Fourth & Fifth Grade Curriculum Design: Using the Same Repertoire for Many Purposes

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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