Tenth graders learn to compose a melody — choosing a key, creating a motif, developing it, shaping a climax, and resolving the ending — turning a few notes into a satisfying musical line.
Students will be able to…
A great melody feels inevitable — but it’s carefully built. How do you compose a melody from a single small idea?
Project this and have students put the melody-composing steps in order.
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A great melody feels inevitable — but it’s carefully built. How?
Students explore.
Students create.
Students perform.
Students respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Music, HS Accomplished).
Generate melodic ideas.
Develop and organize a melody.
Refine a composition.
Perform a melody.
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Have students write a short four-note motif and develop it into a longer line. A printable melody sheet is in the Arts library.
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