Mastering Major and Minor Chords for GCSE Music Performance Success
This resource supports GCSE Music students in understanding and performing major and minor triadic chords, crucial for examination performance. With step-by-step instructions, students will learn to create and play major and minor chords, such as accompanying "My Girl." This guide includes worksheets for practice and self-assessment tasks designed to help achieve high grades (C–A*). Explore additional extensions like guitar riffs and drum parts for a complete performance preparation.
Mastering Major and Minor Chords for GCSE Music Performance Success
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LINKED TO GCSE MUSIC 40 % of the Music GCSE is performance (performing an existing song). This very piece has been submitted in by GCSE pupils of which have received C – A* grades. Know:How to create major & minor triadic chords Be able to:Accompany My girl Understand:Triads
TASK PLAY A MAJOR CHORD MAJOR chords • Put your right thumb on any note you desire. • Count 4 semi-tones up and place your index finger there. • Count 3 semi-tones up and place your ring finger there. http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm
TASK FILL IN THE BLANKS FYI: Major chords are written as the letter only. C major = C. TASK 2 FOR LATER
ASSESSMENT 1 PERFORMANCE 5A Sung 6A Played with chords 5C Chords alone 5A Sung 6A Played with chords 5C Chords alone
TASK PLAY A MAJOR CHORD MINOR chords • Put your right thumb on any note you desire. • Count 3 semi-tones up and place your index finger there. • Count 4 Semi-tones up and place your ring finger there. http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm
TASK FILL IN THE BLANKS FYI: Major chords are written as the letter only. C major = C.
ASSESSMENT 1 PERFORMANCE 6C Sung 6A Played with chords 5B Chords alone 6C Sung 6A Played with chords 5B Chords alone
FINAL PERFORMANCE: Open pdf file EXTENSION: Include guitar riff EXTENSION: Drum part
