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Quick whole-class chord-quality vote, aural harmony warm-up or independent major/minor recognition practice.
Kidstrument activity family
Quickfire Chords
Pupils hear a root-note melody followed by its harmony, then choose whether the completed chord is major or minor and receive immediate feedback.
- Activity type
- Core Skill Practice Tools
- Music skills
- Rhythm & Pulse, Pitch & Singing, Reading & Theory, Listening & Appraising
- Included activities
- 1 activity
Classroom value
What this activity helps teachers do
Keep pupils active in the music
Listen through the melody and harmony, compare the chord quality, choose Major or Minor, replay the answer and build an accuracy streak.
Use a clear teaching route
Play contrasting major and minor examples first, focus attention on the final harmony, and ask pupils to describe evidence after voting rather than relying only on mood words.
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