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In this assignment, students develop aural skills by collaboratively arranging a duet for two instruments. They will choose any jazz standard or classic rock tune, and they will teach each other the melody without using sheet music. They will work together to create harmony (chords for piano and guitar, or a second line for horns and bass), and they will perform for the class. Each person should play the harmony and each person should play the melody at some point. Grading criteria: • Each musician contributed to the process by teaching each other parts of the melody and/or the harmony • Each person can play the melody and the harmony (or chords) proficiently • Each person contributes to the process by being an active participant • Each musician interprets the song in the style of the original • Each person demonstrate some creativity, evidence of - making the song her or his own. It should be unique in some way