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Churchill academy music department Churchill academy music department Danse Macabre - H Cazalis (Dance of Death) Zig, Zig, Zig, Death in cadence, Striking with his heel a tomb, Death at midnight plays a dance-tune, Zig, Zig, Zig, on his violin. The winter wind blows and the night is dark; Moans are heard in the linden-trees. Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and leaping in their shrouds. Zig, Zig, Zig, each one is frisking. The bones of the dancers are heard to crack But hist! of a sudden they quit the round, They push forward, they fly; the cock has crowed . Controlled coursework - Composition unit 4 AoS 5 - Structure and Form Plan this at the start of the composing process. Here are some examples to use AABA - section A, repeat, section B, section A (TERNARY Form) ABACADA - RONDO form. Section A keeps returning between new episodes. Strophic Song Form - verse and chorus Through Composed Song Form - new music used for each line of text (very little repetition) Sonata Form (research this if you are an A* student - very challenging AoS 1 - Rhythm & Metre Dance like in nature - a typical gigue rhythm works well AoS 4 - T imbre and Dynamics Think about the different ways of playing the instruments you use. Dynamics w ill affect mood! One easy way to exploit the timbre would be to record the poem and use the same techniques we used in CUBSE on “Dance like no -one’s watching” . Make it evocative of the scene! AoS 2 - Harmony & Tonality. Make sure you are clear on the keys/ chords that you are going to use - use the cycle of 5ths to make connections (or avoid connections). Avoid consonant harmony for at least part of the piece. These 2 whole tone scales a re good examples for this piece. Combine notes together to create int eresting chords such as augmented chords (5,5) Whole Tone Scale notes are (C - D - E - F# - G# - A# - C) (B - Db - Eb - F - G - A - B) AoS 3 - Texture & Melody. Needs very little comment. Plan your melodic phrases using a clear int eresting rhythm and DEVELOP throughout. You will need several catchy melodies for the different sections. Texture - vary this through the piece. Use imitation betwe en the instruments. Pass the melody around. Use at least 4 different textures. You will need to think about what instrumentation you are going to use. Think about the string quartet - 1 part on the melody, 1 part on the bass and 2 parts filling out the chord notes. (Melody dominated HOMOPH ONY) Use a triple metre in compound time (6/8 or 3/8) for one of your sections/your main melody to make it dance like
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