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Lesson Plan Chrome Music Lab Rhythm

This lesson plan outlines an activity for students in grades 3-8 to compose and play rhythms using the Chrome Music Lab Rhythm website. Students will create rhythms in time signatures of 3, 4, 5 and 6 beats. They will first do this as a class, composing a single rhythm together and performing it using body percussion or untuned percussion. Then students will split into small groups to compose their own rhythms, notating them on a worksheet. They will perform their rhythms for the class and have options to evaluate and extend the activity. The lesson aims to develop students' aural skills, composition abilities, and understanding of rhythm and meter.

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Lesson Plan Chrome Music Lab Rhythm

This lesson plan outlines an activity for students in grades 3-8 to compose and play rhythms using the Chrome Music Lab Rhythm website. Students will create rhythms in time signatures of 3, 4, 5 and 6 beats. They will first do this as a class, composing a single rhythm together and performing it using body percussion or untuned percussion. Then students will split into small groups to compose their own rhythms, notating them on a worksheet. They will perform their rhythms for the class and have options to evaluate and extend the activity. The lesson aims to develop students' aural skills, composition abilities, and understanding of rhythm and meter.

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MusicTechLessonPlan

03ChromeMusicLab:Rhythm
Composeandplayrhythmsindierentmeters

Gradelevel

3-8

Objective

Studentswillcomposeandplayrhythmsintimemetersof3,4,
5and6

USAMusic
EducationStandards

2.Performingoninstruments,aloneandwithothers,a
variedrepertoireofmusic
4.Composingandarrangingmusicwithinspecified
guidelines.
5.Readingandnotatingmusic

AustralianMusic
Curriculum
Standards

4.1Developauralskillsbyexploring,imitatingand
recognisingelementsofmusicincludingdynamics,pitch
andrhythmpattern

4.3Create,performandrecordcompositionsby
selectingandorganisingsounds,silence,tempoand
volume
6.2Developtechnicalandexpressiveskillsinsinging
andplayinginstrumentswithunderstandingofrhythm,
pitchandforminarangeofpieces,includinginmusic
fromthecommunity
6.3Rehearseandperformmusic,includingmusicthey
havecomposed,byimprovising,sourcingandarranging
ideasandmakingdecisionstoengageanaudience
8.4Structurecompositionsbycombiningand
manipulatingtheelementsofmusicusingnotation
8.5Performandpresentarangeofmusic,using
techniquesandexpressionappropriatetostyle

Materials/Equipment

Singleormultiplecomputers,iPadsorAndroiddevices
Dataprojector&speakers
ChromeMusicLabRhythmsite
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Rhythm
Printedcopiesoftheworksheet

Duration

1-2lessons


Skillsrequired

Tobeabletoplaysimplerhythmsinavarietyofmeters
Basicmusicnotationskills

ChromeMusicLab
Rhythmresource:
instructions

WhenyourstvisittheChromeMusicLabRhythmresource,
youwillseetherstoffourdierentoptionsformeter:the3
meteroption.PressPlayandthenclickonthegridatthe
bottomtocreatearhythm.Thearrowshownnexttothe
on-screenplayersallowsyoutomovetoadierentmeter(and
dierentsetofinstruments)

Procedure

NOTE:Theinstructionsbelowsuityoungerstudents,butyou
couldrunthesameactivitywitholderstudents.Movemore
quicklythroughthesteps(oromitsome).Therearealso
extensionoptionsbelow

Part1:Composeandperformarhythmina3meterasa
class

Visithttps://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Rhythmo
nthe
teachercomputerwhichisdisplayedonadataprojectorfor
theclass
Selecttherstrhythmscreenoption(3meter)

Createasimplerhythmthatusesonesoundatatime
byclickingonthegridatthebottom(havingonesound
atatimewillmakeiteasiertoperformtherhythmlater
on).ClickonthePlaybutton

Askthestudentstolisten(andlook!):whatarethe3
instrumentsthatareplaying?2drumsandatriangle.
Whattypeofdrumsarethey?Timpani

Askstudentstoidentifythemeter.Tellthem:each
verticallineonthegridshowsyouwherethebeatis.
Howmanybeatsarethereinthispattern?

