Year 13 HW w/c 22nd October
Work set previously for THIS WEEK
Composition
You must hand in:
- your score on Moodle
- your log sheet attached as a file here but also printed out filled in as follows:
- Structure summary indicating what passages in your composition are (e.g. bars 1-16: first subject, bars 40-52: development sketch, bars 1-20: in the sorceror’s cave)
- AT LEAST four documented influences
- AT LEAST four WCT Stylistic features
Revision for test (C group – Friday; D group – Wednesday)
An essay on EITHER second movements OR third movements
Review
This week we will be looking at FOURTH movements as well as reviewing the Poulenc set work.
Work set for half term
Revise for a comprehensive test on Poulenc and Debussy in the first week back after half term. You should also revise the focus wider listening works that we have so far covered (Poulenc brass trio and Webern) so you can answer the 5-mark question at the end.
You need to fill in a Free Composition Planning Document for Composition 2 to be handed in the first lesson back after half term. Please print this out for submission.
Year 12 Homework w/c 15th October
Starting Points summary work
Revise for the test on TUESDAY 23rd October.
You need to know:
- Chords and labelling (see here)
- Keys and modulations
- Embellishment (see here)
- Four-part harmonisation of cadences (see in booklet and practice on Moodle)
- Basic phrase structures (see here)
You must do at least one of each type of revision exercise on the Common Resources Moodle to help you prepare (Starting Points Quizzes – near the top).
Starting Points Composition (due on Moodle WEDNESDAY 24th October)
See Final Starting Points Composition Brief and Style composition basic crib
Year 13 Homework w/c 15th October
Work set last week for this week
Composition
As you prepare for the first Draft Portfolio Submission you need to consider the three things that will help you improve the most:
- Including textures that you have stolen from other pieces and DOCUMENTED on your log
- Including WCT features that are DOCUMENTED on your log
- Making sure that your ideas are proper musical gestures with dynamics and articulations.
AoS E (C: Tuesday 2nd / D: Wednesday 3rd)
Review the Debussy using the tabular summary in the Year 13 Revision Guide and the annotated score on Moodle. We will be doing review and summary tasks in the Tuesday/Wednesday lessons next week.
Review
Make sure you review THIRD movement of Haydn and essay topic (D) for this week’s lessons please
Work set this week for NEXT and beyond
On Wednesday 24th (D) /Friday 26th (C) we will have a 30 minute timed essay on ONE of SECOND or THIRD movements.
In the first week week back after HT test there will be a test on both Poulenc AND Debussy set works in the Tuesday/Wednesday lesson.
For next AoS E lesson please review Debussy using annotated scores and table in revision notes.
Year 12 Homework w/c 8th October
PROGRAMME AND PHOTOCOPIES OF MUSIC and ACCOMPANIMENT DUE ON MONDAY
Work set for this week
A Group (double lesson on Tuesday morning)
1) Write in chord labels
2) Write bass notes of the chords
3) Write the first bar
4) Sequence this bar as indicated for the next two bars
5) Adapt the final sequence so that it stays on V for the last bar
Please submit in a quartet texture but ONLY the bass notes, chord labels and melody should be included.
B Group (double lesson on Thursday morning)
1) Please write a cadential idea (due end of Wednesday 10th). It should:
- be two-bars plus one beat
- follow the chord sequence I6 – ii6 | I6/4 – V | I.
- end on I in root position and with the melody on the tonic
- consist of a melody in the treble stave and a bass line plus chord labels in the bass
2) Also due end of Wednesday 10th. Complete Exercise J3 (p. 34) on Sibelius.
- You should write it on a String Quartet score (Violin I, Violin II, Viola and Cello) but for now you only need write a melody and bass line WITH ROMAN NUMERALS.
- Follow the instructions carefully and make sure your melody treats dissonance correctly and has some articulation and dynamics.
1) Write in chord labels
2) Write bass notes of the chords
3) Write the first bar
4) Sequence this bar as indicated for the next two bars
5) Adapt the final sequence so that it stays on V for the last bar
Please submit in a quartet texture but ONLY the bass notes, chord labels and melody should be included.
Work set this week for next week
A Group
B Group