Pop Song Lesson Plan

Williams

Name: Christopher

Grade Level: 7th Grade Band

Lesson Length: 15 Minutes
Major Concept
Performing by Ear/Triple Meter
Focus
National
Standard #1: Singing, alone and with others, a
Standard(s)
varied repertoire of music.
a. sing accurately and with good breath control
throughout their singing ranges, alone and in
small and large ensembles

Standard #2: Performing on instruments, alone and

with others, a varied repertoire of music.
a. perform on at least one instrument 1 accurately
and independently, alone and in small and large
ensembles, with good posture, good playing
position, and good breath, bow, or stick control

State
Standard(s)

7.1.1 Sing with good posture, appropriate tone quality,

and breath support.
7.1.2 Sing with accurate pitch and rhythm, and
appropriate tempo and phrasing.
7.1.3 Sing musical selections using note names, solfge,
or numbers.
7.1.4 Sing scales and intervals using note names,
solfge, or numbers.
7.2.1 Play with correct posture, characteristic tone
quality, accurate tuning and intonation, good breath
support, proper bowing, and correct hand position.
7.2.2 Play one octave major, minor, and chromatic
scales in keys appropriate to each instrument.
7.2.5 Follow the directions of a conductor.

Materials Needed Trumpet (To Model)

Piano (To Model)
Literature Titles
I Cant Help Falling in Love with You. By Elvis
&
Presley
Media Source

Objectives:
The students will demonstrate a knowledge of solfedge singing and
translating.
The students will apply tonal skills to learn a popular song by ear.

The students will perform a popular song with accurate pitches and
rhythms.

Planned Sequence:
Introduction: Quick good morning. Straight into tonal echoing and echo
translation.

Objective 1: Students will demonstrate a knowledge of solfedge

singing and translation.
o Have students ECHO TRANSLATE tonal patterns on voice. Tonal
patterns will range from Sol-Sol, and be in triple meter. (1 Min)
o Add on instrumental echoing after singing. (Model, Sing on
Solfedge, Play) (2 Minutes)
Objective 2: Students will apply tonal skills to learn a popular song by
ear.
o Students will ECHO tonal patterns that are used in the song. (1
Minute)
o Teacher will model Cant Help Falling in Love with You in full. (2
Minutes)
o Students will learn song by rote phrase by phrase, using
solfedge. (4 Minutes)
Objective 3:
o Students will PERFORM song in its entirety, and assess
performance. (5 minutes)

Closure:
Students will identify the type of meter the song is in, after having performed
it accurately.