Year 11 Class Composition

In the best tradition of “Squirrel in a Fridge” comes the annual Year 11 class composition– our introduction to song-writing.

“Cheese is Good”

The task was to make some decisions about a few of the Elements of Music and then take only 12 minutes to create a class masterpiece.

This piece was based on:

Context: a song about cheese being good

Tonality: A minor

Style: Metal

Harmony: Am, Dm E

Not sure how “metal” the end result was, but after 12 minutes this is what the class produced.

Sign Up for Instrument Lessons

Welcome back for 2010!

It’s time to sign up for instrument lessons– see Mrs. Sullivan in M Block to pick up your form.

Return your signed forms to Mrs. Sullivan by TUESDAY WEEK 2 (9 Feb)

If you missed the Information Evening, you can either DOWNLOAD THE FORMS HERE or see Mrs. Sullivan in M Block for more info.

Students in Music Class– sign up by Tuesday 9 Feb or else you will forfeit your priority for lessons!

Tik Tok for Music Money

Here is the performance, as promised– your hard-earned Music Money at work!

11 Score Reading Homework “The Hebrides”

Hebrides-Score reading questions

VIEW THE SCORE HERE (pp.20-23 plus p.30)

1. On p. 20 . . .
What does sf mean? What are the strings doing then?
What does “a2” mean?

2. Name the chords in bars 89-93 (pp. 20-22)

3. Describe what the violins are doing on p. 22-what chords are they playing (p.22-23)

4. What is “marc” short for at the bottom of p. 23 in the “tr” part? What does “sempre” mean?

5. condense the flute, oboe and clarinet parts on p. 30 onto 1 treble clef staff

Practice Your Intervals

As part of your preparation for your aural exams, you should be practising your intervals (hum them, name them by singing them). Use Auralia in the computer suite to help you or quiz each other.

A-Ha will help you with the Major 7th– “Take on (M7)”: