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🎵 8th Grade · MusicMU:Cr2.1Unit 3: Songwriting & composition

Digital composition

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🎯 Objective: Students create a beat or loop-based piece.

Lesson outline

  1. Demo.
  2. Create.
  3. Share.
  4. Exit: describe your piece.

Lesson 3 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

MU:Cr2.1

National Core Arts Standards — General Music (grade band 6–8)

🏁 Unit goals

  • Compose a song with melody, chords and lyrics
  • Use digital tools

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

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More lessons in “Songwriting & composition”

  1. Song structure
  2. Writing lyrics
  3. Digital composition
  4. Song showcase

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