Melody: Layering
Goal: To combine elements of music with improvisational concepts.
Out of Tempo
Speaking.
Beginning
Accelerando/Ritardando, Crescendo/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
Each student adds a note to a melodic chain that starts with two notes. Layer each added note with a different texture and accent.
Intermediate
Using the smorgasbord, each student sings their own four note phrase forward and then in reverse.
Advanced
Choose a melodic pattern. Using call and response and the prompt, "change," each student sings the same melody but in a different meter therefore altering the rhythm.