Lesson 2: Creating a Melody
Duration of Days: 180
Lesson Objective
Students will create a short melody using limited pitches.
How do composers organize melodies?
What makes a melody memorable?
Melody, pitch, motif
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Generate rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases and variations within AB, ABA, or theme and variation forms.
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Evaluate their own work, applying selected criteria such as application of selected elements of music.
Students create short melodic ideas using a limited set of notes.
Students may focus only on pitch without rhythmic structure.
Limit pitch choices.
Provide melodic examples.
Students perform or present their melody.