Seventh-grade musicians learn the steps of composing a short melody — choosing a key, setting a rhythm, arranging pitches, adding dynamics, and refining by ear. Composing is making choices and listening to the results. They order the steps, then write a short tune.
Students will be able to…
How do you turn musical ideas into a melody of your own?
Project this and have students put the melody-composing steps in order.
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Where would you even start to write your own melody?
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Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Music).
Generate melodic ideas.
Organize musical ideas.
Refine and complete musical work.
Use notation in composing.
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Have students compose and refine a short melody. A printable composition sheet is in the Arts library.
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