Educational Uses of Classic Pop and Rock Music Equip, Inspire, Excite, Achieve, and Go! with popular music Presented by Jim Tinter (
[email protected]) I. Three Chord Bliss — I IV V Chords. Letters in ( ) represent the key of the song. A. Lots to choose from: “Green Onions” (F) - Booker T & The MG’s, “Pride and Joy” (Eb) - Stevie Ray Vaughn, “Lucille” (C# or C, it varies. Probably a tape speed issue) - Little Richard, “Bama Lama Bama Loo” (F) - Little Richard, “Barbara Ann” (F#) - Beach Boys, “The Twist” (E) - Chubby Checker, “Peppermint Twist” (C) - Joey D and the Starliters, “At the Hop” (Ab) - Danny and the Juniors, “Hound Dog” (C) - Elvis Presley, “Hard Headed Woman” (C) - Elvis, “Too Much” (Ab) - Elvis, “I Feel Good” (D) - James Brown, “Johnny B. Goode” (Bb) - Chuck Berry. B. Movement activity to “Green Onions,” by Booker T and the MG’s. (Could be done with any of the tunes listed above. 1. Movement Level 1 (individual): I — pat legs; IV — clap; V — snap w/hands over head. Simultaneous imitation (leader faces students and students imitate exactly, at the same time). a) Extension 1 — Say “one, four and five” on beat 1 of each chord. b) Extension 2 — Sing the root pitch of each chord. Use “I, IV, V” or solfege (do, fa, so). 2. Movement level 2 (preparation for partner activity): I — pat, clap; IV — patty cake (clap/pretend to clap partner’s hands, both at the same time (clap, partner, clap, partner). V — snap over head. a) Extension 1 — Alternate hands on IV chord patty cake (clap, right, clap, left).