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Cartoon Character Contest - Letter To Parents

Cartoon Character Contest

Letter to Parents

Here are some of the highlights of this program

• Students will learn to notate (write down) their motive which is good for

their sight reading and note naming kills.

• I will post everyone’s motive on the blog for all kinds

of teachers and students to see.

• Students will learn cool, new exotic sounding scales.

• Students get to draw cool looking characters and incorporate art into their

music study.

• Everyone can participate even if they don’t like composing.

The students will draw 2 interesting characters and bring them to their first

piano lesson this summer. I will send home a document with them this week with

tips on how to do this. This is a great way to incorporate art into the music

studio, so I hope all students will try their hand at drawing cartoon characters.

We will vote on the best 2 characters in our next group lesson and in the

following weeks, everyone will write a short musical motive about both

characters.

During our group lesson, we will talk about

• What kind of music might be good for each character

• How to write a musical motive (a small theme that is usually only a few

measures long)

• Other cartoon character’s music and why they work

• Musical modes you can use (cool scales that are different than the ones

you usually practice (older students will need to learn these for Music

Progressions next year anyway, so this is a fun way to do this)

Students will write a musical motive (less than 10 seconds or 2-4

measures long) during the next few weeks.

We will play our motives for each other at the next group lesson, record

them, write them down, and everyone will vote on their favorite musical motive.

Students can also expand on their motive and write “theme music” for their

character.

Cartoon Character Contest - Letter To Parents