Group Eighths into Dotted-Quarter Beats
In the supplied compound meters, eighth-note subdivisions group in threes.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Compound Grouping, Scales, Resolution, and Movement Canons
Inspect the relationships underlying a score. Group eighth-note subdivisions, construct the supplied major-scale pattern, apply a declared tonal return and schedule a delayed movement motif with complete duration accounting.
Before you begin
- Add beat fractions and semitone offsets; read ordered timelines.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Build a Scale from Supplied Offsets
The supplied Western major-scale pattern uses semitone offsets zero, two, four, five, seven, nine, eleven and twelve from the tonic.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Apply a Declared Return to Tonic
A supplied tonal brief can name a dominant tension and require a final return to its declared tonic.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Delay a Complete Movement Motif
A movement canon schedules a repeated motif after a stated delay.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- National Core Arts Standards artistic-process topic reference: framework reference — Compound Grouping, Scales, Resolution, and Movement Canons
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.