![]() Several ivories were missing, the wooden appliqués were chipping off and the tones were wobbly and out of tune. But jammed in the narrow hallway there was an ‘old clunker’ of a piano. We tried to stand quietly as we waited for our teacher to be ready to begin gym class. Our class lined up in the narrow hallway next to the gym on the polished green and black checkered tile floor. No - it happened before and after gym class. But it wasn’t in music class that I learned how to play Heart and Soul. In my small rural elementary school, we had music class several times a week. My personal back story with Heart and Soul. This one simple traditional arrangement of the popular song Heart and Soul holds so much potential to teach basic music skills like improvising and transposing, and basic harmony like primary chords and relative minors and majors. Each week or two when you add a new layer (and share a new link), it will be like a surprise. When you begin with your students, keep the whole plan in mind but only focus on one step at a time. The fun of this unit is revealing only a little at a time.
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