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1. STRUCTURED NOTE TAKING AND REVISION

Activity 1

Structured note taking aims at developing a clearer view of the connections between the music in the set works and musical history.  More specifically:

1.   The relationship between the work and the general characteristics of the period, its influence and the influence on later works.

2.   The position of the work within the works of the composer.

3.   The relationship between the work and other works within the idiom past, contemporary and future.

4.   The connection between this work and other related works.

This information should created in a data bank of information which should be used in essay answers. It should also teach the student to use a wider range of references.

Activity 2

Using A4 paper, write the following information under the main heading of each historical period, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century

1.   List the reference numbers, title of the pieces, the date composed, genre and page numbers.

2.   For each extract; list any general characteristic of the period. (for this use the History of Music fingerprints, Groves Dictionary, Reference Book, notes taken in earlier lessons and any other source)

3.      Look up and list the characteristics of each set extract found in the period.

4.   For each set work

1. Repeat the title, composer, ref. no.

2. Link the above information to each set work.

3. For each link found make specific references in the work.

4. Also indicate anything innovatory or unusual found in the composition which may look forward to the next era of composition.

5. Comment on at least 4 historically related stylistic musical elements found in the extract. For each a relevant quotation should be made taken from the extract.

 N.B. These notes could be written out as a chart from memory at the first attempt. 

Activity 3

Turn the following sentences into more useful and/or more historically accurate sentences.  re-write them and/or add a few more sentences to make the meaning clearer if necessary. try to be brief and to the point. Link your comments to works you know if possible

1. Composers stopped writing counterpoint in 1750.

2. Renaissance composers only used the voice in compositions.

3. The piano replaced the harpsichord in the Classical era.

4. Impressionist composers did not use chords.

5. 20th Century composers did not like harmony.

6. There are no tunes in 20th Century music.

7. This music is calm and serene.

8. Nineteenth century composers did not follow the rules of Sonata form.

9. Classical composers used tunes in the treble with simple harmonic accompaniments.

10. No one liked the clarinet before Mozart used it in his compositions.

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