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My Song
Write a 12-measure keyboard song in C Major with original lyrics, treble melody, and bass clef primary chords.
By Anton Boktor
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- Grades
- 8
- Subjects
- Composition
- Type
- Score template
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What students learn and why they love it
Students learn how to connect melody, rhythm, lyrics, and primary harmonic structures (I, IV, V chords) in C Major. They love this project because it gives them creative freedom to choose their own topic and write original lyrics while guiding them step-by-step through chord selection and melodic phrasing.
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Who wrote this activity?
Anton Boktor
I’ve been Music Director at Thomas Starr King Middle School in Los Angeles since 1998. I teach 6th-8th grade Advanced Orchestra, Beginning Strings, Beginning Band and Piano, including theory, composition and music technology.
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