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Brief: Musical Starting Points

You have a commission to write music for the opening of a television programme. It is for the BBC and will be broadcast in the next few weeks. You need 30 to 60 seconds of music to introduce a new programme called "New places".

The producer of the programme says it should create an atmosphere of mystery and suspense. Tension should build until about two-thirds of the way through the piece, after which it should relax. Either keep to a slow, steady tempo, or make the music get faster towards the middle and then slow down again towards the end.

Helpful activities before attempting the brief

  1. Read the notation and listen to 'Sol Fah Jazz'

  2. Starting with made up words

  3. Starting with an image: 'The Weather' composition

  4. Ideas for structure

  5. Homework example: 'New Places' composing ideas

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