Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

primary colours of red, yellow and blue are a
The
element for design. However, what about
foundational
Spend some time thinking and sketching in your
music?
what you consider to be ‘primary colours’ in music.
portfolio
Colours’. You can listen to this on the playlist.
‘Primary
chose to use the , made up of violin 1,
He
2, viola and violoncello (cello for short). However,
violin
of following a more classical approach in creating
instead
the string quartet, such as composer Franz Joseph
for
would…
Haydn
Gregson uses these string instruments like a painter, with
…
shades and tones of blue. Listening to the track on
different
playlist, it is clear that Gregson has a creative process
the
is innovative and extends the boundaries of traditional
that
Gregson Quartets
ACTIVITY:
1 No.
thinking skills: Creating original works
Creative
ideas; using existing works and ideas in
and
1 Using a piano or device, sketch an idea based on
2 Ask yourself: What would this look like on paper?
3 Arrange sections together using notation software
this activity you have practised skills that
In
assessed using Criterion A: Knowing and
are
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ATL
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INSPIRATION TO INNOVATION
new ways
the weather right now. You can improvise with
In 2016, cellist and composer Peter Gregson (b. 1987)
sustained chords, single notes or small phrases.
published his EP entitled
with the first track named
One, What would it look like if I added four more layers?
string quartet
Would they occur at the same time? Or one after
the other? Would they be different or the same?
like MuseScore, or record the layers in GarageBand
or SoundTrap.
Gregson uses a technique called
tremolo
that is
layered across the quartet. Now watch Grieg’s ‘String
Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27’ with the same
at .
https://youtu.be/OM9hdCpdcqc?t=653
technique
Using your ears, Grieg’s example and Figure 9.22,
begin sketching into your portfolio. You can research
more string techniques for your ‘weather sketch’ at
www.vsl.co.at/en/Violin/Notation. This is how we learn
to
create
with different colours!
Figure 9.21 Haydn’s
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4th Quartet in B Major ‘Sunrise’
string-quartet writing:
He treats the music like he is painting a canvas.
1
When writing for a particular instrument, he thinks
2
Figure 9.22 Szymanowski’s ‘String Quartet No. 2,
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creatively about each layer of sound.
Op. 56’ with bowed tremelo
◆■ Assessment opportunities
understanding and Criterion C: Thinking creatively.
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