Music and Math Music Composition Lesson Plan

Students will compose a short composition based on math principles using Google Song Maker and save it as a file.
This lesson is for all age groups using the class set of iPads or their personal iPad or cell phone.
Within 2 - 3 lessons, students will compose a short piece of music.
• Acquire a knowledge of how to compose a 4-bar melody (for younger students) or multiple bar melody (older students)
• Use math skills of number knowledge: even numbers, odd numbers, prime numbers, square numbers
• Make musical decisions on timbre, rhythm, pitch patterns
• Save the newly created composition