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Composition WorkshopMark Armstrong
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This session will explore the relevance of composition to instrumental and class teaching, and how to
integrate composition into lessons from the very beginning. Composing can be creative and exciting but also daunting. During the session we’ll focus on
ways to build confidence in composition, with practical tips on how to encourage effective use of
texture, structure, tonality and rhythm.
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Musical Elements
ABRSM Exam Criteria Composing CriteriaPITCH MELODYTIME RHYTHMTONE HARMONYSHAPE TEXTURE
PERFORMANCE FORM
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Melody
Rhythm
Harmony
Form
Texture
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MELODY
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Modes in Musical Culture
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs1k4A6rFuzXNGRV1myYLDh4juov_4guH
Use of inherent and acquired musical qualities to create expression
Position of tritone in mode an important factor
Modes work with other musical elements to create expression
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Modes from Major Scales
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Lydian – ‘Awe and Wonder’
Prelude à L’Aprés-Midi d’un Faune (Debussy)
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Lydian in Film Music
E.T. (John Williams)
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Ionian (major): Magnificent/Reassuring
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Mixolydian: Mysterious but want to dance
Folk song vs disco
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Dorian: Epic & Rustic but Jazzy
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Aolian (why do I have to learn harmonic and melodic minor scales?)
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Phrygian/Locrian: dark and mysterious
• Scary tritone• Flattened 2nd e.g. Jaws• Spanish Phrygian – Arab/Maghreb origins• Carmen/Flamenco
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Modal ideas for practise
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RHYTHM
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Rhythm: applying template
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Placement and displacement
Position of strong and weak beats affects melodic shape
Jazz uses this to create rhythmic cadence
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HARMONY
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Major ‘four chord trick’
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Minor example
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Triads from different keys
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Thank youAny questions?