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

1 A row has no fundamental key or home pitch. It is a
2 A row can be played vertically as a melody or horizontally
The stands for prime or original row, the for
P
R
3
4 The stands for , and for
5 The notes can be played in any octave with any rhythmic
6 You should use all the notes of one row, without
Kandinsky as inspiration and visit www.bl.uk/20th-centurymusic/articles/the-second-viennese-school
to learn about
1908, with his ‘Second String Quartet, Op. 10’,
“In
led the musical world, whether [he] liked
Schönberg
structure, not a complete theme.
as chords in the music.
retrograde or backwards row.
I
inversion
RI
retrograde
Repeating several times through the work, the fanfare motif
in Figure 11.31 is based upon the sequential arrangement
inversion.
of 12 pitches into a primary (P0) row. If you look at Figure
11.30 and move down to row P4, we now have the ‘Shema
duration.
Yisrael’ theme. Schönberg uses this matrix to generate
musical material with some particular requirements:
repeating pitches, before moving on.
ACTIVITY: String quartets by Matrix
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ATL
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Schönberg’s contribution to the Second Viennese school.
skills: Selecting and using technology
Organisation
and productively
effectively
The sound of Schönberg’s early string quartets quite
literally changed the way music was thought of in the
Using MuseScore, or another notation application like
20th Century:
Symphony Pro,
create
your own 12-tone string quartet
keeping the rhythms and tempo the same as Schönberg’s.
Visit
to generate
www.musictheory.net/calculators/matrix
it or not, to breathe, ‘the air of another planet’…”
your own serial rows and aim to notate 8–16 measures of
music – no matter how bizarre it turns out!
As you listen to ‘String Quartet No. 4 Op. 37 Allegro
◆■ Assessment opportunities
Molto, Energico’, sketch your own musical analysis of
this activity you have practised skills that are
In
using Criterion C: Thinking creatively.
assessed
the work. You could use the artworks of Schönberg and
Figure 11.33 ‘String Quartet No. 4’ measures 1–5 using the principle row P0 above.
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