Music Composition Curriculum - Year 1

This Music Composition Curriculum was built for 6th Grade classes. The full unit was built for 14+ lessons (7 weeks, 2 sessions per week/lesson). Some lessons can easily be extended to a 3rd or 4th day. This unit walks through the basic building blocks of constructing a melody without harmony using proven patterns and simple to follow instructions. This unit assumes no prior knowledge, so students can dive right in and learn how to manipulate notes and rhythms into melodies. Lessons were built for use with Noteflight music composition software, but can be easily adapted for other composition software systems.