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Higher education music composition unit plans
Music Technology Curriculum: 12 Project Ideas | Year-long Bundle | Saves HOURS!
** Perfect for Distance Learning!** These projects were designed for the busy music teacher who needs help with starting or organizing a Music Technology course, or who simply wants to add some music tech or songwriting into the classes they already teach. The best part is, you do NOT have to be a professional sound engineer to teach these lessons! Enough project ideas/ material to use for a year-long course. JUST ADDED! Example videos of completed projects in the teacher resources section! In t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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GarageBand Music Tech Project 2: Get in the Loop
PROJECT #2 FROM MY BUNDLE**Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**This is a music technology project using GarageBand. Your students will learn about musical form and instrumentation of songs. They will compose their own song using the prerecorded loops that come with the GarageBand program. If you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links, videos, articles, etc.) I use to teach the projects. I also ha
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Pop Music Production: A Comprehensive Digital Music Unit
There are 3 main projects and over half a dozen stand alone lessons to provide context and clarity. It's intended for use with Google Classroom or other online platforms and is perfect for at-home or remote learning. Full of video tutorials, screen shots, and other "how-to's" it makes it easy for both the student AND the teacher to master this content. I taught this unit as a 5 week daily elective for 7th & 8th graders but it can be easily modified to suit your needs. The goal of the course
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rap Music Composition Unit
A great PBL unit for middle school or high school students who enjoy the Hip Hop genre! This unit was a HUGE success with my students! Note: There is an embedded slideshow link, fillable PDFs of the Listening Log and the Teacher Rubric, and printable PDFs for everything. Due to copyright reasons, I do not provide editable Google Slides. INCLUDES:-Slideshow of Project Directions: writing composition, music component, performance-Quickstart Teacher Summary-1 Page Student Project Directions-Rap Mus
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
OPERA MUSIC UNIT BOOKLET
OPERA MUSICDesigned for middle school - high school students, this product contains a student workbook complete with listening examples.The student workbook explores the types of opera music, types of opera singers, components and characteristics of opera and includes orchestral instrument/vocalist reviews, stories of famous composers listening games, listening analysis, listening comparison analysis charts, theme arrangement task, listening glyphs, short story task, scaffolded music composition
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
Includes 5 interactive PBL Units that are great for late elementary, middle, and high school music students. These units can fill at least 5 months of work!Instruments of the Orchestra Unit: students learn about instruments in the orchestra and then create a research project based upon an instrument of choice. Movie Music Unit: Listening, Analysis, & Composition: students learn about music in film, analyze pieces of music from film using a listening log, and create their own movie music comp
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Complete Full Year Music Theory Curriculum | Slides, Resources & Assessments
This complete & comprehensive Music Theory curriculum is a perfect resource for anyone looking to start, refresh, or upgrade a High School or Higher Ed level music theory course! Packed with curriculum maps, presentation slides and accompanying assignments, this AP aligned & student approved resource will help you make music theory come alive!This course curriculum is aligned with the Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory course and can be used to prepare students to successfully complet
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Song Exploder: Music Analysis and Podcast Creation | General Music Unit Project
This exciting unit project outline uses the format of the hit podcast series "Song Exploder" to help students explore modern music analysis and podcast creation! The 5-10 class period unit project gives students the opportunity to listen to and analyze modern music of their own choosing, ultimately creating a podcast episode based on their own song analysis!The 5 part outline walks students through the process of music analysis using guiding questions that helps scaffold in depth, well thought
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Podcasts in Music History: Student Podcast Creation | General Music Unit Project
This exciting project based learning unit outline challenges students to research and create their own unique music podcast episode based on a music related topic of their choosing! The 10-15 class period unit project helps scaffold student analysis of different musical styles, genres, and time periods, with the end result being a student generated podcast episode based on their research.A 7-part project outline is complete with guiding questions for student response that scaffold active music e
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Film Score Composition Unit
Film Score Composition Unit is a series of music lessons focused on music composition techniques in film, how character themes are inspired (adding literacy vocabulary into the mix), and how music can affect so much in film as a whole. The students will be given activities to do throughout the unit and a big project at the end, where they become the composers and make their OWN film score for scenes in a movie. This Film Score Composition Unit contains:ALL 7 lesson instructional Google Slides7 h
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Year Long Music Appreciation Class Lesson Plans and Units
Pop Song Composition Unit
A great PBL unit for middle school or high school students who are interested in creating their own pop song! Provides directions on writing lyrics, melody, and chords.Note: This product can be used both online or in person. There is an embedded slideshow link, fillable PDFs of the Listening Log and the Teacher Rubric, and printable PDFs for everything. Due to copyright reasons, I do not provide editable Google Slides.INCLUDES:-Slideshow of Project Directions: elements of a "good" pop song, typi
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: MUSIC PBL BUNDLE: 5 Large Units!
Composing & Remixing with Bandlab | Music Technology DAW Composition Project
Looking to incorporate music technology and modern composition into your music classroom? This exciting music composition unit project gives students the opportunity to use the free online Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) "BandLab" to compose and collaborate with classmates! This unit project is divided into two unique parts that can be used to address a plethora of topics and concepts in both music technology and music composition. In Part 1 of the project, students are composing and creating
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Grammy Award Winning Music Unit!
