Prepare for a tutoring lesson.

Try this with Music 1

1. Pick one topic and bring a question, an attempted answer or a short section of your notes.
2. Write a goal you can check at the end, such as explaining a method or improving a response.
3. Choose one independent follow-up task to try after working through the example.

Pick a starting point

• Hearing beat, metre and metric grouping: regular versus irregular metres
• Syncopation, augmentation, diminution and rhythmic ostinato by ear
• Tempo, gradations of tempo, pulse rates and the absence of pulse
• Melodic contour, direction of pitch movement, range and register
• Harmony, tonality, scales, modes and other ways of organising pitch
• Definite and indefinite pitch, pitch patterns, pedal point and drone

Plan a sample lesson

Choose one inventory topic and a goal. This plan stays in your browser until you download it; it is not sent to a tutor.