Triad Lesson
Teacher: Elly Carlson
Subject Area: Music Theory
Grade Level: Beginning Theory (9th)
Unit Title: Chord Formation and Usage
Lesson Title: Understanding and Building Triads
Objectives:
Students will learn how to build major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads.
Students will learn how to describe major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads.
Students will learn to identify the type of triad presented to them.
Materials/Resources Needed:
- White Board
- Handout
- Oreos
- net
Anticipatory Set:
- Notessheet
- Visual aid on handout
- Oreo game
- net
Objective/Purpose:
Students will be able to understand and build triads.
Input:
- Understand intervals
- Understand semitones
Model:
Oreo Demonstration
Music Theory Website
Check for Understanding
Accuracy in building the Oreo triads
Guided Practice:
Musictheory.net
Closure
The Music theory website! Group practice.
Independent Practice
More practice on the website.