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Harmonic Progressions: Call and Response

Goal: To hear, sing, and play harmonic progressions including inversions using social activities (and see the Harmony Smorgasbord for possible combinations).

Out of Tempo

Speaking, singing, playing.

Beginning

  1. Teacher speaks, sings or plays the progression one, four, five, one in root position.
  2. Students repeat.

Intermediate

  1. Teacher speaks, sings or plays the progression, "One, four first inversion, five first inversion, one second inversion."
  2. Students repeat.

Advanced

  1. Teacher speaks, sings or plays the progression, "One first inversion, four, five second inversion, one."
  2. Students repeat.

In Tempo

Singing harmonies melodically and in harmony, in different keys and inversions.

In a tempo, time signature, one note per measure.

Beginning

  1. Student prompts to another student, “Speak/sing/play” the progression one, four, five, one in root position.
  2. A different student does so.

Intermediate

  1. Student prompts to another student, “Speak, sing or play” the progression one, four, five, one using root and inverted positions.
  2. A different student does so.

Advanced

  1. Each student in the class sings a different chord of the harmonic progression in a given tempo, time signature, key.