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Lauradf36:
On the topic of vivas, would you be able to check over my viva outline? (is that counted as an essay? it's not that long)
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: Lauradf36 on July 28, 2016, 07:39:08 pm ---On the topic of vivas, would you be able to check over my viva outline? (is that counted as an essay? it's not that long)
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Of course! No no I'm happy to spend 5 minutes having a look, post requirement is only for the stuff that takes me a good half an hour to do ;)
Lauradf36:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on July 28, 2016, 08:35:05 pm ---Of course! No no I'm happy to spend 5 minutes having a look, post requirement is only for the stuff that takes me a good half an hour to do ;)
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Thanks so much! This is the outline I am planning to use in a week for music trials. It has 5 excerpts which I know is a few too many, but I might cut it down before the HSC.
Contemporary Western Music: “It All Sounds The Same"
Overview
* Introduction - “it all sounds the same?”
Origins in the Baroque period 1600-1750 with the introduction of figured bass
Evolved in the 1950s-> 1960s with the growing popularity of rock
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Similarities
* Harmony - four chord progression e.g. Someone Like You by Adele I IV vi V
Structure - Verse/Chorus
Tonality - major e.g. Hey by Outkast in G Major
Dynamics - scientific research e.g. graphs of decibel levels
Linked to Baroque - Canon in D by Pachelbel uses same features
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Differences
* Harmony - doo wop progression e.g. Friday by Rebecca Black chords
Tone colour - electronic music introduced in 1980s
Texture - electronic, rap e.g. Radioactive by Imagine Dragons uses multiple genres
Duration - meter e.g. Hey Ya by Outkast in irregular meter
Tonality - minor keys more readily used
Conclusion - should we dismiss contemporary music?
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jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: Lauradf36 on July 29, 2016, 05:43:48 pm ---Thanks so much! This is the outline I am planning to use in a week for music trials. It has 5 excerpts which I know is a few too many, but I might cut it down before the HSC.
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Awesome!! As a tip for the excerpts straight off, try demo-ing what you wanted to show instead. For example, just be like, "Oh, this is the chord progression in Rebecca Black's Friday," and play it on piano or guitar or something. Faster than the excerpt, does the same thing, and you get to show off ;) might work?
I really like this outline, I think it gives you a really clear direction. The trick to think is, does it give the marker clear direction? This is actually perfect, because I have exactly the same information your Viva markers will have, and I'm not 100% sure what you mean by 'Similarities' and 'Differences', do you mean with Baroque Music? If that is the focus of your Viva, that's awesome, make it a bit more obvious in the title of your Viva? You don't want the markers confused :D
As a perhaps contradiction to that idea of clarity, I also think you should be a tiny bit more vague with the musical points you wish to discuss. For example instead of saying 'Tonality - Minor keys more regularly used,' just say Tonality! The idea with those dot points is to give your markers a launch point for their questions, you don't want to answer their questions for them! You don't want, "Oh, so minor tonalities are more often used, tell me about that?", you want, "Okay, tell me about the use of tonality?"
This is an awesome outline, but it needs a little more detail in the headings/overall structure, and less detail for the individual points, in my opinion :D
PS - I've been dying to find my old Viva Voce Outline but I think I lost it!! Such sadness :(
Lauradf36:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on July 29, 2016, 07:50:03 pm ---Awesome!! As a tip for the excerpts straight off, try demo-ing what you wanted to show instead. For example, just be like, "Oh, this is the chord progression in Rebecca Black's Friday," and play it on piano or guitar or something. Faster than the excerpt, does the same thing, and you get to show off ;) might work?
I really like this outline, I think it gives you a really clear direction. The trick to think is, does it give the marker clear direction? This is actually perfect, because I have exactly the same information your Viva markers will have, and I'm not 100% sure what you mean by 'Similarities' and 'Differences', do you mean with Baroque Music? If that is the focus of your Viva, that's awesome, make it a bit more obvious in the title of your Viva? You don't want the markers confused :D
As a perhaps contradiction to that idea of clarity, I also think you should be a tiny bit more vague with the musical points you wish to discuss. For example instead of saying 'Tonality - Minor keys more regularly used,' just say Tonality! The idea with those dot points is to give your markers a launch point for their questions, you don't want to answer their questions for them! You don't want, "Oh, so minor tonalities are more often used, tell me about that?", you want, "Okay, tell me about the use of tonality?"
This is an awesome outline, but it needs a little more detail in the headings/overall structure, and less detail for the individual points, in my opinion :D
PS - I've been dying to find my old Viva Voce Outline but I think I lost it!! Such sadness :(
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Thanks so much for your tips! A demo is a good idea, as I am having a hard time getting it short enough - especially since they might ask me random questions that get me off topic! :-\ I doubled up on "Hey Ya" to help, but do you think I would need to play it both times, or just once??
My viva is on similarities in 21st century music so I will specify that. And I agree about having less detail, I just wasn't sure if I needed to give the markers more direction so they wouldn't just ask anything. But at the same time I don't want to give too many spoilers, so I'll probably change it a bit.
Thanks so much again, this is super helpful :D
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