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Choose a musical to explore in your study of melody and the concepts of music:

Which production have you selected and why?

Who wrote the lyrics?

Who wrote the music?

Which other shows have these composers written?

What year was this piece composed in?

When was it rst performed?

Where was it rst performed?

What style was it composed within?

What is it about?

Is it an original story or is it a musical adaptation?

Choose a major song from the show:

- xplore the sheet music:

- What is the title of the piece?

- Which character sings it?- What type of !inger do you thin" was intended to sing it?

- are multiple vocalists involved #is it a duet$ or ensemble number?%

- what is their role in the production?

- where&when does it appear in the production?

- If any: What names or places appear in the lyrics?

- What other details do you notice?

- what is the story of the song? 'se (uotes from the lyrics in your

response)

- how does it t in with the plot?

- is it in a major or minor "ey?- *oes anything on the page loo" strange or unfamiliar?

- what other details& expressive techni(ues do you note in the song?

- what is the structure of the song? #verse&chorus%

- listen to the song and record the name of the performers&production

- what do you notice about how it sounds upon rst listening?

- What instruments were intended to play it? What have been used in the

recording you listened to?

- If this was written in a di+erent time period or style$ what would be

di+erent?

- 'sing the concepts of music thoroughly explore the use of each conceptin this song: #describe each concept under the "ey headings below%

 - pitch - duration , texture - dynamics and expressive techni(ues , tone

colour&timbre , structure -

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ollow up:

.re-response:

/earn to play the melody) 0ow does "nowing the melody add to your

understanding?

1eginning

0ave students write a brief description of the song or piece of sheet music in

their own words)

Intermediate

'sing the information you have gathered) !peculate about the composer2s

purpose in creating it$ and what he or she expected it to accomplish) *o you

thin" it achieved its writers goals? xplain why you thin" so)

3dvanced

 4hin" about what you already "now about this period in history) 0ow do the lyrics

support or contradict your current understanding of this period? 0ow does the

song highlight the values or opinions held during this period? 0ow do you thin"

the public reacted to this song?

- learn the melody of the piece vocally or on piano and write a re5ection in your

wor"boo" describing how the melody adds to your understanding of the piece: