COMPOSATHON
Multicultural Mathematics
December 8th, 2004
Directions: This exercise is designed to give you practice
in using musical structure. The plan is that each team will pick
patterns out of a hat. Together, you will plan a composition that
uses all these patterns plus other patterns that you write yourself.
Here are the rules...
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You must use all the patterns I give you. In addition, you can make
up any number of patterns of your own.
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You must choose a measure length for your composition.
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The composition must be at least 64 measures long. In addition, its
length should be a multiple of the measure length. For example, if
I choose the measure to be 8 beats long, the composition must be at least
512 beats long.
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Every instrument should have the same number of beats in its part.
At the end of the period, each group will play its composition for the
class. Good luck!