Tuesday, August 19, 2014

7 habits songs: Habit 1: Be Proactive

This year my school is starting to be a Leader in Me school, teaching the students the 7 Habits of Happy Kids (/Highly Effective People) as our character ed program.



So I decided that one way I am going to teach these habits in the music classroom is through a short song for EACH individual habit. Here's Habit 1!
The other 7 Habits songs are all here.





Habit 1 melody notation is on Noteflight here.

Habit 1 melody + ostinato notation is on Noteflight here.

This song has entirely I and V chords, so you can layer it with tonic/dominant ostinati (one example is below), put the with Orff instruments, have kids improvise over the chord roots....you name it!

The song also leaves 3 beats to audiate after "Stop and think," so you can work on audiating rhythm or dominant as well. :)





The YouTube recording here is my favorite ALL-7-habits song. So cute!







4 comments:

  1. Do you know where I can find the sheet music for the habits song the kids were singing? It's adorable!

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  2. Do you know where I can find the sheet music for the habits song the kids were singing? It's adorable!

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    1. I don't, unfortunately! I'm glad you like it - my students did too!

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  3. Where can I find the music/sheet music to the song in the video?

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