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(Expected responses from students will be “repeating phrases & patterns, stepwise motion and that they can use combinations of the above to improve their melody writing.”)Ģ.

“What could you do differently next time to improve your melody?”.

Teacher will call on students to debrief the lesson asking questions like:

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Teacher will circulate the room and provide support to students needing help completing assignment.ģ. Teacher will perform 5 or 6 successfully completed compositions on the keyboard using the audio from the Blues Remix movie as a backing track.Ĥ. Students will listen and use their assessment rubrics to evaluate the final compositions.ġ. Each table will receive one example of a successfully composed 12-bar blues worksheet.Ģ. Teacher will distribute the Blues Composition worksheets. Work-Time (30 Minutes): 12-Bar Blues Composition “The City Music Blues”ġ. DIFFERENT - The chords are different, the rhythm is different.)Ĥ. Teacher plays a short video clip which demonstrates how the rhythm of “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” has been extrapolated into a 12-bar blues form to generate the “City Music” worksheet”. Students turn-and-talk (Expected student responses: SAME - The melody is the same, the tempo is the same. Teacher asks, “What is the same about this remix of “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” and the what is new or different than the original?”ģ. Teacher plays the video (above) of Blues Remix of Silento’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”.Ģ. Mini-Lesson (10-15 Minutes): Blues Remix of Silento’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)ġ.

Students notate the blues scale on their manuscript paper. by adding a flatted 3rd scale degree, or “blue note”).ĥ.

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Teacher reviews sharps, flats and natural signs ( Study Room > Melody Level 1 > Name That Note > Accidentals).Ĥ. Teacher demonstrates how to create the G Major Blues Scale from the G pentatonic scale (i.e. Warm-Up (5 Minutes): Introduction to G Major Blues Scaleġ. Teacher projects the G Major Scale on the screen at the front of the room ( Study Room > Melody Level 1 > Explore The Major Scales).Ģ. Teacher reviews G Major Scale and G Pentatonic Scale.ģ.

Formal – Blues Composition Worksheet and Listening Rubric to guide student evaluation of compositions.

Informal – during share (call on students to debrief creative process).

Song evaluation rubric with two criteria (melody & entertainment value).

Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rhythm demo video.Blues remix of Silento’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”.City Music Blues” 12-Bar Blues composition worksheet.Computer with Chrome, Safari or Firefox to access the PULSE website.Students will be able to compose an original 12-bar blues using the G major blues scale in conjunction with a rhythmic scaffold derived from the chorus of Silento’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”.

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View Harold Stephan's presentation from the 2016 City Music Summit, here, to learn how you and your students can remix a current hit song using Logic Pro X, Noteflight, and Youtube.

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