Week 5
Extended Techniques, Aleatoricism and Notation
LESSON 1
Attached is the aleatoric section of Light For The First Time by Bree Van Reyk.
What musical material has been provided at the E! section?
How about E1, and E2?
The E! example provides pitches but does not provide rhythm. This is an example of rhythmic indeterminacy, leaving it up to the performers.
In E1 and E2, musical ‘cells’ are provided, with the order to be played determined by the performer.
How long are these sections meant to last?
As a class, play the aleatoric sections of Light For The First Time. Then, listen to the performance by the composer and Ensemble Offspring (timestamp 7:59-9:30) , and discuss the differences between your performance just then, and theirs.
Are there any examples of rhythmic indeterminacy in Rush? Are there any instances of pitch indeterminacy in Rush?
Hindson Spirit Song
As a class, listen and analyse Hindson's Spirit Song focussing on Dynamics and Expressive Techniques and Tone Colour.
While listening, answer the following questions into EverNote.
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How the instruments are played?
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How sounds are notated?
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Are there any sounds that are not notated?
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Provide at least 3 descriptive words for the each instrument and how it is played.
Add vocabulary and descriptive words onto Coggle
Examples of contemporary notation.:
Where do you see examples of these contemporary notation in Spirit Song?
What do they mean to play? Draw these or highlight these and put it into your EverNote.
Rhythmic Indeterminacy:
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Senza misura
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Writing duration in seconds
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Notes without stems
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Box notation
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Feathered Beaming
Pitch Indetemrinacy
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Triangle Noteheads
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Stems without noteheads
Scaffolded Essay Question Practice
What mood is created in Spirit Song, and how? Refer to the Dynamics and Expressive Techniques, and Tone Colour in your response.
Answer in your EverNote, either typed or hand writing and uploaded as a photo.
Homework: Weekly Sight Singing
Download the Sight Singing Task.
Record an audio or video of your sight singing, and submit it to the Google Classroom submission box.
(Sight Singing example adapted from HSC 2001)
LESSON 2
In this lesson, you will be completing your Composition Task 3, and beginning Composition Task 4.
Like before, create an EverNote post of your progress, either in written or ‘video-selfie’ format. In this progress post, outline:
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What you had at the start of the lesson.
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What you had planned for your composition (in developing your rhythmic cells to have cross rhythms, repetition, and moto perpetuo)
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The end result of your composition
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Any observation about the compositional process or musical features along the way
