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You need to create two separate musical arrangements, each adapting existing music for a group of at least three different instruments or singers. Each arrangement should be written out as a proper notated score (using notation software or by hand), and you're being assessed on how well you've reworked the original music, used different instruments creatively, and structured your ideas.
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What you actually do
- ·Take an existing piece of music and creatively rework it for an ensemble (at least 3 independent instrumental or vocal parts)
- ·Write accurate, clearly notated scores for both arrangements, showing exactly what each instrument or voice should play
- ·Demonstrate you understand the range, capabilities, and sound of the instruments or voices you're writing for
- ·Combine different instruments and timbres in an interesting and creative way to suit your musical idea
- ·Control how thick or thin the texture is (how many instruments/voices are playing together at different moments) to create shape and expression
AAchieved
You create two arrangements that are notated and clearly show how the music has been adapted for an ensemble, with at least three independent parts.
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