Mix and match activities to create a fun lesson about playing piano with both hands. You can find more activities about this topic here.
🎲 What’s included in the activities:
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🕐 Time: 10 min
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🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 10 min
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🎶 Recommended Songs:
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Tip: If students are unfamiliar with chord/bassline relationships, explain to them that if you play the G chord with your right hand, you will also have to simultaneously play a G bassline with your left hand. If you play the Em chord - the E bassline. For the C chord - C bassline. This should help students to see the parallels and the connections between the right and left hand parts.
Tip 1: if you see some students struggling to change the chords, tell them to skip the repetition part of each chord. This way, the sequence becomes: G-pause-Em-pause -C-pause-G-pause, and the students have more time to switch between chords and find them.
Tip 2: Press the minus button on Solfeg.io one more time - it will slow down the audio even more.
🕐 Time: 10 min
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🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 5 min
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🕐 Time: 5 min
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How was your performance?
How was it to combine both hands while playing? Was it easier to play with your right or left hand? Why?
Would you like to learn other parts of this song (singing, percussions, ukulele, guitar)?
🕐 Time: 3 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by…
Students will learn to play the bassline with their left hand, combine them together with the and play along with a song.
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons and add additional activities (see 'Activities' section). If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 1-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Reflect
Can you tell me the names of the 3 chords you learned last time? (G, Em, C)
Can you tell me the keys of the G chord? (G, B, D)
Can you tell me the keys of the Em chord? (E, G, B)
Can you tell me the keys of the C chord? (C, E, G)
Can you tell me which parts of the song we practiced last time? (Intro and Verse 1)
🕐 10 min - Exercise 1 - Three Basslines
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2 - Left AND Right?!
Tip: If students are unfamiliar with chord/bassline relationships, explain to them that if you play the G chord with your right hand, you will also have to simultaneously play a G bassline with your left hand. If you play the Em chord - the E bassline. For the C chord - C bassline. This should help students to see the parallels and the connections between the right and left hand parts.
Tip 1: if you see some students struggling to change the chords, tell them to skip the repetition part of each chord. This way, the sequence becomes: G-pause-Em-pause -C-pause-G-pause, and the students have more time to switch between chords and find them.
Tip 2: Press the minus button on Solfeg.io one more time - it will slow down the audio even more.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 3 - Hurry Up
🕐 5 min - Exercise 4 - Perform
🕐 5 min - Discussion