Composition Brainstorm Worksheet

Free Piano Lesson Student Composing Activity

Piano teachers of middle and high school aged students: take the 'scary' out of starting a composition with this vibrant printable worksheet!

Looking to encourage creativity in your lesson planning? Try out this worksheet to catapult a fantastic composition project, even for a student who has never composed before.

--Color and Black & White included--

 

INCLUDED:

- 1 Composition Brainstorm PDF Page in color

- 1 Composition Brainstorm PDF Page in B&W

WHO IS THIS WORKSHEET FOR:

This worksheet is perfect for middle-school- to high-school-aged pianists who don't quite know where to start with their next composition project.

 

HOW TO USE THIS WORKSHEET:

Teachers, use this brainstorm worksheet to start the ideas rolling. The fun design of this worksheet catches students' attention and makes the brainstorming process their top priority.

- Either fill the brainstorm worksheet out with the student at a lesson, or send it home to have them fill it out on their own.

- Read over their ideas and the choices they have circled, and help the devise a composition format, style, sections, lyrics, and a plan to write out all parts of their imagined composition.

- Assign mini-tasks at each week's lesson to help them compose and write out an entire piece they can be proud of!

• Keep referring back to the brainstorm to envision the end goal as the student completes each composition mini-task.

 

I hope this resource helps inspire creative composition in your piano studio!