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ACDS Keyboard Music Elective
Title: KEYS TO THE BAND
Topic: KEYBOARD
STUDIES
Subject/Course: MUSIC ELECTIVE
Grade: 6,7,8
Designer(s): WILLIAM CAPPS
Stage 1- Desired Results
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
NS2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
NS3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
NS5. Reading and notating music.
NS6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
NS7. Evaluating music and music performances.
NS9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Understandings: Students will understand that…
Essential Questions:
The underpinning of most western music, and all
western popular music is the harmonic progression,
which consists of a fairly predictable chord order,
which then follows a harmonic rhythm.
How are pop/rock/hip hop songs constructed?
Are there patterns to be found in musical composition?
How does one build a chord?
How do I play it?
What is a harmonic progression?
How do I play it?
What does the chord progression have to do with the
character/quality of the music.
The melody is sung over the chord changes, or
harmonic progression.
Students will know:
Students will be able to …
How to build a chord on any note of a scale.
The meaning of:
Play 3 note chords in the left hand.
Arpeggiate 3 note chords with both hands.
Play dominant 7 chords, minor 7 chords, and major 7
chords with the left hand.
Play multiple chord progressions associated with the
pieces studied by the class and the piece(s) chosen by
the student.
Arpeggiate chord progressions chosen by the teacher.
Invent progressions under theoretical guidance.
I ii iii IV V vi viio I
I IV V7 I
I VI IV V I
i vi iv V i
How to decipher a chord chart on Piano/vocal/ guitar
sheet music or lyric/chord sheet, or lead sheet, and
apply it to the keyboard.
How to find the harmonic rhythm of a piece of music.
How to transpose on a website or on a keyboard.
Performance Tasks:
Stage 2- Assessment Evidence
Other Evidence:
Begin chord building.
Play chord progression
Read Chord chart from Piano guitar vocal score of
Let It Be.
Align chords with lyrics
Choose own song(s)
Learn progressions
Play and sing song(s) using only chord progressions
Create a setlist out of classmates’ and one’s own
musical selections. Justify order in creating set list.
Attention to classmates’ work
Detail orientation to reading and playing
Creativity in musical choices
Dedication to mastery of physical skills.
Stage 3- Learning Plan
W: Learn chords built on each note of the C major scale.
Learn chords built on each note of the a minor scale.
Arppegiate them.
Learn arpeggiated two-hand chord progression in C major independent of sheet music:
I vi IV ii IV iii IV V I vii IV ii IV V I
Beatles-Let It Be
Teach the three chords associated with Let It Be in C major.
Have children choose music and arrange it to suit their level.
Give individual attention to each child as they work through their piece.
If possible, arrange to have the music available to each child through technology, so they can access it regularly
as they attempt to master it.
At the end of the elective, have a performance.
H: Have the children choose pop music from their personal sound track. Cull it to find a playable piece with
chords that are at the appropriate level of difficulty.
E: Students are able to work with headphones on. Make sure they have physical facility with the chords
required by their musical piece. Ensure they are able to translate chord charts into chords on the keyboard.
R: Change pieces as needed. Add pieces for advanced students. Simplify harmonic progressions as required.
E: Discuss with students what the sounds of their progressions have to do with the chosen work. Discover
whether children can perform to tempo.
T: Choose music that suits the capabilities and interests of each child. The isolation of the keyboard studio
enables each student to pursue their own project at their own speed.
O: