IMPROVISATION USING TECHNOLOGY
RICCO ROYSTER
[email protected]
TOLL GATE HIGH SCHOOL
TI:ME Technology Areas Addressed:
Multimedia/Digital Media
Level:
High School
Class:
Instrumental
Equipment:
COMPUTER, BAND IN A BOX, CD BURNER
Duration:
50 Minutes
Prior Knowledge and Skills:
ENTER CHORD CHANGES IN “BAND IN A BOX”
NAfME Standards of 1994 Addressed:
NAfME Standards of 1994: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
NAfME 2014: Performing
NAfME Standards of 1994: Improvising melodies, harmonies, and accompaniments.
NAfME Standards of 1994: Composing and Arranging Music within specified guidelines.
NAfME Standards of 1994: Reading and notating music.
NAfME 2014: Creating
NAfME Standards of 1994: Listening to, analyzing and describing music.
NAfME 2014: Responding
Materials:
COMPUTER, BAND IN A BOX, CD BURNER
Objectives:
STUDENTS WILL CREATE A PRACTICE/PERFORMANCE CD FOR IMPROVICATION
Procedures:
TEACHER WILL PASS OUT STANDARD 12 BAR BLUES PROGRESSION IN THE KEY OF CONCERT Bb. ALSO IN THE SAME SHEET THE MAJOR AND BLUES SCALE.
STUDENTS WILL TYPE INTO “BAND IN A BOX” THE STANDARD 12 BAR BLUES PROGRESSION.
STUDENTS WILL FIND STYLE AND TEMPO OF THEIR LIKING.
STUDENTS WILL SAVE CHORD PROGRESSION AS WAVE FILE AND BURN TO CD
STUDENTS WILL TAKE HOME AND PRACTICE SCALES OVER CHORD CHANGES.
Evaluation:
STUDENTS WILL IMPROVISE USING THE SCALES GIVEN. (AFTER A WEEK OF PRACTICING AT HOME)
STUDENTS PERFORM FOR CLASS
Follow Up:
CHANGE KEYS, TEMPO, STYLE
INTRODUCE EXTENDED CHORDS
INTRODUCE OTHER SCALES
