Lesson 2: Creating a Melody
Duration of Days: 180
Lesson Objective
Students will create a short melody using a limited set of notes.
How do composers organize melodic ideas?
What makes a melody memorable?
Melody, pitch, motif
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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 create simple melodic ideas and organize them into short compositions.
Students may focus only on pitch without rhythmic structure.
Limit pitch choices.
Provide melodic examples.
Students perform or present their melody.