G5 Homework 28 April - 5 May

Dear Students

TASK: Create your own 4 bar melody in the key of C major - (start on C and end on C).

• Use any lined and space note in the treble clef.
• Use a variety of rhythms using 1; 1/2; 1/4 & 1/8 notes.
• You can use dotted notes and 1/4 note rests to give it more color!
• Remember to put in your symbols; treble clef, time signature, bar lines and double bar lines.

HINTS:

1. First, decide how many beats there will be in each bar.
2. Then write your rhythms out in a line and divide them up into groups, so if you say you have 4 beats in a bar, your rhythms will be grouped into groups of four; if you said you have 3 beats in a bar, then you will have 4 groups of 3 beats. We did this in class. Just follow what I showed you.
3. Then underneath your set of rhythms, draw your treble clef
4. Put in the symbols and make sure you divide your staff into equal groups of four using bar lines.
5. Start writing your melody, using the rhythms you have created. Start on the note C. It can be middle C or the C an octave above MC.
6. Make sure you follow the rhythms you created. Make sure your notes don't jump all around the staff like a kangaroo. You should be ascending or descending in steps or in thirds. No more than that.
7. If you can, try to play your melody on the recorder.

Have fun!

Mrs. Forster