Composition (for TUESDAY 19th)
Minuet Composition – First Eight Bars
Write eight bars of minuet that is:
- in 3/4
- in a major key
- a period
- in a string quartet score start with a melody and a bass line in the cello and chord labels (THESE ARE COMPULSORY). THEN you can fill in with a simple texture taken from the Basic String Quartet textures on www.alevelmusic.com
- modulate to the dominant in the second half of the phrase
- Use standard chord progressions including at the cadences
Haydn
Please update your new Haydn scores from your photocopies/notes so far.