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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."