Saturday, January 11, 2014

Week One

Assignment for 1/14

Teach yourself three simple melodies entirely by ear and be ready to perform them for the class. Choose songs you know well and can sing. Work through this process:

- Imagine the melody in your musical imagination
- Slowly and accurately sing the melody
- Figure out the melody on your instrument through trial and error
- Practice the melody until it's performance ready

Optional:
- Vary and personalize the melody
- Figure out what key your song is in and write down the scale degrees.

Ex: When the Saints Go Marching In

1 3 4 5, 1 3 4 5, 1 3 4 5 3 1 3 2, etc. . .

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