Music Theory Projects - Beginning Ideas
COMPOSITION GUIDE - ROUGH Draft DUE 3/17!
Every composition should have:
1)Clear, legible, and ALIGNED notation
2) Title and tempo marking (use a metronome)
3) Dynamic markings and articulations
4) Meter on first staff only
5) Measure numbers (by 5's)
6) Use a ruler for straight bar lines
7) Clef and key signatures on every line
| Level I |
- write a melody (to fit a given harmony?)
- 8 to 16 bars in length
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- transpose to 2 related keys
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| Level II |
- write a melody
- add simple harmony
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- use block chords with bass and arppegio accompaniment
- transpose to 2 to 3 keys
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| Level III |
- Full Composition
- free form accompaniment and figured bass
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- modulate to at least 1 key
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