Music Composition Activities & Worksheets - Middle School Music

Music Composition. Teaching Middle School and Jr. High School music students how to write a melody is not always easy. The worksheets and activities in this resource set out a step-by-step method that students will understand and enjoy.

I have used the process outlined in this resource to teach music composition in my classes for many years, and it works without fail! My students call it my melody writing recipe!

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Music Composition and Melody Writing BUNDLE

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This product contains a PDF and a PPT version of the resource.

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

• A NINE-page teacher resource that explains in detail, step by step, a process for young musicians to follow when writing their first four-bar melody.

• A TEN-page Student Workbook

• I show the slides in the Teachers Resource on a digital projector and demonstrate the information on a whiteboard as we work through slides 2 - 9.

• You may have your students follow and work in their Student Workbooks as you review the information OR have them watch the demonstration first and then work through their booklet.

• The students then take the knowledge and apply what they have learned to compose TWO 8-bar melodies.

• The final TWO slides in the Student Workbook can be copied and reused for further melody writing exercises.

Students will need to have a little background knowledge of keys and chords.

Suitable for both North American and British terminologies.

PERFECT FOR:

• middle School students
• music centers
• homework sheets
• studio music teacher
• classroom music specialists
• music sub teachers with a music background
• melody writing and composition music lessons

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WHAT TEACHERS HAVE SAID:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Great set of step-by-step instructions for students to create their own musical composition. Enjoy seeing the final products my students create and share with their colleagues. Thank you!" (Thank you, Megan)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "My kids found this easy to use and understand. I enjoyed using this resource as the step-by-step instructions helped me as I love music, dabble in music but not musically trained teacher." (Thank you, Mary)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Extremely easy to understand! Easy to print out! Great graphics and instructions. An awesome product for both teacher and student(s). So glad I found TpT!!" (Thank you, Sally)

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