Lesson 1: Creating Rhythmic Patterns

How do composers organize rhythmic ideas?
How can rhythmic patterns structure music?

Rhythm, pattern, beat

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Generate rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases and variations in forms such as AB, ABA, or theme and variation.
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Evaluate their own work, applying selected criteria such as application of selected elements of music.

Students experiment with creating rhythmic ideas and organizing them into short patterns.

Students may create patterns that do not align with the beat.

Provide rhythm templates.
Allow collaborative composition.

Students perform an original rhythmic pattern.