Traditional Irish music can bring even the most stoic audience to tears. This St. Patrick's Day, explore the lilting flutes and mournful ballads of the Emerald Isle with a interactive and inspiring music lesson.

Concepts

st. patrick's day, music appreciation, music theory, elements of music, music composition, world music, sheet music

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members play their songs in a special St. Patrick's Day concert
• Bring in traditional Irish instruments on which to play the compositions

Classroom Considerations

• Prompts participants to draft their compositions on Midi and transfer them to Skoog, but the basic lesson would work with any music composing software
• Learners should have some proficiency with music theory and composition
• Some links do not work, but the materials can be replaced with accessible resources

Pros

• A fun way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in a music composition class

Cons

• None