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b. Is the meter compound duple or compound triple?

c. Is the meter asymmetrical?

5. Form – This category will be used to describe the form of the selected excerpt. Examples

of this category are:

a. Is the selected excerpt binary form, rounded binary, or rondo?

b. What is the form of the selected excerpt:

1. intro, a, a’, b

2. intro, a, b, b’

3. intro, a, b, a

4. a, b, a, b’

6. Style – This category will be used to describe the style of the selected excerpt. Examples

of this category are:

a. Is this an example of jazz, orchestra, choir, etc.?

b. Is the excerpt an example of melody with chordal accompaniment?

c. What style best describes the excerpt?

7. Composer – This category will be used to list the possible composers of the selected

excerpt.

a. Who is the composer of the excerpt?

b. Who are the potential composers of the excerpt?

c. What is the genre of the selected excerpt?

The following acrostic can be used to remember the categories: Me-Me-Ha-Me-Fo-Sty-Co.

After the second playing, again use a round table discussion to describe each category, while

only allowing musical vocabulary. This exercise should be used daily for two weeks, during this

time, the students should begin to expand their musical vocabulary to demonstrate an

understanding of each category.

Assessment:

1. Are the students able to use musical vocabulary to correctly analyze each category?

2. Are the students correctly analyzing the musical excerpt?

Next Lesson: Lesson #2

After a two week period of the categorical exercises, begin to pass out questions that relate to the

categories. Start with three or four questions that are very specific about the categories. Before

playing the excerpt, have the students read the questions and place the correct category beside

the question. This will help them to rule out the non-essential needs of the performed excerpt.

These excerpts should be done daily or a minimum of three times per week.

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