Tempo: Layering
Goal: To combine elements of music with improvisational concepts.
Out of Tempo
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
Teacher landscapes a time signature and with varied tempos in two-four, three-four, four-four or six-eight.
Beginning
Combine accelerando/ritardando with crescendo/decrescendo, singing a scale using call and response.
Intermediate
Alter tempos using melodic patterns on the smorgasbord and the prompt, "change."
Advanced
Alter tempos during 8 to 16 measure phrases using call and response, and the prompt, "change."