Homework for Module 30

A. One motif, ten versions

Take:

C-D-E-G

Create:

1. ornamented
2. rhythmically displaced
3. augmented
4. diminished
5. sequenced
6. fragmented
7. inverted
8. retrograde
9. octave-displaced
10. paraphrased

Play them all.

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B. Preserve rhythm

Take a familiar 4-bar melody.

Keep its rhythm exactly.

Change pitches while preserving broad contour and phrase endings.

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C. Preserve pitches

Now keep the pitches.

Create three different rhythmic versions.

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D. Sequence

Take a 3-note motif.

Sequence it:

• diatonically
• exactly/chromatically
• through chord tones of a ii–V–I

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E. Fragmentation

Take a familiar tune.

Choose only its most recognizable 2–3 note fragment.

Create an 8-bar improvisation using mostly that fragment.

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F. Octave displacement

Take a plain scale-based phrase.

Move 2–3 notes to another octave.

Keep the same pitch classes.

Make it still singable.

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G. Major-to-minor transformation

Take a melody in C major.

Create a C-minor version.

Decide deliberately how to treat degree 7.

Compare the emotional change.

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H. Style transformation

Take one melody and perform it five ways:

1. jazz ballad
2. blues
3. pop
4. waltz/classical
5. bossa

First keep the melody literal.

Then make one style-specific melodic change in each version.

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I. Eight-level variation

Choose a simple tune and record:

1. literal
2. accompanied
3. ornamented
4. rhythmically varied
5. sequenced/fragmented
6. reharmonized
7. contrapuntal
8. paraphrased

This is the major assignment for Module 30.