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Four-part harmony exercise 17
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Four-part harmony exercise 17

Suitable for all exam boards that have an SATB J.S.Bach chorale four part harmony question
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Great double acts - V7d - Ib and friends. Because root V7 - root I is such a weighty partnership, it’s not a combination you want students using all over the place. The two chords have really strong bonds in certain inversion combinations too, and are endlessly useful for lightening mid-chorale cadences and for anacruses.

Four-part harmony exercise 16
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Four-part harmony exercise 16

Suitable for all exam boards that have an SATB J.S.Bach chorale four part harmony question
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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-part harmony exercise 15
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Four-part harmony exercise 15

Suitable for all exam boards that have an SATB J.S.Bach chorale four part harmony question
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Four exercises to help students establish a handful of solutions when harmonising the chord before the approach chord.

OCR GCSE AOS 4: Film Music - Art Music in Film
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OCR GCSE AOS 4: Film Music - Art Music in Film

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
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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.

OCR GCSE AOS 4: Film Music - Music for Gaming
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OCR GCSE AOS 4: Film Music - Music for Gaming

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
OCR Areas of Study

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.

OCR GCSE AOS 4: Film Music - 1970s-2020s
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OCR GCSE AOS 4: Film Music - 1970s-2020s

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
OCR Areas of Study

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.

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