Choose the pathway for this learner
Original examples · every note is a crotchet · 4/4
- 01
A · Stepwise confidence
Join familiar notes through a change of direction.
- 02
B · A wider journey
Prepare the next note before each leap.
- 03
C · Shape an answer
Let the second bar respond to the first.
These original excerpts offer three routes into a short learning plan. They are concert-pitch melodies in 4/4, with all notes as crotchets.
Path A — Stepwise confidence
Notes: C4 D4 E4 D4 | C4 D4 E4 C4.
Goal: keep moving through changes of direction.
Task: speak the note names, play slowly, then join both bars.
Listen for: a continuous pulse.
Path B — A wider journey
Notes: C4 E4 G4 E4 | D4 F4 E4 C4.
Goal: prepare wider movements without stopping.
Task: identify the next note before each leap, then restore the phrase.
Listen for: an unhurried entry after each movement.
Path C — Shape an answer
Notes: E4 F4 G4 E4 | D4 E4 D4 C4.
Goal: make the second bar sound like a response.
Task: try two dynamic shapes and choose one.
Listen for: a deliberate phrase ending.
Each audio begins with four count-in clicks at 72 beats per minute. Adapt register and fingering to the instrument. The paths are alternatives, not a required sequence of grades.