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Cleveden Secondary School
Music Department
Project Task – Higher/Advanced Higher Level
The criteria for your project, is that you should give a detailed analysis on the impact of
external factors on the sound and structure of musical styles. You will need to demonstrate
the ability to aurally distinguish differences in the sound and structure of specific music
styles.
You must demonstrate, clearly, by presenting a summary of your findings, whether it is done
orally, or in written form. You must show an understanding of the impact of social and
cultural factors on musicians/composers and their music. At higher level, you will be
expected also, to research into the musicians/composers lives and to give a full account of
what inspired them to compose in a particular style?
Below are suggested topics you may wish to use –
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Impressionism
Music Concrete
Jazz-Funk
Soul
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Mass
Sonata
Chamber Music
For example,
You may wish to research Sonata as your topic.
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What period of Music did Sonata start, and by what composer?
Was there anything significant happening in the world at that particular time, when
this style was composed/created which gave it its unique, distinctive sound?
Who influenced the artist to compose in a particular style?
Were there any key dates, significant to a composer?
What rhythmic features/concepts were used?
Was there a fusion of different musical genres that came together to give a Sonata is
unique sound?
How would you normally identify a Sonata?
What instruments are used in a Sonata to give it is unique style/sound that we
normally hear?
Was there any social/cultural items happening, out with music at the particular time
when the Sonata was composed?
Did the texture/structure of a song help shape the form in which it was written?
Were Sonatas written for different instruments, or just for one instrument alone?
There are a variety of different ways in which you can present your findings to the class:
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Report /essay
Aural talk in class
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Power point
Presentation
Biography/poster
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News report
Pamphlet/booklet
Mind-map
For additional help, you should visit the Music website for support with listening/concepts
www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learnlisteningonline
 Your presentation should normally take about 3 weeks to complete.
 Submission of your presentations should happen in the final week of term before the
summer holidays.
 You must ensure that you have a paper copy of any work completed, and if you are
giving a talk as part of your presentation, this needs to be typed up and given to your
teacher for evidence purposes.
 You should normally refer to National 6 answers to support/justify your answers.
National 6
Styles
Sonata
Oratorio
Impressionist
Music Concrete
Plainchant
Mass
Chamber Music
Jazz Funk
Soul Music
Lied
Melody/ harmony
Modal
Relative Major/Minor
Interval
Obbligato
Acciaccatura
Mordent
Plagal Cadence
Interrupted Cadence
Tierce di Picardi
Dominant 7th
Diminished 7th
Added 6th
Harmonic Minor
Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Augmentation
Diminution
Passacagila
Tremolando
Harmonics
Rhythm / tempo
3 against 2
Time Changes
Irregular Time
Signatures
Texture/structure/
form
Recitative
Through Composed
Da Capo Aria
Sonata Form
(exposition)
Subject
Ritornello
Timbre/ dynamics
String Quartet
Concerto Grosso
Basso Continuo
Coloratura
Ripieno
Concertino