Compose a tune that fits chords given to you.

Initial Week

— Read “Melodizing” possibilities to help you get started.

— Ask questions.

— Before 5:00 pm on Friday, compose a melody for at least three different 8-measure chord progressions. Save your 3 melodies and their chords using music notation software. To save time, copy and paste any identical chords.

Over the Weekend — Completely forget about this assignment.

Subsequent Week

— On Monday and Tuesday, play your melodies and, with fresh ears, choose the best one, make final revisions, then upload it as an mp3 file to D2L. (Communications tab > Discuss > Compositions and Critiques > "Melodize" a Harmony) To create an mp3 file, look under the Edit menu for Export.

— On Wednesday and Thursday, return to D2L and play your classmate's compositions. Critique at least 2 compositions. In your critiques, comment upon a musical feature you thought had artistic merit and why. Also offer the composer constructive criticism, i.e. one suggestion.

— Finally, read what others wrote about your music.

Grading Rubric

• Satisfactory Composition — 80 points (50 points for a late composition)
    — I deduct one point for every note of the melody that is not a pitch of the chord, a passing tone, or a neighbor tone.
    — I deduct two points if the melody does not end on tonic.
    — I deduct two points if the melody does not end on a downbeat.
• 2 Critiques — 20 points (10 points for 2 late critiques)