Instructions
Use your main instrument for this research and analysis task.
Use your main instrument for this research and analysis task.
Research how your instrument has been used in Australia over the past 200 years. Create a list of genres, composers and famous musicians specialising in that instrument.
Research how your instrument has been used in Australia over the past 200 years. Create a list of genres, composers and famous musicians specialising in that instrument.
Answer and discuss the questions below in a journal or an online forum with your class.
Answer and discuss the questions below in a journal or an online forum with your class.
- Make a list of instrument combinations / ensembles that are common for your instrument.
- What musical features and expressive techniques are well-suited to your instrument?
- Which musical techniques are difficult on your instrument?
- Use websites and YouTube to make a list of 15-25 expressive and extended techniques that are possible on your instrument.
Make a list of 10 famous contemporary (current) performers of your instrument from any country.
Make a list of 10 famous contemporary (current) performers of your instrument from any country.
Choose three of your performance pieces
Choose three of your performance pieces
- Analyse all six concepts of music for all three pieces (including chord progressions, use of harmony, form, recurring rhythms, description of melody, changing textures, sound sources, etc).
- Compare three different recordings of each piece, with a focus on tempo, interpretation, rubato, expression, dynamics and expressive techniques.
- For what purposes is the music composed / performed?
- What other artists / composers have similar features / elements?
- Has the music influenced the music of others?
- Describe any musical features that you could ‘borrow’ for your own compositions.
Keep your research together as part of a Music 1 portfolio. Include all of your experiments regarding composition in this portfolio.
Keep your research together as part of a Music 1 portfolio. Include all of your experiments regarding composition in this portfolio.