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120 Music Technology I (SCP) 802
130 Composition
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150 9-12
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210 01.2 The Arts - Music
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220 01.2 The Arts - Music
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230 01.2 The Arts - Music
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300 How do the elements of melody and harmony work together to form a composition?
300 What are the elements of tension and release within a composition?
300 How do you compose using different musical forms?
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400 In this unit, the student will begin to put together all of the elements learned up to this point.  He/she will compose short progressions using the correct rules of harmonic progressions and compose a melody that will work with said progression.
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400 Students will be advised on what elements help to make a strong progression and a strong melody while also allowing the child to use his/her own creativity.
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400 Students will discuss proper voice leading and leading tone resolution.
500 The student will:
500 Compose a chord progesssion using the correct rules of harmonic progression
500 Compose a melody that complements a given chord progression
500 Explain and demonstrate the rules of voice leading within their compositions
600 Each student will:
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600 Compose 8-16 measure compositions using correct chord progressions and voice leading.
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600 Compose melodies that complement the above mentioned progressions 
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600 Input their compositions onto the computer via Finale Music Software program
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600 Have class discussions providing constructive criticism on all the students in the music technology class's compositions
700 Students will be assessed via:
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700 Written quizzes/tests, composition assignments, class discussion
820  "Tonal Harmony, 4th Edition" (1990), Stefan Kostka & Dorothy Payne, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-241996-2
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820 Lesson , "Practical THEORY Complete" (1982), Sandy Feldstein, Alfred Publishing Co, Inc., ISBN 0-88284-225-0