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Making Music Today!
The Folk Song Connection
Grades 3 through 8
 
This dynamic program is based on a folk song connection for general and music education classrooms.  Students develop talents and skills for life-long connections to music.
 
• Folk song based music collection with easy  accompaniments.
 
• Instrumental scores are color-coded for easy reading and playing of chordal accompaniments.
 
• Instrumental scores and songs are printed on overhead transparencies.  This allows the teacher to focus student attention - separate student books are not needed.
 
• Color-coded blocks (measures) indicate the I, IV, V chord changes used in most traditional folk music.
 
• Yellow chord blocks = I Chord
  Blue chord blocks = IV Chord
  Red chord blocks = V Chord
 
• Beginning or experienced players/students will enjoy   accompanying themselves as they sing.
 
•  Colored dots are placed on a selected instrument according to the chordal positions to be used.  
 
•  Guitars, autoharps, dulcimers, keyboards, etc. are appropriate as accompanying instruments, by individuals or classes of students.
 
• Hand drums and other rhythm instruments are included as accompanying instruments. * Optional
 
• Making Music Today! - The Folk Song Connection
can also be designed to be a music education curriculum “Partnerships for Musicianship.”
 
•  Fully developed lesson plans are included with three units of folk music and color-coded scores.
 
•  The Folk Song Connection includes flexible teaching components that may be selected for additional enrichment resources.
 
•  Additional resource units may be added to the base curriculum:
    - Rhythmic Studies for the Guitar and Hand Drum
    - Orff Arrangements
    - Canadian Folk Songs
    - Vocal Harmonies
    - Jammin’ with Jazz
    - Student Connection Lessons
    - Ostinati Rhythmic and Harmonic Accompaniments
    -  String - to - String Treble Staff and Guitar Tablature
    -  Accompaniment CD
 
 
 
 
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