Mix and match activities to create a fun lesson in which students will learn how to read guitar tabs. They will practice playing a short popular melody from tabs and trying to guess the song.
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🕐 Time: 10 min
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🎲 Activity:
The six horizontal lines represent the strings. The highest sounding string (the 1st or the E string) is located at the top - like when you're viewing your guitar from above while holding it in playing position!
The numbers represent the frets.
🕐 Time: 10 min
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🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 10 min
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🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
1. “As It Was” by Harry Styles
2. “Infinity” by Jaymes Young
3. “Happy Birthday”, traditional song
4. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
5. “Riptide” by Vance Joy
6. “Drivers license” by Olivia Rodrigo
🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
Ask these questions to the class and have a short discussion
🕐 Time: 3 min
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🎲 Activity:
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by…
In this lesson, students will learn how to read guitar tabs. They will practice playing a short popular melody from tabs and trying to guess the 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: 40 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson, students will be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 10 min - Guitar tabs
The six horizontal lines represent the strings. The highest sounding string (the 1st or the E string) is located at the top - like when you're viewing your guitar from above while holding it in playing position!
The numbers represent the frets.
🕐 10 min - Try it out
🕐 15 min - Guess the song!
1. “As It Was” by Harry Styles
2. “Infinity” by Jaymes Young
3. “Happy Birthday”, traditional song
4. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
5. “Riptide” by Vance Joy
6. “Drivers license” by Olivia Rodrigo
🕐 5 min - Discussion
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by…