This post includes piano activities for Mozart's Symphony #40 in Piano Pronto Movement 3.
Music Samples and History
Watch the video to hear the orchestral version of Mozart's Symphony #40. Can you identify in your music where Mozart uses the following composing techniques?
Repetition?
A short 3 note sequence? (motif repeats starting on a different note)
A longer 4 measure sequence?
Diminution? (play same pitches but shorten the rhythmic values)
Theory
Click the links to play theory and ear-training games with minor scales.
Free Printable Game: Melodic Motif Bingo
Watch this quick video to see examples of how composers change a motif (musical idea) to develop it in a piece like Mozart does in this symphony.
Just for FunOptional Composing Activity
Watch Jan Tuttle’s Hot Chocolate Composing Tools Tutorials to review ideas for melody writing.
Motifs
Motifs
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