Piano Adventures Lesson Book Level 1 Unit 9 Assignments and Supplementary Activities

 Piano Teaching Lesson Plans: V7 Chord

 Piano Adventures Lesson Book 1 introduces the V7 chord with a simplified 2 note version.  I have students analyze their music before playing and color I and  V7 "chord pieces" in different colors so they quickly become adept at spotting chord shapes and patterns in their music. (See Teaching Chords in Color).

UNIT 9: The V7 Chord

Lesson: Red LB 52 London Symphony

• Color the I Chords Red and the V7 Chords Yellow

• Learn more about Haydn by listening to Classics for Kids About Franz Joseph Haydn or  Haydn: Father of the Symphony.  *Can you share two facts about Haydn at your next lesson?

• How many times do you hear the theme  repeat in the orchestral version of the London Symphony?

• Supplemental Fun to Do Primary Song

• Game VMT Classical Causeway

Focus Goal/New Concepts:V7 Chord

Lesson: Red LB 53 Jazzy Joe

• Color the I Chords Red and the V7 Chords Yellow

• Tap along with the syncopated rhythms in the melody as you listen to the audio.

• *Remember to hold the tied notes as you practice.

• Creative Challenge: Create your own jazzy song that uses the same chords and rhythm as Jazzy Joe but has a different melody using notes from the C scale.

Lesson: Red LB 54 Shepherd’s Song

• *Imagine a truck or tractor is gradually slowing down as you play ritardando at the end. 

• Listen to  Classics for Kids Episode Beethoven’s Symphonies.  What is a nickname for the 6th Symphony that Shepherd’s Song comes from?

• Game: Silly Sentences or VMT Flower Power Level 1

Focus Goal/New Concepts: Ritardando

Additional Lesson Plans:

Unit 1: Legato and Staccato

Unit 2: Treble Spaces

Unit 3: Landmark C's

Unit 4: Intervals

Unit 5: Half and Whole Rests

Unit 6: Sharps and Flats

Unit 7: Tonic and Dominant

Unit 8: The I Chord

Unit 10: G Pentascale