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    Music as a Second Language & The Modern Band Movement – Little Kids Rock Teacher Manual v 3.

    LESSON PLAN: G and C Chords with 1 Finger


    Objective:
    Students will be able to play a classic chord progression used in hundreds of songs by using only one
    finger while keeping good musical time with a strum pattern

    Resources:
    Guitars, picks, lyrics for “Feelin’ Alright”, “Imagine”, “Waiting in Vain”, “Drive My
    Car”, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”, “Glory Days”, etc., handout from Teachers
    Manual on 3 String chords G
    XX X O O
    Procedures:

    ❶ Ask students to play the 1 finger G chord. Remember the tools available for
    simplifying the guitar as outlined in the lesson plan for beginner guitars.
    Then have them switch to the C chord. Switch back and forth a couple of 3
    GUITAR

    times until finger placement is obvious.

    ❷ Strum the G chord at the same time you begin counting “1 2 3 4”. Do the
    same thing on the C chord counting evenly. Continue doing this until
    everyone can play along keeping time, only strumming on 1. XX X O
    C O
    ❸ Ask everyone to strum down on every number, playing a G while you strum 1
    down on 1, 2, 3, and 4. Switch to the C chord quickly continuing to count
    and strum down on each number. Make sure everyone in class can watch
    your demonstration of this. Encourage them to continue steady strumming
    even if the left hand doesn’t make it to the next chord perfectly on time—
    the steadiness of rhythm is more important than anything and will help this
    transition become successful.

    ❹ While this continues, have the class or volunteers from the class sing along
    using the lyrics to one of the famous songs that use this classic chord
    progression.

    Extensions: Fig. A

    ❶ Assign some students to play the bass notes to these chords, letting each
    note ring as a whole note underneath of the strum pattern.

    ❷ Have a group of students play the backbeat to the song you’re jamming
    over to make the arrangement more fun.

    ❸ Use a more complex strum pattern while keeping the hand moving up and
    down (Figure A )

    ❹ Make a song writing exercise out of these 2 chords, inviting the class to

    National Core Arts Standards (Music):


    Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
    Example: General Music MU:Pr5.1.3 b. Rehearse to refine technical accuracy, expressive
    qualities, and identified performance challenges. Common Core Correlation: CCSS.MATH.
    CONTENT.K.CC.B.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect
    counting to cardinality.

    74 For More Information Please Visit www.littlekidsrock.org

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