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<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>Pre</strong>-U Teacher <strong>Guide</strong><br />

An account of the process of composition<br />

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How did I begin to shape my ideas once I began to work on the compositions?<br />

What problems did I encounter as the work progressed?<br />

Did I solve those problems satisfactorily? If so, how?<br />

Did I only partially solve those problems? If so, in what ways am I still dissatisfied? Can I<br />

think of other ways I might, with hindsight, have approached the problems to produce a better<br />

solution?<br />

Which parts of the process were easy?<br />

And which were difficult?<br />

How much guidance did I need? At what stages in the process did I seek help?<br />

A list of the music studied in preparation <strong>for</strong> each composition<br />

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What pieces did I listen to?<br />

What scores did I consult?<br />

Did I find suitable music to study by myself?<br />

Did my teacher suggest what I might study?<br />

Or was it a combination of the two?<br />

An explanation of the ways in which this listening was (or was not) helpful and instructive<br />

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In what ways was my listening relevant to the pieces I was composing?<br />

What did I learn from the music I listened to?<br />

Did I try to model the style of my composition(s) on music by a particular composer or<br />

composers?<br />

Did the listening help me to see possible ways of solving some of my compositional<br />

problems?<br />

Did my listening give me ideas about techniques, structures, etc. that I could use in my own<br />

pieces?<br />

Did I find that some of my listening inhibited me? If so, in what ways?<br />

An evaluation of the compositions<br />

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When I had finished each composition, did I think I had achieved what I set out to achieve?<br />

Did my pieces turn out as I had expected them to at the outset?<br />

If not, in what ways was the final outcome different from my original intentions?<br />

Are there things I might, in retrospect, have done differently? If so what are they? How might<br />

I have changed what I did?<br />

How did I set about each composition? Did I work directly onto the computer? Did I work first<br />

on manuscript paper and then transcribe my pieces onto the computer? Did I do the same in<br />

both pieces, or was the process different in each case? Did I make a lot of sketches and drafts?<br />

To what extent did I revise what I had written in successive drafts?<br />

Am I pleased with the finished compositions? If so, in what ways? If not, why not?<br />

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