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What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« on: March 25, 2010, 07:21:04 pm »
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Started thinking about it yet? I'm doing the children's choir option so I'll have to get mine done by the end of the hols so they can practice.
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2010, 08:04:30 pm »
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The composition outcome is the last one that my school is
doing, so I don't find out until this Monday as to what
options are available. I'll let you know when I do though!

..Let's make music styles active atleast for this year.
Even if it's just the two of us. hahaha.
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2010, 04:29:01 pm »
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The best way I've found to describe it to people is by comparing it with English.

In English we do Language Analysis tasks, studying different articles and explaining how exactly it makes the reader feel and what techniques are used to achieve this. In English we are also expected to show our own ability in creating a persuasive piece, through an oral, which demonstrates our understanding conceptually of how the techniques work and being able to put them in action ourselves.

This is similar to Music Styles as we study musical compositions and explain how it makes the listener feel and what musical techniques are used to achieve this. As in the english exam we have to be prepared for any type of article to analyse, the same goes for music, we need to be prepared for any type of musical composition. So it could be a rock song, classical piece or even African drumming. We are also expected in music to recreate and demonstrate our understanding conceptually of the techniques and apply them into action by creating our own musical composition.

So while in the English threads you'll see alot of "What issue should I do for my oral?" this thread is parallel to that in that it asks "Which style should I do for my musical composition?"

Hope it all makes sense!
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2010, 09:53:05 pm »
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Yes definitely.
It's a much more scientific-analysis approach to music
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2010, 07:54:03 pm »
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I always intended on taking music performance before VCE; I've played piano for many years. The issue is my school lives in outer suburbs, low-socioeconomic area (Government bonuses! FTW! ;D) and I'm quite literally one of four students at my school that can atleast read sheet-music (that's with a population of just over 1500students..). So it was no surprise when a subject -that is recommended to have AMEB Grade 6 as a standard- got scrapped from the courses available at the school because no students were even getting near the average study scores. The school didn't want to disadvantage music students completely, so they adopted Music Styles as an available music course.

Of course; I could do Music Performance through correspondence but having seen how that works with other students during year 11, and that every student dropped their correspondence subject, I decided it was smarter to go with what was available and at hand.

And yes, the compositions you create in music styles are *usually* on your instrument of choice, as you have to record them for proof that you made them (incase teacher gets audited blah blah..) but it seems that some can be done with children's choirs and such; depending on how you want to create it. (Don't quote me on this last paragraph; I am only just learning it myself)

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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2010, 08:55:31 pm »
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Oh I was going for grade 6 in the may/june session this year but became overwhelmed with other extra-curricular and school activities. I was just never getting any time to get through all the scales and pieces everynight and was consequently not improving; so I had to sacrifice it for this year and pick it up at the end. Having said that- I haven't skipped any grades; started at preliminary and worked my way up.

How about yourself? I see you plan on doing Music Performance in two years time; what goals have you set for yourself?
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2010, 06:02:42 pm »
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never any styles kiddos... argh such a small subject!

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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2010, 07:14:49 pm »
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Hahahaha exactly.. it either means that those who do it are REALLY good at it (oh god I hope not...) or next to no-one does it at all, so it's easier to be on top.
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2010, 07:22:36 pm »
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I think it's that most people that do it are really good at it unfortunately :(
urgghh I have NO idea how I'm going to go whatsoever. my SS could be anything between 20 and 38ish, no joke. Gawd.

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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2010, 06:40:30 pm »
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Dear GOD.
OTHER STYLES STUDENTS.
I feel like I've just struck a gold mine! Apart from my class of 3 (me included), I haven't met anyone else...
What are your four works for this year?
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2010, 07:12:58 pm »
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I'M SCREWED FOR TOMORROW JUST QUIETLY
oh my gawd
30 please. hello bottom subject
i'm doing mozart symphony no 40, earth cry - sculthorpe, erotomania - dream theatre & enta omri - oum kalthoum (a weird egyptian piece)

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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2010, 07:15:48 pm »
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Hahaha. The day before the exam. You left it a little late ;)
In Chronological Order:
The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi
Earth Cry - Peter Sculthorpe
So What - Miles Davis
In C - Terry Riley

Do I know anything about them? Not really.
Do I have heaps of information to regurgitate in the exam? You bet I do.

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i'm doing mozart symphony no 40, earth cry - sculthorpe, erotomania - dream theatre & enta omri - oum kalthoum (a weird egyptian piece)
Woah, Woah, WOAH! You're doing Earth Cry too?
This is where we exchange notes. I'll start with contextual issues, you add anything that I don't  have, and hopefully I'm adding to yours. :D

1.Sculthorpe was commissioned by the ABC in 1985 to compose an Australian piece, yet the deadline was too soon for him to be able to compose a piece. This is shown by him reworking a previously unfinished piece named "Song of Talitnama", which was based off an aboriginal melody from an aboriginal poem.

2. He was fascinated by the Australian landscape, this is reflected by the doubling of instruments playing the melody to present broadness and structured the piece in ternary form to give the feeling of going in a circle. He believes that when you travel in Australia, where you end up looks similar to where you started and as such feels as though travelling in a circle. The tonal nature of the song is also due to his love of the Australian land. In an interview Sculthorpe stated "we need to listen to the cry of the earth, because if we don't, then death." His music mirrors this as it is based around the notes D, Db and A. Where D is "death", Db is the "Earth" and A is "Australia".

3. Due to interests in non-western music, Sculthorpe was heavily influenced by Balinese Gamelan and Japanese Koto music. The Balinese Gamelan is prevalent in his horn figurations, while the Japanese Koto music through the cellos imitating the horns.
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2010, 07:28:29 pm »
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haha yeah sounds like me
rote-learning ftw!

but in all seriousness, section b and c should be fine, section a is what i'm worried about :S

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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2010, 08:40:47 pm »
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lol yeah, tomorrow's gonna suck for me...

I'm doing:
Le Jardin Feerique (The Fairy Garden) from the Mother Goose Suite by Ravel
90 Minutes Circling the Earth by Stuart Greenbaum
Symphonie Liturgique (3rd Movement) by Honegger and
Petrushka (2nd Movement) by Stravinsky

I'm exactly the same. As long as I get context for Greenbaum and hopefully contrast for Honegger I'm set. Section A's my downfall as well though - it's so unpredictable and if it's a really complex question I get flustered etc.
Garughg. Why can't we just have cake.
And yes, anyone else finding Section C just the most pointless section ever?
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Re: What are you guys doing for your compositions?
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2010, 08:45:59 pm »
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section C is actually ridiculous. oh my lord. completely ridiculous...
it seems like it's not too hard to do well on as long as you bullshit A LOT though.

i want the hard excerpt(s) for section A to be last so they don't throw me off for all the other ones =/ often they're first though and i'll have a freak out argh.

every other subject i can guess how i'll go, but this one i just have NO idea.