Lesson Plans

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.