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

do this, you will need to create a template in
To
for two violins, or in GarageBand with two
MuseScore
1 In pairs, choose one of Mussorgsky’s themes to play
2 Once you have played a Mussorgsky theme in pairs,
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Using our remixing with Mozart, swap measures
idea
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4 Lastly, perform your new melody together. Then, as
changes in the texture when two melodies are
What
together?
played
changes in the texture when one performer adds
What
variations?
small
collaboration and form of expression will be vital in
This
final summative. Keep a record in your portfolio of
the
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Figure 11.28 Act 4 Scene III ‘Dance of the Persian Slaves’ theme
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ACTIVITY: The Mussorgsky theme
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ATL
around and fragment the phrases to create smaller
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ones. Notate and record your own remixed 8-measure
thinking skills: Creating original works and
Creative
using existing works and ideas in new ways
ideas;
theme from these experiments.
at the start of this activity, one of the performers can
In this activity, we are going to work with the musical
above to our own: Russian nationalistic
create a
ideas
add ornaments, small edits, or repeat notes while
playing the melody.
melody, played by two instruments and
b
c using
folk
specific intervals and shapes.
smart violins, or with two instruments that you have
physically in your classroom.
how you changed Mussorgsky’s original theme.
and perform together, in unison. Once you can play it
together, choose one performer to add in small edits
or repeating notes to the melody.
◆■ Assessment opportunities
notate it into your portfolio, labelling its shape,
this activity you have practised skills that are
In
using Criterion B: Developing skills and
assessed
intervals and even the start and ending notes (such as in
Criterion C: Thinking creatively.
Figure 11.28).
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Find out how music has been transformed and
Develop a music service for your community to
expressed around the world in different contexts
experience, perform, follow or learn about new
and centuries.
artists – outside their current playlists. Collect
! Explore techniques of expression that give rise to new example tracks from your friends or teachers, visit
ideas and sounds.
record stores or interview grandparents or those at a
! Search out new, diverse artists. Develop an original local nursing home. Collect musical examples from all
listening approach that involves understanding
around the world. Share your findings on a website
context and forms of expression.
interactive document to promote the connecting
or
of music. You could be opening new listening
love
doors for many people.