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Intervals: Change

Goal: To alternate between interval types through speaking, singing, and playing (that can also be organized by one student at a time and "changing students" as well).

Out of Tempo

Questions and answers.

Beginning

  1. Teacher prompts, “Here is interval x. repeating the lower note, change it to interval y.”
  2. Students do so.

Intermediate

  1. Teacher prompts, “Here is interval x. Repeating the upper note, change it to interval y.”
  2. Students do so.

Advanced

  1. Teacher prompts, “Here is interval x. What interval do you get when you move the lower and upper notes in the opposite direction by interval z?”
  2. Students answer.

In Tempo

Teacher sets up a tempo, time signature, and tonality.

Singing and playing.

Beginning

  1. Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “When I say 'change', turn interval x in to interval y by changing the upper note.”
  2. Students do so.

Intermediate

  1. Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “When I say 'change', turn interval x in to interval y by changing the lower note.”
  2. Students do so.

Advanced

  1. Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “When I say change, turn interval x in to interval y by changing both notes by interval z.”
  2. Students do so.