Objectives:

Improvisation:

  • Students will use a blues scale to improvise melodies in question and answer form.
  • Students will improvise 16 beat phrases over a moving bass line.

Form:

  • Students will identify A B large form.
  • Students will identify a question-and-answer phrasal form.

Expression:

  • Students will use a swing-style rhythm when improvising.

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Resource Type

  • Curriculum
  • Lesson Plan

Specialties

  • Composition

Teaching Level

  • Elementary

Year Added

2025

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