Students will learn about the history of Baroque music and the use of the ostinato/basso continuo. Then, students will learn the famous ostinato from Pachelbel’s Canon in D along with selected melodies played over the ostinato. Using this as a guide, students will compose, arrange, notate, and perform their own melodies over Pachelbel’s ostinato using half notes, quarter notes, and their own “free choice” rhythms.
