Intervals: Layering
Goal: To combine elements of music with improvisational concepts.
Out of Tempo
Speaking.
Beginning
Accelerando/Ritardando, Cresendo/Decrescendo, Compound Meter with Arithmetic, Patterning, Call and Response.
Intermediate
Crescendo/Decrescendo, Triplets, Scales with Arithmetic, Change, Smorgasbord.
Advanced
Compound Meter, Melody, Harmony with Call and Response, Change, Smorgasbord.
In Tempo
Singing/Playing
Teacher landscapes a time signature and with varied tempos in two-four, three-four, four-four, or six-eight.
Beginning
A student sings a third. Using the prompt, "change," another student calls out changes in dynamics, textures, and accents.
Intermediate
A student creates a pattern of intervals. Another student sings the same interval content in a different order.
Advanced
Using call and response, four students trade harmonic intervals. Two students sing one harmonic interval, the other two sing a different harmonic interval.