Askstudentstoidentifywhichinstrumentsareplaying
thelow,middleandhighsounds(inorderfromlowest
tohighest:lowtimpani,hightimpaniandtriangle)

Asaclass,choose3bodypercussionsoundsthat
couldmatchthelow,middleandhighsoundsthatare
beingplayedonthescreen(forinstance:stamp,thigh
slapandclap)

Usingthelowbodypercussionsound(stamp),playthe
rhythmshownonthescreenforthelowtimpani

Usingthemiddlebodypercussionsound(thighslap),
playtherhythmshownonthescreenforthehigh
timpani

Usingthehighbodypercussionsound(clap),playthe
rhythmshownonthescreenforthetriangle

Dividetheclassinto3groupsandhaveeachoneplay
adierentpart.Havetheclassperformall3parts
simultaneously

Challenge!Canthestudentsplayallthreepartsby
themselves?

Askstudentstocomeuptocreateanewrhythmonthe
grid.Performtherhythmasaclass

Performtherhythmsusinguntunedpercussion
instrumentsinsteadofbodypercussion

Part2:Composeandperformarhythminmetersof4,5or
6asaclass

Repeatthesamestepswithoneoralloftheother
meteroptions-4,5or6

Part3:Composeandperformrhythmsinsmallgroups
Afterstudentshavedonetheaboveactivityasaclass,they
cansplitupintosmallgroups(3or6studentspergroupworks
well)tocomposeandperformtheirownrhythms
Assignaspecicmetertoeachgrouporaskthe
studentstochooseone

Usingtheprintableworksheetthatisprovidedwiththis
lesson,askthestudentstollinthenamesofthe
instrumentsontheleftsideandthetimesignature

Asagroup,decidetherhythmforeachofthe3
instrumentsandnotatetherhythmontheworksheet
grid

Ifthestudentshaveaccesstolaptops,iPadsor
Androiddevicestheycanrecreatetheirrhythmic
patternonthescreen

Eachofthe3studentsinthegroupchoosesone
instrumentparttoplay(2studentsperpartifworkingin
groupsof6)andpracticestheirpart

Playthe3instrumentpartstogetherasagroup.If
thereisanextrastudentinthegroup,theycanactas
theconductor,keepingthebeatfortheotherstudents

Eachgroupcanthenperformtheirpatternfortherest
oftheclass

Part4:Notateyourrhythm

Usingthestavelinesatthebottomoftheworksheet,
studentscannotatetheirrhythmsusingquarterand
eighthnotesandrests

Ifyouhaveaccesstoadrumkit,usethedierentparts
ofthekittorecreatetherhythmicpattern

Usebeatboxingsounds(mouthsounds)insteadof
bodypercussiontocreaterhythms

Useanonlinedrummachinetorecreaterhythmsinthe
4meterscreen

Whenperformingthepatternsinsmallgroups,
advancedstudentscancyclethroughthe3parts,
readingtheminorderfromtoptobottom.Performthe
eachpart4timesthroughbeforeswitchingtothenext
part.Thenreducethenumberofrepeats.

Changethetempo:whileperformingtherhythm
withouttheapp,speedupthetempoorslowitdown
(itsnotpossibletochangethetempoinon-screen
app)

Oncestudentshavecreatedarhythm,askthemto
identifyasongtheyknowthatmatchesthemeter.Can
theysingthesongovertherhythmicaccompaniment?

Whenstudentshavecomposedandperformed
rhythmsinsmallgroups,seeiftwogroupswith
dierentmeters(ie.the3meterandthe4meter)can
performtheirrhythmssimultaneously(!)

Thestudentscansuccessfullyperformtheircomposed
rhythmsindividuallyandasagroup

Thestudentscannotatetheircomposedrhythmson
theworksheetgridandonthenotationstavelines

Extensionsand
alternativeoptions
forolderstudents

Evaluation

Moreinformation
Formoreinformationaboutthislessonplan,seetheonlineversionat
www.midnightmusic.com.au/cmlrhythm

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ChromeMusicLab:Rhythm#1

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ChromeMusicLab:Rhythm#2

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ChromeMusicLab:Rhythm#3

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ChromeMusicLab:Rhythm#4

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