Let's Play Music Connections Online Activities

Choose the link below that has supplementary activities for the Let's Play Music Connections book lessons. The theory, improvisation, and music and movement activities can be done in private lessons, group lessons, piano lab, or assigned for at-home practice.

#1 LPM Musical Elements and Chord Symbols

#2 LPM Cadences and Inversions

#3 LPM Note Naming and Chord Variations

#4 LPM Rhythm and Counting

#5 LPM Intervals

#6 LPM Major Scales and Key Signatures

#7 LPM Triads and Roman Numerals

#8 LPM New Yellow -V7 Chords

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Music and Movement

Listen to the audio of a video of your choice below as you march a steady beat with your feet and clap the rhythm of the melody.
This song is sometimes called “Prince of Denmark’s March.”

Prince of Denmark's March- Orchestra 

LPM Connections 7 Triads and Roman Numerals

 This post includes activities for Let's Play Music Connections Lesson 7 Triads and Roman Numerals.

Music Sample

Choose a version of Cockles and Mussels to listen to below. Can you spot any differences in the melody compared to your music?

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LPM Connections 6 Major Scales and Key Signatures

 This post includes activities for LPM Connections Lesson 6 Major Scales and Key Signatures.

Theory

Learn the Major Scale Pattern Song with this Free Printable Major Scale Pattern Sheet Music. Challenge: Can you transpose it to another key?

"The pattern of the major scale starts with the Tonic - Whole Whole Half -Whole Whole Whole Half. That's a major scale!"

LPM Connections 5 Intervals and Staff Relationships

This post includes activities for Let's Play Music Connections Lesson 5: Intervals and Staff Relationships

Music Samples

Listen to this Alouette Animated Variation as you clap the rhythm of the piece. Can you spot 2 measures in your music where the melody is different than the video?

LPM Connections 4 Rhythm and Counting

 This post includes activities that correlate with Let's Play Music Connections 4 Lesson on Rhythm and Counting.

Rhythm Practice Videos

Choose a video to Count, Tap Clap, or Stamp along with each rhythm sample in the videos.

Remember to count aloud using the smallest note pattern found in each example. 

Eighths: 1 & 2 &, etc.

Sixteenths: 1 e & a, 2 e & a, etc.

Musical Minds: Quarter, Half, Eighth Notes and Rests.

LPM Connections 3 Note Naming and Chord Variations

 This post includes activities for Let's Play Music Connections Lesson 3 on Note Naming and Chord Variations.

Music Sample

Listen to this version of the A section of Russian Sailor Dance as you clap on the staccato notes and slide your hands together on legato slurs and half notes. 

LPM Connections 2 Cadences and Inversions

This post includes activities for LPM Connections Lesson 2 Cadences and Inversions. 

 Music Samples and History

Listen to the Classics for Kids The Story of Peer Gynt to hear the story behind the song “Morning” or listen to the  Selfish Giant audio book and listen for the Morning Theme.

LPM Connections 1 Musical Elements and Chord Symbols

This post includes piano activities that correlate with Let's Play Music Connections Lesson 1: Musical Elements and Primary Chords.

Music Samples and History

Choose a primary chord song below and listen to hear when the chords change. Choose your favorite to learn with a lead sheet or sheet music. 

C Major
Kiss the Girl (Little Mermaid)

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Balance

Balance means bringing out the melody line with more arm weight.

Voicing Tutorial

Watch the Chord Voicing and Melody - Graham Fitch Tutorial to hear and see tips for practicing voicing.

Articulation 

Pictionary/Cranium

Illustrate a music dictionary as you watch excerpts from the videos below. 

Then take turns acting (silently), sculpting or drawing the words for your teammates to guess (large group) or play the VMT Articulation Ivy Game (small group).

14 Types of Articulation (slur, legato, phrases, tie, staccato, staccatissmo, portato, accent, sforzando, marcato, tenuto, tenuto/slur, fp, fermata)

Staccato Tutorial

Watch Graham Fitch's 4 Types of Staccato Tutorial Video  to hear examples of how and when to play varying levels of staccato and complete the "Four Types of Staccato Worksheet." 

Phrasing

Watch the first 3 minutes of this Shaping Phrases Video to see how speech relates to musical phrase expression.

Dynamics and Architecture

Pianote Dynamics and Expression- How do dynamics and expression add life to your piece?

Illustrate a poster representing various dynamic levels in music.

Watch an excerpt from the video below to hear an example of Micro and Macro Dynamics Example in Moonlight Sonata and move your hands up and down to match the volume in the example. 18:06

Expressive music is often like a story with moments of tension, rising action and resolution. Identify the form and the main phrase goals of each section in a piece to choose appropriate micro dynamics. Watch an example in the Moonlight Sonata Tutorial above starting at 20:30.

Rubato

Try to sing along with or lead the music of the Happy Birthday song examples in the video with strict time and rubato. 

Pedaling

Watch the video about Intermediate Pedaling Tips including clean pedal, timing and depth of pedaling

Advanced Pedaling Hear and see examples of Advanced Pedaling (Fractional Pedaling) in this tutorial by Graham Fitch

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