Music Revision
• The creative task exam is on the
23rd/24th of April
• If you have forgotten you time please come and see Mrs
Sanders
• You will have 5 minutes to look and listen to the 6 stimuli
and 45 minutes to compose
Creative task
• Make sure you read what they want you to
do with each
• You can do this on your instrument and
record it, or on sibelius
• Do at least one practice in Easterpapers on showmyhomework
Creative task
1. Rhythmic pattern: make a rhythmic piece or turn this
into a melody
2. Note pattern: turn this into a melody
3. Melodic phrase: add a second part
Creative task
3. chords: make this into a chordal piece or add a melody
4. words: create a song which uses ALL the words
6. Descriptive event: make a piece of music which represents
the event
Creative task
Listening exam
2nd of June
• There are 4 areas to revise:
1. AOS 2- Shared music
2. AOS3- Dance music
3. AOS4: descriptive music
4. Music listening
Revision
• Revise:
The type of ensemble
How they interact
What musical period this is from
Typical music features
Listen to lots of Baroque and classical music and try to
identify the differences between each era
AOS 2 shared music
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Use the study guide and bitsize to revise:
Key musical features (especially rhythm)
The county/dates
And how the music complements the dance
AOS 3 dance music
• Listen to as much descriptive music as possible and practice
writing HOW the music represents the story/mood
• If you are finding this hard break it down into musical
elements:
• Pitch
• Rhythm/tempo
• Dynamics
• Harmony
• Structure
• Phrasing
• Instrument techniques/compositional techniques
AOS4 descriptive music