VIIb and the 'passing 6/4'. In 'A level' harmony mark schemes, you commonly find the use of the passing 6/4 penalised, unless it is used leading up to a cadence like this: IVb - Ic - II7b - V - I. These exercises illustrate Bach's use of VIIb between root and first inversion chord I.
Four exercises to help students establish a handful of solutions when harmonising the chord before the approach chord.
Tried and tested 60 minute cover lesson made up of embedded video clips, questions, answers and supporting material. Suitable for well established groups with a decent amount of analytical listening experience.
Examples of films where pre-existing Art Music has been woven into the soundtrack, a look at the difference between a film score and a soundtrack, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, J Strauss II, and Debussy. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the genre.
Exam style skeleton score questions and answers for Stravinsky 'The Rite of Spring' Augurs of Spring
Teaching materials covering key aspects of 1970s arcade games, chiptunes, a comparison of synthesised and acoustic timbre, approaches to melody and melodic writing, the importance of rhythm and the use of a range of compositional devices and cliches. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. The composing task provides hands-on experience of stylistic melodic writing. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the genre.
Teaching materials covering the use of leitmotif in film scores, a comparison of programmatic and absolute musics,early synthesised scores, the blending of synthesised and acoustic timbres, the use of musical cliches, how action and adventure is portrayed in sound, and the fusion of musical traditions in capturing a sense of time and place. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. Improvising and composing tasks provide hands-on experience of thematic development and thematic transformation. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the genre.
Exam style skeleton score questions and answers for Vaughan Williams 'On Wenlock Edge'
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