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Songwriting Skill - Finding Your Style: Elisa Victoria - “No Surprise” Lesson PlanSongwriting Skill - Finding Your Style: Elisa Victoria - “No Surprise” Lesson Plan
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Hold McDougal
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5th - 10th
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Songwriting Skill - Finding Your Style: Elisa Victoria - “No Surprise”

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Hip Hop? Country? Punk? R and B? So many styles. Young song writers consider the emotional effects of various style options before selecting the style best suited to the emotions they want to express in their song. The sixth in a nine-lesson series uses Elisa Victoria's "No Surprise" as a guided practice exercise.

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  • Teens tend to have very strong opinions about recording artists and music genres; therefore, it is important to create a respectful classroom environment where individual preferences can be expressed and accepted

 

 

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