Music writing and speaking

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Describing the composition without notation

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as a grid

Element	Introduction	First section	Second section	Ending
Mood	calm	peaceful	angry	Calming down
Dynamics	Quiet but getting louder	Loud tune with quiet beat	loud	Gradually quieter.
Speed	moderate	moderate	moderate	moderate

as a paragraph

The composition has a moderate speed in all the four sections. The introduction has a calm mood that starts quietly but gradually becomes louder. This moves into the first full section, which has a loud tune whilst the beat remains quiet. The second section is angry and loud. The piece ends by calming down as it becomes gradually quieter.

Added marks

More marks can be gained where you add to the descriptions by:

Adding opinions

E.g. I thought that John's sound effects would sound better if the whole group helped but the others disagreed with me.

Providing examples of changes made and why.

E.g. Susan played a more complicated tune using six notes at first but kept making mistakes so we changed it to four notes, as there was not enough time.

Describing where you found the ideas.

E.g. The rhythm in section 2 came from a car advert I saw on the TV.

Adding notation

E.g. a part of the tune or a rhythm used. A computer notation program can help. See the teacher for advice.

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