Instrumental

Schumann ‘Kinderscenen’: continue the work started in class – for movements 3 and 11 describe the texture and instrumentation features, trying to add to the ‘texture is mdh’ starting point.
Write down your answers on a sheet of paper, not just in your anthology ready for next week’s starter.

Applied

• Read Source 03 in the Moodle on Gabrieli (here). Note down some key features of Venetian music in the 16th and 17th centuries
• Google and Youtube Sackbutts and Cornetts

Chorale

Complete Worksheet 13 (remember all chorale worksheets are available on this blog here)

Remember there is a chorale workshop on THURSDAY at 11.30 in C6.

Composing

Aim to have 1 1/2 minutes of music by next week but aim for quality not quantity.
YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PIECE ON MOODLE THIS WEEK BY WEDNESDAY 4pm latest.
Workshop on Tuesday 4-5pm – please make use of this extra help.

Instrumental (for Tuesday)

Finish worksheet on Harmony in Mozart (we did question 1 in class)

Vocal (for Monday)

No homework but check your anthology is up to date.

Harmony (for Friday)

Finish page 22 of harmony workbooks

Composition (end of Wednesday)

You have targets on the Moodle submission area (w/c 17 November).
Please revise, improve and add to your initial sketch. Submit it on Moodle by Wednesday 4pm at the latest.

Instrumental (for Tuesday)

Finish worksheet on Harmony in Mozart (we did question 1 in class)

Vocal (for Wednesday)

No homework this week.

Harmony (for Wednesday)

Finish p. 22 of the Harmony Workbook

Composition (end of Wednesday)

• Make any corrections/amendments according to feedback (put Notes on the score where you have yet to address problems identified)
• Create a new sketch, based clearly on influences that are marked on the score using the Review/Notes function
• Create/Update your Tracker of Influences Used (different from the Initial Influences form) and submit on Moodle in the Planners folder
• Submit your annotated Sibelius file on Moodle

Instrumental

Use the ‘texture and instrumentation’ worksheet from class to create a mini essay (Louis Armstrong)

Applied

No homework this week

Chorale

Finish the exercises for Fingerprint 7 and Fingerprint 9

Remember that I have a workshop on THURSDAY at 11.30 in C6.

Composing

Make sure that you submit your work by the end of Tuesday alongside your updated structure planner.

Instrumental

Write up the Armstrong notes made in class into a mini essay.

Applied

No homework this week.

Chorale

Complete the exercises for Fingerprints 7 and 9.

Remember that I have a workshop on THURSDAY at 11.30 in C6.

Composing

If you submitted your piece on Moodle you have clear targets for this week.
Spend this week polishing and improving the initial ideas for your composition – most of you need to tidy up harmony and melody issues before composing new material.

Instrumental (for Tuesday)

1. Look at the Mozart Dim Brother beginning and mark the phrases (Mp3 in Moodle folder)

2. Look at the real Mozart equivalent passage (1-22) and mark with brackets in your anthology those bars that are EXTRA compared to the dim brother version

Vocal (for Wednesday)

Make sure anthologies are up to date.

Harmony (for Friday)

Correct second line of p.16 and complete first line of p. 17. All cadences are perfect and in root position. Make sure you write the notes under the stave and tick them off as you use them.

Composition (end of Wednesday)

1. Turn your initial idea into a fully worked-out composition sketch. In order to do this you will need to listen to music found on Moodle for inspiration. I would expect a minimum of 12 bars or perhaps around 30 seconds of music

2. Complete the ‘Tracker of influences used’ sheet found on the AS submission area of Moodle. You should have 3 or 4 specific influences by now e.g. ‘Tonic pedal in Cello with swirling quaver patterns in the violins’ or ‘melody uses a falling octave followed by rising scalic figure’

Please post the influences tracker and your composition on Moodle by the end of Tuesday.

Instrumental (for Tuesday)

1. Look at the Mozart Dim Brother beginning and mark the phrases (Mp3 in Moodle folder)

2. Look at the real Mozart equivalent passage (1-22) and mark with brackets in your anthology those bars that are EXTRA compared to the dim brother version

Vocal (for Wednesday)

Ensure your anthologies are up to date.

Harmony (for Wednesday)

Correct second line of p.16 and complete first line of p. 17. All cadences are perfect and in root position. Make sure you write the notes under the stave and tick them off as you use them.

Composition (end of Wednesday)

1. Look at my feedback on your task from last week and see if you can improve your work – the focus particularly is on developing textures and other ideas that you are taking from your influences. Use the Review/Comment facility on Sibelius to label this section (e.g. waterfall).

2. In the Sleeve Notes and Planners section on AS Moodle download the Tracker of Influences Used document and note down any influences you have used in your first sketch

3. Leave some blank bars and then do a new sketch. You must make sure that it draws on influences (particularly texture ones) and note these down in the Tracker.

4. Upload your Sibelius file into the w/c 17th November submission with a comment explaining what you have done and upload your Tracker in the Influences and Planners submission.

Instrumental

Not yet set – see last week

Applied

Essay: Discuss features of the Purcell that convey the emotion of the drama, identifying how these are typical of Baroque opera.

There are 13 marks for which you need to provide at least 10 points with bar numbered examples

Chorale

Complete Worksheet 11. Remember that I have a workshop on THURSDAY at 11.30 in C6.

Composing

Continue with your work and submit on Moodle. You should have at least a minute’s worth of music by the time you submit this.

Instrumental

Not yet set – see last week

Applied

Essay: Discuss features of the Purcell that convey the emotion of the drama, identifying how these are typical of Baroque opera.

There are 13 marks for which you need to provide at least 10 points with bar numbered examples

Chorale

Complete Worksheet 11. Remember that I have a workshop on THURSDAY at 11.30 in C6.

Composing

Not yet set – see last week