Make Your Own Tune
Make your own tune
Watch the video before you start, and then use this guide to work through the steps. By the end of it you will have:
A rhythm you have made yourself
Two or more rhythms you can put together to make a longer piece
Something you can then use to play and make up a tune on your instrument
Something you can share with other musicians in your family, or with a friend
The steps
Use your rhythm cards to lay out a 4 beat rhythm
Add more cards to make your rhythm longer if you wish
Say your walk, jogging rhythms to make sure you know what the rhythm sounds like
Try tapping the rhythm on your knee, or table top
Use your instrument / voice and explore which notes you like. It often helps to start and finish on the same note
Other things to try...
If you have a keyboard in your house you could set a funky rhythm to play while you play your tune
If someone else in your house plays an instrument, you could make up a rhythm for each other. Then you could ask the other person to invent a tune to your rhythm
Then you could put the tunes together and make a piece, such as: your tune / their tune / both clap the rhythm / both play your tunes together!!