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UNIT 5:

Unit 5: Exploring Musical Composition

Four assignments:

1. Five Original Ideas. 5P1, 5M1, 5D Compose 5 original ideas and record them.

2. Developing Ideas. 5P2, 5M2, 5D2 Develop 3 of these ideas and say how they have been developed.

3. Putting it together. 5P3, 5M3, 5D3 Produce a complete composition using one of your original ideas.

4. Whats the Score? 5P4, 5M4, 5D4 Produce a score so that other musicians can perform your work.

TASK 1 5P1 Create five original musical ideas that could form a basis for a composition. 5M1 Create five original musical ideas that could form a basis for a composition,

demonstrating a range of distinctive characteristics. 5D1 Create five original musical ideas that could form a basis for a composition,

demonstrating a wide range of distinctive characteristics and showing imagination.

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Your five starting points should be just that; ideas for the start of a composition.

Your ideas may include: Chord sequences / progressions ( 4- 8 bars) Melodies (4 8 bars) Hooks / Riffs Sound samples Rhythm patterns.

Your five original ideas should be recorded once completed.

REMEMBER: Your 5 ideas need to form the basis of a piece or section of a piece, they should be different and catchy. E.g.: well-constructed melodic content, chord progressions and catchy hooks), show some imagination, essentially, ideas that grab listeners attention.

TASK 2

5P2 Identify the techniques used to extend, develop and manipulate three original musical ideas.

5M2 Describe the range of techniques used to extend, develop and manipulate three musical ideas.

5D2 Explain the range of techniques used to extend, develop and manipulate three musical ideas.

love your ideas but they need convincing.can you make something more of your original music? NUMU: want to see that you can extend and develop 3 of your ideas into something more substantial

Choose three of your ideas from Task 1. Try to make them all different, you may wish to choose: A rhythm, a melody and a chord sequence.

When developing these original ideas think about: Extending and developing an idea: repetition; decoration; variation; sequence; contrast.

Manipulating techniques: transposition; transformations (inversion, retrograde, retrograde inversion); cut and paste techniques; processes (canon, phasing, addition, subtraction, augmentation, diminution, displacement).

Working with layers: instrumentation; textures; contrasts.

All three ideas will be recorded for Task 2. You will also need to include a written document identifying how you have extended and developed your original ideas; this may be in the form of a short written report.

TASK 3

5P3 Create a fully-formed musical composition, demonstrating the ability to handle musical elements appropriately.

5M3 Create a fully-formed musical composition, demonstrating the ability to handle a range of contrasting musical elements appropriately and in a structured way.

5D3 Create a fully-formed musical composition, demonstrating the ability to handle a wide range of contrasting musical elements appropriately, in a structured way and demonstrating imagination.

You can develop your ideas using musical techniques but can you put it together to make that fully formed track NUMU now want to see the finished package, so get that track completed!

Using one of your developed ideas you now need to work this into a fully formed piece. You music should have a clear structure, show that it develops and uses a range of musical elements. To achieve that distinction your piece should be imaginative!

When your piece is finished it should be recorded for presentation.

TASK 4

5P4 Present musical material in a manner appropriate to the style/genre. 5M4 Present musical material in a manner appropriate to the style/genre with clarity

and accuracy. 5D4 Present musical material in a manner appropriate to the style/genre with clarity,

accuracy and attention to detail.

Your track is a success and everyone wants to play it! Numu have asked you to present your track so that others can play it. get it written down!

Your finished music should be written down in a way which is suitable for its genre. E.g. If you have written a song you may want to produce a chord chart with lyrics. If you have produced a piece for an instrument you may need to write it out using musical manuscript. Your work should be clear, precise and show attention to detail. Remember to include dynamics if appropriate.

Consider the following in your work for this assignment: Appropriate presentation methods: conventions of particular styles, genres (recordings, MIDI and audio files); scores. Types of score: full score; lead sheet; chord chart; graphic scores; relevant computer software.

These resources are recommended by edexcel. Take a look at them as they will support your learning.

Cole B The Composers Handbook (SchoE, 1996) ISBN 9780946535804 Cole B The Pop Composers Handbook A Step-by-Step Guide to the ComposiUon of Melody, Harmony,Rhythm and Structure (SchoE, 2006) ISBN 9781902455600

Runswick D Rock, Jazz and Pop Arranging (Faber, 1993) ISBN 9780571511082 Russel B and Harris T The GCSE ComposiUon Course (Peters EdiUon, 2007) ISBN 9781843670056

Russo W Composing Music: A New Approach (Chicago University Press, 1988) ISBN 9780226732169

Stewart D Inside the Music: The Musicians Guide to ComposiUon, ImprovisaUon and the Mechanics of Music (Backbeat Books, 2000) ISBN 9780879305710 Winterson J (editor) The New Edexcel GCSE Anthology of Music: Anthology of Scores, Revised EdiUon (Peters EdiUon, 2007) ISBN 9781843670216

www.briUshacademy.com BriUsh Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors www.prsformusic.com Performing Right Society for Music

hEp://audacity.sourceforge.net/ FREE Audacity Music EdiUng sobware hEp://musescore.org/ FREE Music score wriUng sobware

hEp://www.soundjuncUon.org/default.aspa SoundjuncUon Note Canvas Tool & Composer Tool FREE

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5P1 create five original musical ideas that could form a basis for a composition

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create five original musical ideas that could form a basis for a composition, demonstrating a range of distinctive characteristics

5D1 create five original musical ideas that could form a basis for a composition, demonstrating a wide range of distinctive characteristics and showing imagination

5P2 identify the techniques used to extend, develop and manipulate three original musical ideas

5M2 describe the range of techniques used to extend, develop and manipulate three musical ideas

5D2 explain the range of techniques used to extend, develop and manipulate three musical ideas

5P3 create a fully-formed musical composition, demonstrating the ability to handle musical elements appropriately

5M3 create a fully-formed musical composition, demonstrating the ability to handle a range of contrasting musical elements appropriately and in a structured way

5D3 create a fully-formed musical composition, demonstrating the ability to handle a wide range of contrasting musical elements appropriately, in a structured way and demonstrating imagination

5P4 present musical material in a manner appropriate to the style/genre.

5M4 present musical material in a manner appropriate to the style/genre with clarity and accuracy.

5D4 present musical material in a manner appropriate to the style/genre with clarity, accuracy and attention to detail.

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Student Check List Unit 5: Exploring Composition Unit 5 Task 1: Starting Out.. 5PMD

1 Five original Musical Ideas:

Musical Idea

Tick How has it been recorded?

Melody

Harmony / Chords

Bass line

Rhythm Patterns

Sound samples

Hooks / Riffs

Lyrics

Unit 5 Task 2: Developing Ideas 5PMD

2 Choose 3 of your ideas to develop:

Musical Idea

Tick How have you extended it? Is it recorded & how?

Melody

Harmony / Chords

Bass line

Rhythm Patterns

Sound samples

Hooks / Riffs

Lyrics

Unit 5 Task 3: Putting it together.. 5PMD

3 Completed Track with all ideas put together. Is it recorded & how?

Unit 5 Task 3: Putting it together.. 5PMD

4 Completed score of your final piece. Is it printed/ wriEen out?

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