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Friday, 2 June 2017

Term 3, Lessons 10 and 11 - Friday 2nd and Monday 5th June

Composition

At Grade 5 you have to write an 8-bar melody. You have a choice between writing for voice (where you are just given some words and you set them to music) or writing for a specific instrument (where you are given a phrase and asked to continue it. I would recommend the latter, as I think you should find it easier but it is, of course, up to you.


Here is an excellent "formula" for melodic composition in Grade 5 theory.

Here is a very thorough tutorial.

And here are some practice exercises

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