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Composing (Component 2)
Quick questions on Composing overview: the two WJEC A-Level Music compositions (Component 2) - WJEC A-Level Music
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What is worked example?Show answer
A candidate answers a WJEC brief asking for a piece in a jazz style for a small ensemble by writing a 32 bar swing number with a walking bass, a memorable head, ii to V to I progressions and an improvised-style solo chorus, capturing the required idiom. For the free composition they write a contrasting reflective piece for solo piano in ternary form, opening with a lyrical theme in a minor key, modulating to the relative major for a central section, and returning to the opening transformed. The two together run to about five minutes, contrast strongly, and each is submitted with a score and a recording, showing range and control of the elements.
What is unidiomatic writing?Show answer
Music that is unplayable or badly voiced for the forces scores below well-crafted, realisable writing.
What is q1?Show answer
How many compositions are required and what is their combined length? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What extra thing is the brief composition judged on, beyond general craft? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain why developing material matters more than simply having many ideas. [6 marks]
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