High School Curriculum Explorer · Grades 9–12

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Music

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 1: Rhythm and Melodic Design

Make a Rhythm That Fits and Surprises

Audit original duration patterns and distinguish meter from surface rhythm.

▷ 2 teacher video choices: Make a Rhythm That Fits and Surprises
Preview lesson: Make a Rhythm That Fits and Surprises

Goal: Create a two-measure 4/4 rhythm and justify one accent choice using a beat grid.

Before this: Count four equal pulses and add halves.

Try together: Together repair a draft measure with durations 1, 1, 1/2, 2 while preserving at least three original events.

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Music

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 1: Rhythm and Melodic Design

Move a Melody Without Losing Its Shape

Use an original pitch sequence to distinguish contour from interval size and absolute pitch.

▷ 2 teacher video choices: Move a Melody Without Losing Its Shape
Preview lesson: Move a Melody Without Losing Its Shape

Goal: Transpose a short motif by a fixed semitone amount and explain what changes and what remains.

Before this: Read letter-name pitches and signed differences.

Try together: Together compare the original with 0, 1, 4, 3, 1, 0: it has a similar up/up/down/down/down contour but different interval sizes.

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