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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 44: Compositional Techniques Lesson PlanRock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 44: Compositional Techniques Lesson Plan
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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9th - 10th
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 44: Compositional Techniques

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Young music students rarely see or, better still, hear a connection between the different types of scales, modes, intervals and other compositional techniques such as meter, tonality, and form used in both traditional 'Art' music and contemporary 'Popular' music. By demonstrating the basic elements of composition used in these different genres of music, similarities and connections can be made that will help reduce the gap or void between 'Art' music and 'Popular' music.

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music composition, music history

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artistic music, chromatic scale, compositional techniques, elements of composition, mixed meter, music history lesson plans, music lesson plans, pentatonic scale, popular music contemporary music, rock music, rock & roll hall of fame, rock hall, rock and roll hall of fame, music composition and arrangement

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