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AS Homework w/c 29th February
Anthology
- Write the following essay: Identify features of the TIPPETT that are typical of the Twentieth century. (NOTE: you should discuss both Neo-Classical features and those that are more generally typical). Deadline: FRIDAY
- Revise the Dowland – we are going to do a Skeleton score on WEDNESDAY
Harmony
Finish p. 50 (started in class)
Composition
Submit on Moodle
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.
A2 Homework – w/c 18th January
Applied
Read the first three pages of Source 1 on the Schoenberg Moodle resources folder and the whole of Source 3. Please write a brief summary of modernism, expressionism, emancipated dissonance and Sprechstimme. You may use other internet sources if that is helpful.
Instrumental
1. Read through the Moodle notes on melody and harmony in the Miles Davis:
Music A2/Unit 6c: Instrumental Music/Miles Davis – Four
Update your anthology and mind map notes
2. Read through your Miles Davis pack and add notes about rhythm to your anthology
Chorale
Please complete Fingerprints 6 and 7 and also please complete the summary info at the beginning of the booklet for all fingerprints done so far (1-7 & 9)
Music Homework – Group BB – w/c 7th December
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
Submit your dark and light sketches as a single Sibelius file in the Moodle area marked ‘Xmas submission’
Submit your composition tracker WITH UP TO DATE INFLUENCES in the ‘Tracker submissions’ area on Moodle
Music Homework – Group BB – w/c 30 November
Composition
Not yet set
Anthology
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.
Harmony
No lesson this week.
Music Homework – Group BB – w/c 30th November
Composition
Continue work on your ‘light’ sketch. Make sure you think about motifs, as we discussed in class. Remember that by Christmas you must have two sketches lasting a total of two minutes as a minimum.
Submit your composition and tracker sheet on Moodle by Tuesday.
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.
Music Homework – Group BD – w/c 16th November
Anthology
Make sure that your anthologies are up to date in their annotations for the Haydn, Dekker and Dowland. I will be conducting checks during lessons next week.
Harmony
Complete page 16 of the harmony workbook, being sure to avoid Double SLAP errors. Please come to the harmony workshop on MONDAY at 12.45 if you need any help.
Composition
Please write a sketch for Darkness. You MUST use at least two or three influences that are documented using post-its on the score
Music Homework – Group BB – w/c 16th November
Anthology
Make sure that your anthologies are up to date in their annotations for the Haydn, Dekker and Dowland. I will be conducting checks during lessons next week.
Harmony
Complete page 16 of the harmony workbook, being sure to avoid Double SLAP errors. Please come to the harmony workshop on MONDAY at 12.45 if you need any help.
Composition
Not yet set – see last week
Music Homework – Group BD – w/c 9th November
Anthology (Vocal – for Wednesday)
For next WEDNESDAY please make sure you have annotated your scores using the notes provided on Moodle. I will be taking a random sample for checking and we will be doing an exercise based on you having done so.
Harmony (for Thursday)
Please Exercise 1 on page 15 of the Harmony Workbook. Make sure that you follow the Double SLAP guidelines.
Composition
Please develop your idea using feedback given and adding further influences to improve your texture
Music Homework – Group BB – w/c 9th November
Anthology (Vocal – for Wednesday)
For next WEDNESDAY please make sure you have annotated your scores using the notes provided on Moodle. I will be taking a random sample for checking and we will be doing an exercise based on you having done so.
Harmony (for Wednesday)
Please Exercise 1 on page 15 of the Harmony Workbook. Make sure that you follow the Double SLAP guidelines.
Composition
Compose your initial idea – either ‘dark’ or ‘light’. You MUST be able to explain at least three influences used in your composition idea.
Please submit your piece in the ‘w/c 9th November’ area on the AS Music Moodle page.