Chrome Music Lab 1-5: Major Scale Melody and Harmony

Using Chrome Music Lab's Song Maker over two class sessions, students build an 8-bar chord progression from a table of common progressions, then compose melody, harmony and percussion parts.
Year groups
Years 7–9 (Key Stage 3)
File type
Microsoft Word
Editable
Yes

Updated Nov 03, 2022

Subject
Music, Art, Creative Arts
Topic
Music Lesson, Chrome Music Lab
Resource types
Activities
Editable
Yes

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This is a Chrome Music Lab 1-5: Major Scale Melody and Harmony.

This music lab will provide step by step directions for students to follow along with.

This is a great interactive lesson for your music students.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Compose a melody over a chord progression

  • Write a harmony part that fits a melody

  • Add a percussion part to complete a composition

Teaching tips

  • Students save a work-in-progress link on Day 1 and reopen it on Day 2, so the link box on the sheet is where that record lives.

  • Each student needs a device with internet access to reach the Song Maker website.

Skills covered

  • Chord progression writing — building a new 8-bar progression in Song Maker

  • Harmony writing — choosing among listed harmony options to layer a second part

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