Students start with melodic development then incorporate other elements such as rhythm, harmony and arrangement, building important compositional knowledge as they go.

Composing Chapter	Theory Link	Composition Focus
		Melody	Rhythm	Harmony	Arrangement
Getting started with pitch	The Staff	Yes	No	No	No
Getting started with Rhythm	Rhythm Basics	No	Yes	No	No
Variation on a theme	Rhythm Intermediate	No	Yes	No	Yes
Call & response	The Piano Keyboard	Yes	No	No	No
Rhythm & words: spoken chorus	Rhythm Intermediate Adv.	Yes	Yes	No	No

A round with Ostinato Bass	The Major Scale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jazz up your melody	Major Key Signatures	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Scale tones in a melody	More Major Scales	Yes	No	No	No
A duet for two	Intervals	Yes	No	Yes	No
My Minor Theme	Minor Scales	Yes	No	No	No

A Musical Scene	Minor Keys	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
My blues melody	Blues Scales	Yes	No	No	No
Off to the Movies	Rhythm Advanced	No	Yes	No	Yes
Jingles That Sell	Rhyming	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Be A Songwriter	Triads in a Major Scale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes