8-Bar Musical Composition
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8-Bar Musical Composition
Build the musical plan
Use these building blocks as ideas, or invent your own. Chords: C, F and G7. Xylophone notes: C, D, E, G and A. Rhythm symbols: ♩ = one beat, ♪♪ = two even sounds in one beat, and rest = silence for one beat.
- C | F | C | G7 | C | F | G7 | C
- C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C
- F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F
- A hand drum
- A triangle playing irregular sounds with no steady pulse
- A xylophone playing the same notes as the melody
Compose and perform
Use the grid to plan a melody. Put one note or a rest in each beat box. A dash can show that a note continues. Keep the rhythm readable and make your pattern add up to 4 beats in every bar. Then practise the whole piece and perform it twice: once softly and once with a clear, confident finish.
Bar 1 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Bar 2 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Bar 3 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Bar 4 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Bar 5 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Bar 6 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Bar 7 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Bar 8 Beat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
2 printable pages
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Page 2
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