Composition for OCR Composing

Subject: Music
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 16 - 18
Order Number: 11052

This AS resource workbook prepares students for the requirements of the 2551: Composing 1 - Section A: The Language of Western Tonal Harmony paper of the new OCR Specification.

Exercises in the completion of Corelli Trio Sonatas, Bach Chorales, Handal Flute/Recorder Sonatas, Classical String Quartets, Classical Piano Miniatures, Romantic Pinno Miniatures, Romantic Lieder.

Candidates are required to submit a set of not less than six exercises showing the addition of bass and harmony to give melody, of between 8 and 24 bars in length, taken from any suitable established repertoire. The selection of extracts for candidates to work may be taken from different genres, or from a single genre. The set of exercises should contain extracts in major and minor keys. All exercises, including chamber and ensemble works, may be submitted as two or three stave score reductions.

All exercises must be dated and must state the composer and title of the work from which the extract has been taken. While fair copies are not required, care must be taken. While fair copies are not required, care must be taken to ensure that work submitted for assessment is legible.

Music technology may be used for the notation of exercises.

• Corelli Trio Sonatas
• Completion of violin II and cello to a given violin I line following the trio sonata principal of Corelli.
• Bach Chorales
• Completion of three parts to a given soprano line following the chordal principal based on the Riemenscheider collection.
• Handal Flute/Recorder Sonatas
• Completion of extracts based Handal's flute/recorder sonatas
• Classical String Quartets
• Completion of violin II, viola, and cello to a given violin I line following the string quartet principal of Haydn and Mozart.
• Classical Piano Miniatures
• Completion of extracts based on Mozarts piano sonatas.
• Romantic Piano Miniatures

This section of the resource book has exercises using the romantic piano miniatures of Schubert, Schumann and Chopin as a source.

• Romantic Lieder
• Completion of a song accompaniment in the style of Schubert

This comprehensive set of photocopiable exercises guides students through the mechanics of the respective compositional techniques needed to create well structured harmonic realisations.