Teachers, save “Syn-co-pa Composition” to assign it to your class.

1. Use the drawing tool to duplicate one of the rhythms in the yellow boxes into the empty yellow box. 2. Practice clapping your yellow rhythm 3 times in a row, ending with the rhythm from the blue box. 3. Add a melody! Starting with the G (do), write or type :text: a melody note (choose from BAG ED) underneath each rhythm in the yellow box. 4. Add in the solfa note underneath each melody note (s,-l,-d-r-m) 5. Sing your melody with solfa. Make any changes until you are happy with your melody. 6. Play your melody on a classroom instrument - recorder, Orff instrument, or ukulele. 5. your composition with both singing and playing! 6. Post to your activity journal Extra: If you want to record yourself playing "Alabama Gal" as A section, then your melody as B section go for it!