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

What is musical texture?
multi-instrumentalist Rael Jones. It is not a
and
however, it blends all of the elements
film-score;
texture
parts. Listen to the piece on BandCamp at
different
https://raeljonespetergregson.bandcamp.com/track/
or on the playlist. As you listen, try
the-watched-clock
sketch or list the different musical lines as they enter,
to
describe which sound you believe represents the
and
predominantly on string instruments, in long
Presented
lines, this work is built around a ticking quarter
moving
pattern on G#. Added to this is a series of
(crotchet)
from a perfect 5th to a minor 6th. Then, as you
intervals
to the track, you start to perceive that there is
listen
happening this motif. This is called ;
more
can move, change, adapt, and intertwine with
texture
foreground, middle-ground and background of a
the
In your portfolio, use the following prompts to
work.
ideas around the concept of texture in music:
brainstorm
3 How can you this topic further?
is a vital component of film-scoring and you
Texture
composers make very specific decisions about the
find
THINK–PUZZLE–EXPLORE
Watched Clock’ is a work by cellist Peter Gregson
‘The
textural layering of their music.
of film-scoring into a unique, moving
of
‘clock motif’.
Figure 10.33
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around
texture
What do you you know about this topic?
think
1
What questions or do you have?
puzzles
2
explore
Figure 10.34 You can sketch out different patterns in
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portfolio around a single note
your
UPON LAYER WE BUILD A STRUCTURE
LAYER
Neely is the composer for CW’s arrow-verse, starting with the TV series . Arrow
Blake
Developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg, the plot is
based on the DC Comic series of the same name. However, it is Neely’s music that
has crafted an entire world of villains, heroes and iconic themes for each show.
“They [the producers] wanted to keep the show grounded, but dark – always
emotional, always about [the] journey.”
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