Melody writing

PPMTA - Cashel

12 January 2011

Anna-Marie Higgins

Junior Cert: 35 marks

WORD SETTING

GIVEN OPENING

ANSWERING PHRASE

• Melody and rhythm: 27

• End on keynote: 4

• Phrasing: 4

JC: One bar is given (2010)

JC: Answering Phrase (2010)

Summary

LC: Template for Q.1

5th

year: Q.1

Tonic solfa

Phrasing, expression and instruments

Developing the given material

Final phrase: A2

Answering phrase: A1

3rd phrase: B

Compound Duple rhythm patterns

6th

year: Q.1 and Q.3

Question 3: Gigue

Anacrusis

Minor Melody

Other weird starts e.g. three quavers; Gavotte;

opening extending onto second system...

Other points

Exam questions: how soon?

Rests e.g. Q.1 in 2001

Rhythm at cadences

Harmonic progessions

Q.2

Ordinary Level

“Rough work”

Keys, scales and tonic solfa

Strong leaps

Weak leaps

Leading note to tonic

“Rough work”

Developing Material

Rhythmic development

Melodic development

Inversion

Final Phrase: A2

Rhythmic development

Melodic development

Inversion

Modulating

Answering Phrase: A1

Develop bars 1 and 2

Extend the range

Modulate

Sequences

Possibilities?

B phrase

Sequence

Imperfect cadence

Compound Duple

Compound Duple Tune

Gigue in Binary Form

Q.3

AA1BB1 – ABA1B1 – ABB1A1 – AA1A2B – AA1BA2

Keep close to the Q.1 plan

The first two bars of the phrase are identifiable as A or B

The third and fourth bar of each phrase are built around

(i) a modulating cadence,

(ii) an Imperfect cadence and

(iii) a Perfect cadence

Don’t have two sequences

Bar 4

Anacrusis (Layout 1)

Anacrusis (Layout 2)

Q1 – HL – LC – 2010 – A1 – Minor

Q1 – HL – LC – 2010 – B – Minor

Q1 – HL – LC – 2010 – A2 – Minor

Other weird starts

Other points

Exam questions: how soon?

Rests e.g. Q. 1 in 2001

Rhythm at cadences

Harmonic progessions

Q. 2

Ordinary Level

Final slide

Senior Cycle, Music resources

http://www.teachnet.ie/melody

E-mail

amhiggins@leavingcertmusic.com

Thanks to John for organising this talk