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Improvisation Checklist

National Standards
  3. Content Standard: Improvising, variations, and accompaniments.
    Achievement Standard:
     

a. Students improvise simple harmonic accompaniments.
b. Students improvise embellishments and simple rhythmic and melodic variations on a given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major keys.
c. Students improvise short melodies, unaccompanied and over given rhythmic accompaniment, each in a constant style, meter, and tonality.

 
Techniques Utilized
 

Call and response -     Yes_____      No ____      the Tune quoted ____

Follows the beat -      "in the pocket"_____     Varies _____     Where?____

Able to follow chord changes      Groovin' _____      Not _____

Rhythm Used -      Quarters/eights _____     Triplets _____     More _____

Note Range utilized -      Less than an Octave _____     Octave Plus _____

Articulations Used      Dits_____    Dahs_____     Dat_____    Slurs_____    Rests_____

 
 

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