Goals:

• Continued use of Finale Notepad for composing simple melodies
• Review of basics of music theory (staff, notes, rhythms)
• Compose a two part 16 measure melody in AABA form (like Beethoven's deom)

Requirements:

• Choose guitar and one other instrument (flute, oboe, recorder, violin)
• 16 measure melody
• AABA Form
• Copy the Guitar line of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
• Use any notes on the staff (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G)
• Start and end your composition on the note G (either low or high)
• Use only whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and pairs of eighth notes
• Use a rest at the end of each 4 measure phrase (or use a comma to indicate a breath mark)
• At least 4 dynamic changes
  
  
  

Example (by Beethoven)

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