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Objectives
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Sight-read rhythms that incorporate other beat note values in compound time (e.g. 6/4, 9/16).
Summarize strategies for building and reinforcing musical memory.
Demonstrate further proficiency in melodic transcription and sight-singing.
Preparation for Class
Preparation for Class
Read:
Read:
Read the following from Foundations of Aural Skills (Timothy Chenette)
In-Class Activities
In-Class Activities
Improvisation
Improvisation
Continued practice with improvisation from Unit 1-1.
Melodic Improvisation with Tonic
Exercises from "Improvisation with Tonic" (Cleland & Dobrea-Grindahl, Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, pp. 73–75).
The Improvisation Train: Practice improvising with the improvisation train exercises introduced in Unit 1-1.
Here are some sample backing tracks: Rock | Funk | Slow Blues | Waltz
Sight Reading
Sight Reading
Sight Singing: Continued review of sight-singing and with melodies in other time signatures. (See the section "Other Time Signatures")
Rhythm Sight-Reading: Examples that include compound meters with beat units other than the dotted quarter (e.g. 6/4, 12/16) (See the "Compound Meter" sections).
Aural ID and Dictation
Aural ID and Dictation
Aural Anthology: Practice working with longer examples that incorporate simple skips from the anthology or from other sources. Try to memorize the entire melody before you write it down to practice concepts from the reading.
Review strategies discussed in the reading for reinforcing auditory memory, "building a chunk library," and memorizing longer examples.
Practice
Practice
Auralia:
Melodic Dictation: Levels 2a–2d
Rhythm Dictation: Level 10
Musition:
Rhythm Tapping: Level 8c
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