For his Music assessment, RD had to compose a short melody that represents an animal (choices were monkey, mouse, hippopotamus or penguin). He had to consider note values, pitch and tone colour/instrument. It had to be at least 4 bars long and it was to be notated correctly.
RD chose a penguin.
When he'd finished entering his composition in NoteWorthy, he passed on the headphones to me and let me listen to it. It was cute.
Right after he played it, he said, "Wait, wait."
He proceeded to highlight the notes in the middle and changed them from eighth notes to quarter notes. Then he let me listen to the revised composition.
"Which is better? This one or the first one?" he asked.
Arrggghhh, I thought. This reminds me of the part in my visits to the ophthalmologist that I dislike, the part where I have to choose where the letters are clearer -- green one or red one, this one ... flip... or this one... flip. I don't mind it when the difference is clear but sometimes I honestly can't tell. The image is clearer but the letters are smaller. Arrggghhh!!!
Thankfully, it was easy to decide between the two penguin compositions. The quarter note version had more character. "I like the second one better, RD."
Video coming soon
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