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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 – Impressionism Music Concrete Jazz-Funk Soul Mass Sonata Chamber Music For example, You may wish to research Sonata as your topic. 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: Report /essay Aural talk in class Power point Presentation Biography/poster 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