How to use a song to teach music elements

In the introduction to lesson 2, we discuss how to use a song to teach specific music elements.

Music elements can include pulse, tempo, pitch, dynamics and composition.

Download the lesson plan for lesson 2 and watch the video below.

Lesson 2 learning objectives:

• To identify and show the pitch levels of a phrase
• To use the tone-set me – ray – doh (m-r-d) to sing song phrases, to use memory recall and to improvise
• To compose using ‘human notation’