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Melody Completion

A worksheet for finishing a given opening phrase into a matching four-bar melody, with the question-and-answer shape explained, six things a marker looks for, and five graded exercises.

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What's inside

  • How a four-bar tune works — the question in bars 1-2 and the answer in bars 3-4
  • Six things a marker looks for, in order, from ending on the tonic to the bars adding up
  • A before-you-write routine and a fully worked example in words
  • Five melody-completion exercises across major and minor keys and both clefs, including writing the question from a given answer
  • A self-check tick list to run through before handing the sheet in
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