GCSE composition: introducing students to harmony and phrase structure

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GCSE composition: introducing students to harmony and phrase structureOne of the many new challenges facing students when they begin GCSE music is that of composing a complete piece of music by themselves. Previous experience, such as group improvisations or experimenting with loops using a sequencer, should already have introduced them to creating and manipulating musical ideas, but the jump from this type of activity to formal composition, which demands the creation of more refined musical material that can be

but it took Hollywood’s influence to make it work

Michael Frayn said of his play Audience: ‘To be a member of a good audience is exhilarating … Audiences have communal responses

historical and political elements

To use role cards as a means of preparing and developing a basic role

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and it was adapted for stage by Joe Standerline in 2000

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it spans childhood and adolescence and includes the themes of innocence

and will be a tried and tested option for many

Since the new specification was introduced

Bond clearly demonstrates this re-creation to his audience

All of this will build into a final composition task that requires students to create