Anthology
Update your anthology (I will check in the first week back) and revise for your mocks in January, which will include any pieces that we have studied (Bach, Mozart, Dowland, Dekker and Bruckner)

Harmony
Complete page 24 in the Harmony Workbook.

Composition
Tom’s Group: find six more influences from Moodle to use in your piece. They might include Texture and Instrumentation (e.g. percussion), anything from Melody and Harmony (chords, ‘Interesting rhythm’ etc.). Document these in a simple table, indicating where in your piece you are hoping to include it.

Applied
Prepare for your mock in January by making sure your anthology is up to date (I’ll check them in the first week back) and revising the work we have done so far (Bach and Williams)

Instrumental
Finish question vi) and the discussion questions in your Miles Davis pack.

Prepare for your mock in January by revising the four works covered so far and making sure your anthology is fully up to date

Composition
No Xmas homework

Performance
Practice your pieces ready for the mock in January. You should also listen to recordings of them to get to know accompaniments, get musical ideas etc.

Harmony
Please complete the exercises on page 22. Remember to check your work with the Double SLAP – I want perfection! Notes on IB or IC V I patterns are in the handbook on page 64.

Anthology
Not yet set.

Composition
[submission by the end of THURSDAY NEXT WEEK]

Your tracker must include the following:

Story for each section

1. Keys and modulations for each section
2. At least two influences for each section (whether or not actually used or not)
3. At least 10 influences in total
4. Please add at the bottom the targets from 7^th December (copy and paste from Moodle) and what you have done to address them

Your composition should:

• Be around 2 minutes in length
• Have plenty of dynamics and articulation
• Have some motivic links within/between sections
• Have post-it notes on the Sibelius file that document the details of influences and what sections represent.

Composition
I will take in compositions at the end of NEXT week on Moodle and printed out please. Make sure that each section is clearly labelled explaining what it is and its main influences.

Applied
No homework this week

Chorale
Please complete worksheet 19

Instrumental
Update and tidy your anthology notes for the four pieces studied so far. Add colour/underlining as appropriate to ensure clarity.

Read the notes in your pack about the background to Miles Davis’ ‘Four’

Composition
In the lesson: Resubmit your planner with all the required details (narrative, projected length, influences and key)

On Thursday: hand in your motif sheet

By the end of Sunday: submit your Sibelius file

Harmony
No lesson this week

Anthology (due Friday)
1. Please annotate your scores using sources 05 and 06 in the resources folder on Moodle

2. Write an essay on the following topic: Identify features of the Bach that are typical of the Baroque style. Note that you need to make TEN clear points in order to get full marks.

Chorale
Complete the Exercises for Fingerprints 4 and 9 in the Fingerprints Workbook

Applied

Next week we will have a timed essays on the Bach and the Williams. As part of your preparations, please complete essay planners on the following questions:

1. How is the Bach typical of Lutheran Church music of the late Baroque.
2.  Discuss how Bach conveys the meaning of his text.

Instrumental
Haydn: make a bullet point list or mind map of texture and instrumentation.

All points must include examples with bar numbers. Make sure you highlight the contrast in texture between sections and aim to give at least 10 distinct features

Composition
Please submit your composition on Moodle as usual, making clear what has changed since last week.

Composition
Not yet set

Anthology
Read sources 03 and 04 on Moodle and make brief notes on:

• Suites and Partitas
• Sarabandes
• Gigues

Harmony
Please finish page 21 and hand in ON FRIDAY please