VCVE+unit+2+outcome+4+task+guide

Unit 2 outcome 4 requires you to re arrange one of your solo pieces by using: • techniques for composing melodies with a clear tonal centre; • techniques for composing harmonic parts that can be performed in combination with a melody; • techniques for harmonising a given melody using appropriate diatonic triads and dominant seventh chords; • conventions in traditional music notation on music manuscript, including shape of music notes, grouping, phrase marks, treble and bass clefs, key signatures of all major and minor keys, and simple time signatures; • techniques to input and edit work using appropriate information and communications technologies.

OR Improvising • techniques for improvising using mainstream structures such as blues, popular song form or binary; • techniques for improvising over progressions that feature a range of triads and seventh chords and their associated scale patterns; • techniques for improvising on selected memorised structures using spontaneously created rhythmic and/or melodic motifs; • techniques to record the improvised performance and edit by, for example, using appropriate information and communication technology hardware and software such as a computer, digital keyboard and a sequencing software application.

If this is too confusing, here is an easier version, which is also your assessment sheet:

ASSESSMENT TASK PITCHED INSTRUMENTS Learn the chord progression and melody from one of your solo works and experiment with improvisational techniques focusing on melody rhythm and tone colour. --Create variations of the melody by experimenting with different aspects in each improvised chorus, for example: Vary the rhythm of the original melody. --Vary the phrasing of the original melody. Add ornaments and /or phrasing notes to the melody. Analyse the harmonic progression and identify key areas and modulations. --Investigate scales that may be utilised in each key area. --Play scales/arpeggios over chord progression experimenting with rhythmic patterns.

Restrict the notes available for use to the Tonic only of each key area and improvise rhythmic patterns over one complete chorus using this note only. Extend this exercise gradually by exploring dynamic variations, by exploring the tone colour possibilities that are available on the one note and by increasing the number of available notes.

As you have studied main chords that in major and minor scales, let s start this task from chords first. We now examine the Bob Dylan song Blowing in The Wind. This will show that it is possible to compose a great song with only three chords and will show how chord progression structures work to create musical phrase structures. We can demonstrate, with this example, all the main components of chord syntax. This is because the three primary chords not only contain all the notes of the major scale but are also capable of forming the essential ingredients of good chord progressions and musical phrase syntax, as I will show. After a 2 bar tonic chord introduction, each verse of this song is made up of 32 bars, harmonised (in D major) as follows:



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