1. Agenda
Time
1. Melody Share Prepare
3 min
2. Attendance & Most
Important Question
2 min
4. Melody Share
7 min
5. Phrases
10 min
6. Questions and Answers
10 min
7. Creating
Question/Answer Phrases
15 min
7. Exit Ticket
3 min
2.
By the end of today’s class, you will know
how to create strong question/answer
phrases.
Benchmarks: 6.1.1.3.1, 6.2.1.3.1, 6.2.1.3.1
3. We are silent during melody shares out of
respect for the composer
We applaud for each one
We all listen to feedback—these
concepts are universal!
Everyone will share by the end of the
quarter
4.
A musical phrase is a unit of
that has a complete musical sense
of its own, built from
and combining to form
In Language Arts, musical phrases can
be compared to a
we don’t want them to be on their own
5. Phrases are not complete melodies
A relationship between phrases must
exist in order to create a satisfying
melody
What are some things we can do to
create a relationship between phrases?
› Similar
› Similar
› Similar
Let’s explore phrase relationships
6.
One of the strongest relationships
between musical phrases is called
The question phrase comes first and is
known as the
The answer phrase comes second and is
known as the
8.
Question Phrase tips
› End with an upward contour
› Ending on the dominant can help
Answer Phrase tips
› Start the same way you started the question
phrase
› End on the tonic
9. Take this time to create some
question/answer phrases
Circle the components of your phrases
that reference the other
We’ll go over some class examples
10. Your homework this week is to create
four melodies using question/answer
phrase relationships.
Circle the shared materials (rhythms,
notes, etc.)
I will provide rhythms if you would like to
use them, but if you want to create your
own, please feel free to do so this week.
