Examples of work and comments from examiners

Read this to see the standard and amount of work expected

Example of an annotation for a composition

If you find it difficult to produce a score in traditional notation or TAB you can do this kind of thing instead.

Composition Appraisal Booklet 2015

This is the booklet you will complete to assess your composition for Unit 2. Send me your drafts soon!

Texture

Music to revise by

I have produced playlists which will help with your revision in two places:
YouTube

and Spotify. Here are some sample playlists:

 You can use this music as a sort of passive revision - to listen to while doing something else, or you can use it in a more active way - try listening to 1 minute extracts 3 times and then writing what you can about the different Areas of Study. They are: rhythm and metre, harmony and tonality, texture and melody, timbre and dynamics and structure and form. Good luck!

GCSE 2013 paper

The paper, listening examples and answers are now available at the same link - see previous post

Y11 work while I'm away

First of all, you need to carry on preparing for the Y11 concert - 2 group perfomances

Those of you doing the GCSE will also need to have completed 2 compositions from different areas of study. These are: 

• Western Classical Music
• 20th Century Music (modernism, minimalism, musical theatre)
• Popular music
• World music (Scottish, Indian, African)

The compositions need to total 3-5 minutes. You can email me any ideas you have at any time, either as recordings or Sibelius files. Email me here but bear in mind that this is a school address and will be monitored!

The BTEC examiner got in touch with me just before Christmas and wants to see work from one unit. I'll give you all the info on the first Tuesday back but here are the assignments you will need to do:

1.1 the music industry from dave_windsor

1.2 working in the music industry from dave_windsor

Here is the booklet we will go through:

Industry booklet from dave_windsor