The document describes a webquest activity for guitar students where they are tasked with learning a new song based on a fictional scenario. Students must pick a song, research it online to find the chords, key, scales, and timing, then present this information on a poster board while demonstrating their ability to play the song or its chords. The goal is to teach students how to independently learn new songs using online resources.

1. DECEMBER 9, 2014
WEBQUEST
CI350
MYKEL DINGESS

2. WebQuest
Welcome: Guitar Basics
Description: Research a song. Name the song; Tell what key it is in, what chords are used,
what scale you would use to play this song. Then play the song to best of ability on the guitar
with or without music playing in background.
Grade Level: 6-8
Curriculum: Art / Music
Keywords: Chords, Tablature (tabs), Key of song, scale, frets, strings, strum, pick, notes
Author(s): Mykel Dingess
Web Sites to Use: A place to look up Chords and tabs along with the lyrics. You can also
change keys if needed on this website for some songs. There are also different versions of each
song, for the most part, for you to pick from.
Ultimate-guitar.com
Ecords.com
Introduction
In this scenario, you are a guitar player and front man for a famous band. You and three other
well-known bands are playing at a show. Your band is scheduled to open up for the closing band
and play 5 songs. Before the show starts, the show coordinator come up to you and your band
and informs you that the band that is supposed to close has been in a vehicle accident on the
way there, nothing major but they cannot make it to the show to play. The show must go on so
he got a local band to play fist and bump everyone else back putting you and your band into the
spotlight playing in the closing spot. He also informs you that you must play 12 to 15 songs and
must cover three songs that are played at every show. You and your band have in till the first two
bands get done playing to figure out what songs you will play and learn them if you have two.
You and your band knows 11 songs they can play and two of the three songs. You must look up
the final song (your choice) on the internet and learn it before you go on.
Task
Your task for this web quest is to pick a song, which would be the song you need to look up in the
scenario. Then look up the song, chords, tabs, and lyrics for the song. I want you to put together
a small presentation telling me the genre, singer, key it’s sung in, scales you can play with the
key, and timing for the song. Then I want you to be able to play the whole song or at minimum
every chord that is used in the song.

3. Process
Step 1- Pick song
Step 2-Look up song on www.ulitmate-guitar.com or other related websites
Step 3- List all chords played in the song
Step 4- Learn all chords played in the song
Step 5- Find and name what key song is played in
Step 6- Name/Learn timing for song
Step 7- Find/Name scale or scales used
Step 8- Learn song or at least order of chords played and start playing along
Step 9- Put all info in Poster Board and get ready to present
Step 10- Play song on audio, Present Presentation, Play song on guitar
Evaluation
I will evaluate your web quest assignment of 4 main points.
Number 1- Chords/Timing
A) Do you know all the chords?
B) Do you know the timing the song is played in?
Number 3- Scales/Key
A) Do you know the scale or scales the song is played in?
B) Do you know the key of the song you chose?
Number 4- Presentation
A)Poster Board
a) quality
b) Information
B) Can you play the chords/whole song
Extra credit- Play whole song without audio
Conclusion
The main objective of this web quest was to show you that no matter how good or bad you think
you are, learning a song is just a touch of a fingertip away. Whatever song or songs you want to
learn in the future remember that with the use of the internet you can learn anything.
For your closing assignment, I want you to tell me how you like this web quest, was it useful, and
what can be better about it. Type your response up on word and turn it it to me.
Rational
This webquest is to make guitar students realize that they can learn any song they want
as long as they have the internet. It shows them how to look up and learn a song using
the internet.

4. Standards
This will teach kids how to look up chords, tabs, timing, and lyrics and put them to use
for any song of their choice.
Credits
Special thanks to Harold Blanco for pointing this website out to me.
Evaluation Rubric
Poor-1 Average-2 Good-3 Very Good-4 Score
Student must learn all
Chords and timing for
the song they chose.
Student only
knew one or
none of the
chords did not
know timing in
the song they
chose.
Student knows
almost all the
chord and timing
in the song they
chose.
Student knows
all chords and
timing in the
song they
chose.
Student Know all
chords and timing to
song and can play
along with the song
What
number
the student
scored.
Student must find and
name the key and
scale or scales in
which the song they
chose is played in.
Student does not
know what key
or scale the song
they chose is
played in.
Student somewhat
knows the key and
scale or scales the
song they chose is
played in.
Student knows
the key and
scale or scales
the song they
chose is played
in.
Student knows the key
and scale of, and can
play the three main
chords and part or all
of the scale of the son
they chose on the
guitar.
What
number
did the
student
score?
Student must make a
poster board with
name of song, chords
used, key son is in,
scales used, timing,
and lyrics of the song
the chose on it.
Student does not
have poster bored
or all parts
required to be on
it.
Student has poster
bored and most of
the parts required
to be on it.
Student has
poster bored
and all required
parts.
Student has poster
bored, all required
parts, and made extra
effort to do more.
What did
the student
score
Student must be able
to play all the chords
of song they chose
once.
Student does not
know most of
chords to the
song they chose.
Student somewhat
knows the chord
to the song they
chose.
Student knows
the chords to
the song they
chose and can
play them.
Student knows all
chord to song they
chose and can play
along with the song.
What did
the student
score
Total Score: Add all 4 tasks