Compose and Create: composing a minor melody on a stave

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Identifying major and minor tonalities

I can sing and identify songs in the major or minor key.

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Minor melodies and the minor pentachord

I can read, sing and play the minor pentachord and know it uses the first five notes of the minor scale.

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Reading the five note minor pentachord scale

I can read and notate the ascending and descending minor pentachord on a simplified stave.

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Reading and playing minor melodies

I can read and play minor melodies on tuned percussion.

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Composing and notating a minor melody

I can compose and notate a stylistic minor melody.

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Reading and performing minor melodies

I can perform my minor melody composition and the compositions of others with accuracy and a steady pulse.

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