radioactive by Imagine Dragons5. Hall of Fame by The Script 6. When I was Your Man by Bruno Mars 7. Iris by The GooGoo Dolls 8. Grenade by Bruno Mars 9. Bring Me To Life be Evanescence 10. Let Her Go by The Passenger
Let Her Go by Passenger
8th graders performing on Stage in Battle of the Bands
Bring Me To Life by Evanescence
8th grade keyboard soloist in Battle of the Bands
Safe and Sound by Capital Cities5th graders rehearsing inclassroom
When I was Your Man by Bruno Mars7th gradersrehearsing inclassroom
TIME TO JAMJump on an instrument of choiceGrab a chart for Let Her Go by PassengerVerse Chord Progression: (2 counts/chord)Em CD Bm Em CD7 DChorus Chord ProgressionC G D Em C G D7 D