POETIC LICENSE: Using Poetry to Guide Composition

Item No: 7258

$16.95

by Mari Schay.

Helping students compose quality melodies and arrangements is a worthy challenge. 

In this resource, students follow step-by-step instructions to add melody to the natural rhythmic structure of a repetitive poem. They also devise simple ostinatos and accompaniments. Uses both voices and instruments. As they work they will learn to count intervals, create chords, and explore expressive techniques.

Reproducible and organized by concept and by difficulty for Gr. 2-6. 18 poems. 68 pp. 
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Songlist:

  • ABC (3 pitches)
  • Mississippi (4 pitches)
  • Woodchucks (4 pitches)
  • Falling Leaves (4 pitches)
  • Going to Saint Ives (6 pitches)
  • My Limerick (6 pitches, 6/8 meter)
  • Spring Storm (6 pitches, 6/8 meter)
  • I Scream (3 pitches, 1 interval to count)
  • Rain on the Green Grass (4 pitches, 1 interval to count)
  • Loose Tooth (6 pitches, 1 interval to count)
  • Pancake Day (4 pitches, 2 intervals to count)
  • The Clock (5 pitches, 2 intervals to count)
  • Forehead, Eyes (5 pitches, 1 interval to count, 6/8 meter)
  • Pins (2 patterns, with 1 reversal for each pattern)
  • Mud Pie (2 patterns, 1 transposition, 1 reversal)
  • Bubble Gum (1 pattern for each part with 2 additional chord tones)
  • Onomatopoeia (1 pattern for each part with 1 reversal, 1 inversion, 2 transpo.)
  • The House That Jack Built (12 motifs)

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