1. BATTLE OF THE BANDS Rachel Atlas rfatlas@cps.edu

3. PEDAGOGY Unit 1: Guitar Unit 2: Keyboard Unit 3: Adding in the Bass and the Drums Unit 4: Battle of the Bands

4. UNIT 1: GUITAR 1. Em, E, Am, and A 2. C, D, F, and G 3. Chord Progression of a chosen song

5. UNIT 2: KEYBOARD 1. Teach “C” position with both hands so they learn finger numbers and basic music notation 2. Chords with only white keys 3. Chords with white and black keys

6. UNIT 3: BASS AND PERCUSSION 1. Teach how to read a bass chart and show how they correlate to the strings and frets 2. Demonstrate the “back beat” and have students who want to drum try it 3. DRUM AUDITIONS: Select 1 student to be your class drummer and one back-up drummer

7. UNIT 4: BATTLE OF THE BANDS 1. Instrument choice with direction of teacher 2. VOCALIST AUDITIONS: Make sure you select wisely if your students will be holding a microphone 3. Putting it all together: Have students vote on a song (do not let different classes play the same song

8. National and Illinois State Standards (FUN FUN FUN!) National Standards: 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music 5. Reading and notating music 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music 7. Evaluating music and music performances Illinois State Standards: 25. Know the language of the arts 26. Through creating and performing, understand how works of arts are produced

9. Good Song Options 1. Safe and Sound by Capital Cities 2. Demons by Imagine Dragons 3. Counting Stars by One Republic 4. Radioactive by Imagine Dragons 5. Hall of Fame by The Script 6. When I was Your Man by Bruno Mars 7. Iris by The GooGoo Dolls 8. Grenade by Bruno Mars 9. Bring Me To Life be Evanescence 10. Let Her Go by The Passenger

10. Let Her Go by Passenger 8 th graders performing on Stage in Battle of the Bands

11. Bring Me To Life by Evanescence 8 th grade keyboard soloist in Battle of the Bands

12. Safe and Sound by Capital Cities 5 th graders rehearsing in classroom

13. When I was Your Man by Bruno Mars 7 th graders rehearsing in classroom

14. TIME TO JAM Jump on an instrument of choice Grab a chart for “Let Her Go” by Passenger Verse Chord Progression: (2 counts/chord) Em CD Bm Em CD7 D Chorus Chord Progression C G D Em C G D7 D