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BATTLE OF THE BANDS Rachel Atlas rfatlas@cps

BATTLE OF THE BANDS Rachel Atlas rfatlas@cps.edu. 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.

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS Rachel Atlas rfatlas@cps

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  1. BATTLE OF THE BANDS Rachel Atlas rfatlas@cps.edu

  2. PEDAGOGY Unit 1: Guitar Unit 2: Keyboard Unit 3: Adding in the Bass and the Drums Unit 4: Battle of the Bands

  3. UNIT 1: GUITAR • 1. Em, E, Am, and A • 2. C, D, F, and G • 3. Chord Progression of a chosen song

  4. UNIT 2: KEYBOARD • 1. Teach “C” position with both hands so they learn finger numbers and basic music notation • 2. Chords with only white keys • 3. Chords with white and black keys

  5. UNIT 3: BASS AND PERCUSSION • 1. Teach how to read a bass chart and show how they correlate to the strings and frets • 2. Demonstrate the “back beat” and have students who want to drum try it • 3. DRUM AUDITIONS: Select 1 student to be your class drummer and one back-up drummer

  6. UNIT 4: BATTLE OF THE BANDS • 1. Instrument choice with direction of teacher • 2. VOCALIST AUDITIONS: Make sure you select wisely if your students will be holding a microphone • 3. Putting it all together: Have students vote on a song (do not let different classes play the same song

  7. National and Illinois State Standards (FUN FUN FUN!) • National Standards: • 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music • 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music • 5. Reading and notating music • 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music • 7. Evaluating music and music performances • Illinois State Standards: • 25. Know the language of the arts • 26. Through creating and performing, understand how works of arts are produced

  8. Good Song Options • 1. Safe and Sound by Capital Cities • 2. Demons by Imagine Dragons • 3. Counting Stars by One Republic • 4. Radioactive by Imagine Dragons • 5. 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

  9. Let Her Go by Passenger • 8th graders performing on Stage in Battle of the Bands

  10. Bring Me To Life by Evanescence • 8th grade keyboard soloist in Battle of the Bands

  11. Safe and Sound by Capital Cities • 5th graders rehearsing in classroom

  12. When I was Your Man by Bruno Mars • 7th graders rehearsing in classroom

  13. TIME TO JAM • Jump on an instrument of choice • Grab a chart for “Let Her Go” by Passenger • Verse Chord Progression: (2 counts/chord) EmC D BmEm C D7 D Chorus Chord Progression C G D Em C G D7 D

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