Triads: Change
Goal: To hear and perform major and minor triads by altering them out of and in tempo.
Out of Tempo
Spoken, sung, played
Beginning
- Teacher speaks, sings, plays a major triad and prompts, “Change the major triad to a minor triad before I count to four.”
- Students alter the triad within four counts.
Intermediate
- Teacher speaks, sings, plays a minor triad and prompts, “Change the minor triad to a minor triad before I count to three.”
- Students alter the triad within three counts.
Advanced
- Teacher prompts, “Speak, sing, play a major or minor triad and change it before I count to two.”
- Students alter the triad within two counts.
In Tempo
Spoken, sung, played in 2, 3, or 4 time slowly – one note per measure.
Beginning
- Teacher sets up a time signature and meter in a slow tempo and prompts, “Sing the notes of the major triad up and down along with my accompaniment and repeat, changing to a minor the second time.”
- Students sing the major triad and then change to the minor triad.
Intermediate
- Teacher sets up a time signature and meter in a slow tempo and prompts, “Sing the notes of the minor triad up and down along with my accompaniment and repeat changing to a major the second time.”
- Students sing the major triad and then change to the minor triad.
Advanced
- Teacher prompts, “Speak, sing, play a major or minor triad and change it in 2, 3, or 4 time, one note per measure.”
- Students alter the triad in a time signature of their choice.