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Rhythm: Layering



Goal: To combine elements of music with improvisational concepts.


Out of Tempo

Beginning

Dynamics, Texture, Interval with Arithmetic, Patterning, Call and Response

  1. Speak pianissimo, staccato, major seconds.
  2. Arithmetic: adding accidentals, patterning: lower to upper notes of interval, call and response: solo and group activities.

Intermediate

Meter, Rhythm Grid, Scales with Arithmetic, Call and Response, and Change

  1. In two-four time, eighth note two sixteenth notes, major scale.
  2. Arithmetic: subtract or return the eighth note to the rhythm pattern, change: when prompted by "change," call and response: solo and group activities.

Advanced

Intervals, Rhythm Grid, Harmonic Progressions with Patterning, Call and Response, and Smorgasbord

  1. Speak the intervals of the bass line, scale degrees one, four, five, one using dotted rhythms.
  2. Do so while looking at the Rhythm Grid Matrix. Teacher points to a different dotted rhythm.

In Tempo

Teacher landscapes a time signature and with varied tempos in 2, 3, or 4 time, speaking, singing, or playing.

Beginning

Take a simple rhythm and layer it with crescendo/decrescendo and the prompt, "change."

Intermediate

Take two different rhythm patterns and combine them with textures and dynamics and share them throughout the class with call and response.

Advanced

Give each student in the class a different rhythm pattern and using the prompt, "change" and call and response, exchange the patterns with different students and different elements.