Performing countermelodies in Pachelbel's Canon in D: Responding to staccato and legato articulation markings

This lesson is all about melody. How and why do different melodies fit together? You will explore the degrees of the scale, play countermelodies from Pachelbel's Canon in D and then compose a countermelody.

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