Music Homework – Group BB – w/c 22nd February
Composition
Not yet set
Anthology
Please look at each of the main sections of the Tippett and work out where there are examples of motifs W, X, Y and Z.
- 1 Exposition 1st Subject
- 10 Transition 1
- 21 Transition 2
- 39 Second subject
- 68 Development
- 129 Recapitulation 1st Subject
- 136 Transition 1
- 147 Transition 2
- 156 Transition 3
- 165 Second subject
- 194 Coda
Harmony
Finish Cadence Worksheet 12 (p. 32)
Music Homework – Group BD – w/c 22nd February
Composition
Please concentrate in particular in getting a melody and a texture sorted for your light sections. There is loads on Moodle to help you – the Williams in the anthology is analyzed in the Developing Motifs and Themes notes. You might also look at Inspiring Melodies and the Orchestral Texture (M examples) in the Orchestration module.
Anthology
Please look at each of the main sections of the Tippett and work out where there are examples of motifs W, X, Y and Z.
- 1 Exposition 1st Subject
- 10 Transition 1
- 21 Transition 2
- 39 Second subject
- 68 Development
- 129 Recapitulation 1st Subject
- 136 Transition 1
- 147 Transition 2
- 156 Transition 3
- 165 Second subject
- 194 Coda
Harmony
Finish Cadence Worksheet 12 (p. 32)
A2 Homework w/c 22nd February
Chorale
See the dedicated page for chorale homework this term detailing groups and deadlines. Chorale workshops is on a THURSDAY.
Applied
Not yet set
Instrumental
Not yet set
Composition
Please continue with your composition work. I am really happy to see students in workshops or 1-to-1 but please make sure you book in advance. I will next take your work in in two weeks time and would like you please to annotate your feedback sheet for the next hand-in on Friday 4th March.
Spring Term Chorale Work
All students will complete Edexcel Papers 2014 and 2o12 this half term and then do 2011 over the Easter break. You are welcome and encouraged to do extra ones – 2006, 2008 and 2013 are already printed out in the classroom and others are available on Moodle (pre 2008 tend to be a bit trickier). We will look at your work in seminar groups according to the following schedule.
Notes: please use the Chorale Completion Cribsheet and be religious about checking Sop/Bass for parallels before doing inner parts and then writing the notes for each chord and ticking them off.
Schedule for Groups 1, 2 and 3 (see below for membership)
Complete 2014 chorale by the lesson on Monday 29th February
Complete 2012 chorale by the lesson on Monday 14th March
Schedule for Groups 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 (see below)
Complete 2014 chorale by the lesson on Monday 7th March
Complete 2012 chorale by the lesson on Monday 21st March
Groups
1 – David, Aaron, Sam S
2 – Micayla, Jacob and Rachael
3 – Ella, Amber and Matt
4 – Abi, Sophie and Flora
5 – Shaquira and Lydia
6 – Sam B, Roxy and Ryan
7 – Luke, Dan and Jo
8 – Adam (by Thursday of relevant week)
Half term homework (AS)
Anthology
Write an essay comparing the Bach, Haydn AND Webern in terms of Structure and Harmony. Note that this essay will be out of 26 rather than 18, to reflect the fact that you have an extra work to consider.
Harmony
No half term work
Composition
We are doing all the work looking at your compositions, so put your feet up and relax!
Half term Homework (A2)
Applied
Please make sure you know what the story is for On the Waterfront. Ideally, try to watch the film, but failing that Google a plot summary.
Chorale
Finish Fingerprint 10 (and any other unfinished FPs in the book)
Have a go at the first exercise on the Using Chord vii worksheet (given out in class but available here)
Instrumental
Not yet set.
Music Homework – Group BD – w/c 1st February
Harmony
Finish Cadence Worksheet 11 that we started in class. All V4-3 suspensions unless it is impossible (it is for one of them!)
Anthology
Please complete an essay on the following title: “Identify features of the Webern that are typical of Modernism”. You will need to use the planner we completed in class and you should of course use the notes on Moodle from Edexcel and other sources. Due in FRIDAY 12th
Composition
Continue with your composition but please indicate clearly in the submission text where you have created motivic links between sections. I will be concentrating on this aspect.
Music Homework – Group BB – w/c 1st February
Harmony
Finish Cadence Worksheet 11 that we started in class. All V4-3 suspensions unless it is impossible (it is for one of them!)
Anthology
Please complete an essay on the following title: “Identify features of the Webern that are typical of Modernism”. You will need to use the planner we completed in class and you should of course use the notes on Moodle from Edexcel and other sources. Due in FRIDAY 12th
Composition
Not yet set
A2 Homework – w/c 1st February
Chorale
Please complete the 2005 chorale mock using the bassline we agree in class. You can alter it, however, as much as you like. Please check REALLY carefully for Double SLAP problems
Instrumental
1. Listen to the Brahms Quintet and annotate your score with any repetitions of motifs a, b and c. We’ll do a peer check in class on Wednesday!
2. Read the background information in your Brahms workpack. Make a note of anything you don’t understand
3. Write a detailed paragraph about Brahms’s use of structure and tonality in the Quintet.
Applied
Write an essay consisting of 10 illustrated and explained points answering the following question:
What innovative compositional techniques does Schoenberg use to express the emotional content of the text in Der kranke Mond from Pierrot Lunaire.