This unit is a wonderful way to expose your students to some Grammy winning music and also elicit High Order Group Thinking Activities! In this unit, students will learn what a grammy is and how a grammy is nominated and won. Students will look at the five nominees in a particular grammy category. Each nominee will be assigned to a group of students. After each group has listened to samples from their nominee they must form an argument for the class on why their nominee should be the winner with
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: 8 WEEK General Music Unit BUNDLE 6-12th Grade!!!!!! #3
Music Tech Project 1: Special FX
PROJECT # 1 FROM MY BUNDLEIn this music technology project your students will be creating an “audio drama” using prerecorded loops and sounds, mp3’s, and sound effects to tell a short, 60 second story. This project teaches a lot of the basic functions of using a DAW in a fun way! Download the free worksheet from my store to go along with this project. Special FX WorksheetIf you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links, vid
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Minor Scale Unit BUNDLE!
This is the best, simplest, most complete music theory unit on minor scales you'll ever do with your students.The lesson plan is a Google Slides presentation with teacher tips included to help kids study and assess their understanding. It was created with intermediate string orchestra students in mind, but can be used for band, chorus/choir, piano, guitar, percussion, or any other ensemble/theory class you teach!The presentation defines minor scales, gives musical examples, reviews order of shar
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Music Tech Project 8: MOViE to the Music
PROJECT #8 IN MY BUNDLE This is a music technology project using GarageBand. Your students will learn about how to work with video files in GarageBand as well as the role of music in the film industry through this fun and creative project! Please make sure that whichever DAW you use can do video as well as audio. **Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**If you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links,
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Chord Composition Curriculum | Chord Progressions And Roman Numeral Studies
WHAT IS INCLUDED:PowerPoint Files - Music Composition in C Major UnitPDF File - Music Composition in C Major Student PacketsPDF File - Treble & Bass Clef Notation Activities PDF File - Blank Staff Paper (C Major)PowerPoint Files - Music Composition in G Major UnitPDF File - Music Composition in G Major Student PacketsPDF File - Treble & Bass Clef Notation Activities (G Major)PDF File - Blank Staff Paper (G Major)PowerPoint Files - Music Composition in F Major UnitPDF File - Music Composi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Music Theory Curriculum | Music Composition | PRO |
Arranging Music (Unit Plan)
This is a 2-week unit plan based on learning to arrange music. There are 10 separate lessons outlined here which could even be extended to last longer. Best suited to higher level musicians who already understand a good amount of theory and have already been introduced to basic composing and arranging. The document includes learning goals for students, as well as curriculum expectations from the Ontario Arts Curriculum document.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Music Tech Project 5: Mini Midi Songwriting
PROJECT #5 IN MY BUNDLEThis is a music technology project using GarageBand. Your students will learn about key signatures, chords, and creating/improvising a melody and bass line through this fun and creative project! **Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**If you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links, videos, articles, etc.) I use to teach the projects. I also have a worksheet to pair with this p
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Music Tech Project 9: Mix & Mash
PROJECT #9 FROM MY BUNDLEThis is a music technology project using GarageBand where students create their own mash up! They will learn about how to find the tempo of a song, how to change the tempo and the key of a song, and how to use flextime editing in a DAW. Their sense of rhythm and tempo is heightened as they have to use their ear to adjust and assign tempos in this fun and creative project!**Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**If you like this, check out my 12 Pro
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Music Tech Project 3: Sell Me Short
PROJECT #3 IN MY BUNDLE**Download my freebie to see EXACTLY how I format my projects.**This is a music technology project using GarageBand. Your students will learn about microphones, how to create a podcast, as well as some new GarageBand skills (like using EQ) through this fun and creative project! If you like this, check out my 12 Project Bundle which includes a comprehensive section listing all the resources (links, videos, articles, etc.) I use to teach the projects. I also have a great wor
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Into to Popular Music, Composition, and Songwriting (Unit Plan)
This unit plan allows students to explore Popular music Post WWII, and start composing. There are 6 separate lesson outlines, which could even be extended to last longer. The learning goals and specific curriculum expectations are provided as per the Ontario Arts Curriculum Document.By the end of this Unit, students should be able to:• Write, notate, and perform a simple Verse-Chorus popular song using multiple musical elements on their instrument• Reflect on different genres of popular music an
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Music Podcasting Project Bundle | 3 Unit Project Outlines for Any Music Class!
Bring the world of Podcasting to your music classroom with these 3 interactive and engaging project outlines! Each project is designed to engage a separate facet of music education and curriculum while simultaneously introducing the art of podcast creation, recording and editing. Music learning and assessment doesn't get more authentic than this!What You Get:Song Exploder: Music Analysis & Podcast CreationThis unit project outline uses the format of the hit podcast series "Song Exploder" t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Music & Computers/Technology (Unit Plan)
This unit plan allows students to explore Music through the lens of technology with the use of computers, tablets, and/or smartphones. There are 8 separate lesson outlines, which could even be extended to last longer. The learning goals and specific curriculum expectations are provided as per the Ontario Arts Curriculum Document.By the end of this unit students will be able to:• utilize a DAW & different midi as well as audio devices• compose music on a DAW• utilize a microphone to record di
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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