SoundTree Keyboard Lab Curriculum: Middle School Package

This curriculum bundle includes 16 copies of the SoundTree Middle School Keyboard Lab Curriculum Student Package AND 1 copy of the Teacher Package.

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Welcome to the Alfred's SoundTree Keyboard Lab Curriculum - Middle School School Level.  This exclusive, in-depth, keyboard-based curriculum includes powerful resources for teaching in the group piano instructional environment.  It includes a variety of materials that make it easy to incorporate technology in the music classroom.  This curriculum will serve as an integral resource for any music educator who teaches music with pianos or keyboards.

Keyboard Component:

The core keyboard component of the curriculum is Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson and Top Hits Course.  The sequential materials from this course included in the SoundTree Keyboard Lab Curriculum include:

• Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Complete Level 1
• Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Complete Levels 2-3
• Alfred's Basic Piano Library Top Hits Solo Book Complete Level 1
• Alfred's Basic Piano Library Top Hits Solo Book Complete Levels 2 & 3
• GM Disk for Lesson Book Complete Level 1
• A Night at the Symphony
• A Night at the Opera
• Reproducible Pages:
  

The Reproducible Worksheet Book contains Theory and Ear Training worksheets to correlate with each unit of Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Complete, Levels 1-3

General Music Component:

In addition to the keyboard materials listed above, The Middle School Curriculum Book includes 60 lesson plans written specifically for the Korg Group Education Controller (GEC) from SoundTree.  These lesson plans serve as a guide for incorporating a GEC keyboard lab into the general music classroom setting.  Written by experienced teachers who teach in a keyboard lab environment, these classroom-tested lessons include lessons in the following areas:

• Music Fundamentals (Rhythm, Notation, Music Reading)
• Composition
• Ear Training (Melodic and Rhythmic Dictation)
• Improvisation
• Listening Skills
• Notation
• Performance
• World Music
  

The lessons are not presented in a specific order, but are intended to give the teacher maximum flexibility to include them in the curriculum based on the needs of students in the individual classes.  The musical experiences in each lesson address the National Standards for Music Education.  Each individual lesson is organized in the following
manner:

• Keyboard Skills Required
• MENC National Standards
• Objectives
• Materials
• Procedure (This step-by-step procedure includes specifics on how to use the
• GEC)
• Extensions
• Reproducible student handouts (Included with most lessons)
  

In addition to the SoundTree Curriculum Book, there are three incredible classroom resources from Alfred:

• Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Complete
• Accent on Composers
• Music Fun 101

These books are included to give middle school music teachers a truly comprehensive set of teaching materials to provide students with the broadest possible
music curriculum.

Learning musical skills through technology generates tremendous enthusiasm among students.  The technology allows students the opportunity to perform, improvise
and create music according to their individual tastes.  They now move from the realm of music lover to music maker, opening a new world of imagination to students who might never have been involved in the creation of music.  The sincere intent of the developers of this curriculum is to make the music learning experience interactive and rewarding for both the students and the instructor.