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

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development and interpolation (adding
rhythmic
into the motif)
notes
Figure 10.3 Cm∆add9 plus the Cm7 5 chords for
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colouring
harmonic
Figure 10.4 ‘Stabbing strings’ as glissandos; each
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shown is a minor 2nd interval apart
voice
Music exploration: Creating and colouring
Known as the ‘master of suspense’, Bernard Herrmann’s
scores have become a defining example of what motivic
orchestration
, harmonic colouring and
development
have become in recent times. This chapter will set the
stage by outlining three key phrases that will assist you
throughout each activity.
: A small musical idea is
Motivic development
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repeated, in various ways, while still retaining some
: The that an
decision process
Orchestration
3
element of its ‘rst self’, for example the main theme
orchestrator goes through in deciding which
from the lm : Psycho
motif or
instruments should play which parts; in particular,
focusing on the sounds they can produce with
individual or grouped instruments – this can be seen
in Herrmann’s ‘The Murder’ scene from
where
Psycho ,
the upwards-sliding strings clearly depict a sharp knife,
and the change to pizzicato strings with sustained
bass make it very ominous and nal:
Psycho
Figure 10.2
opening strings motif with
: A device where a composer
Harmonic colouring
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uses
adds extra notes to chords and then
chords, listens to their individual sounds to create the effect
they are after. For example the C minor–major 7 add 9
chord in spy lms. Or the Bernard Herrmann C minor
5 chord used in lms such as (1958),
Vertigo
7
North
by North West
(1959) and (1960):
Psycho
Portfolio presentation
Orchestration tips no. 1
Research activity
The strings (including harp) are a formidable force in
Using the internet, textbooks such as Samuel Adler’s
scoring. Since Igor Stravinsky’s (1913), (1982) and score excerpts,
Rite of Spring The Study of Orchestration
lm
we can document how composers have used this
document in your portfolio ve performance techniques
instrumental group to depict romance, horror, action, fun
for string instruments. You will need to make sure you
and fantasy. The question to be answered throughout this
include the notation and performance directions (for
however, is: How can we do it, as well? example, or ). arco pizz
chapter,
Music for the IB MYP 4&5: by Concept
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