A Level Music Transition Workbook - Suffolk One

A Level Music

Transition Workbook

Course Overview:

Component 1: Appraising Music

+ Component 2: Performance

+ Component 3: Composition

This is an exam paper

split into three sections:

Listening Analysis

Essay writing

The first section will be on three areas of

study, Western Classical, Musical

Theatre and Jazz.

The second section focuses on Western

Classic.

The essay will focus

on Jazz.

Your performance will

be recorded in Year 13 but you will be

assessed throughout the course to ensure

you reach the required standard.

The performance will

need to last around 12 minutes and where

possible around 50% of the material should

be Grade 7.

However, accuracy

and expression in the performance is more

important than the grade of the pieces.

You will complete a

functional harmony brief set by AQA, in

the form of a Bach Chorale.

You will also complete

a free choice composition, with

guidance from your teachers.

How can I prepare for

transition: Complete the

listening diary in this booklet

Fill in as much of

the glossary of terms as possible

How can I prepare for

transition: Be practicing your

instrument for at least 15 minutes

per day

Continue with instrumental

lessons

How can I prepare for

transition: Read the book

“How To Write Great Music” by

Dave Lowe

Revise Grade 5 Theory

40% 35% 25%

Areas of Study Below are the areas of study for the exam. The artists in bold for Jazz are the ones you will focus on for the essay.

We choose Jazz for the essay in the exam, as it consistently scores good marks due to the ensembles being smaller

and the musical features being complex enough to allow for easy analysis.

Western Classical Musical Theatre Jazz

Baroque Concerto The Operas of Mozart Romantic Piano Music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg

Kurt Weill Richard Rodgers Stephen Sondheim Claude-Michel Schönberg Jason Robert Brown

Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Charlie Parker Miles Davis Pat Metheny Gwilym Simcock

Listening Diary You should aim to listen to all the pieces listed below before starting at One. Try to note down one key feature for

each musical element listed.

Piece: Trumpet Concerto in D major - Torelli Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Flute Concerto, TWV 51:D2 - Telemann Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Là ci darem la mano - Mozart Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Magic Flute Overture - Mozart Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Etude in E Major - Chopin Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Waltz in Ab Major - Brahms Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: I’m Still Hurting – Jason Robert Brown Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: On My Own – Claude-Michel Schönberg Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Pirate Jenny – Kurt Weill Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Scrapple From The Apple – Charlie Parker

Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Are You Going With Me – Pat Methany Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Piece: Take The ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington Date of Listening:

Dynamics

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Tempo

Texture

Instrumentation

Further Listening (Optional)

If you would like to continue to expand your knowledge of the pieces of music for

your exam below is a recommended listening list:

Set Works - Sections B and C Baroque Concertos Bach Violin Concert in A Minor BWV1041 Purcell Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D Major Z.850 Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D Major Op. 10 No. 3 RV428 Mozart Operas - Le Nozze di Figaro Overture No. 1 - Duettino: Cinque, dieci, venti, trenta... No. 3 - Cavatina: Se Vuol Ballare No. 4 - Aria: La Vendetta

No. 5 - Duettino: Via Resti Servita No. 6 - Aria: Non Sò Più Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio No. 7 - Terzetto: Cosa Sento! No. 9 - Aria: Non Più Andrai The Piano Music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg Chopin Nocturne in E Minor Op. 72 No. 1 Ballade in F Major Op. 38 No. 2 Brahms Intermezzo in A Major Op. 118 No. 2 Ballade in G Minor Op. 118 No. 3 Greig Norwegian March Op. 54 No. 2 Notturno Op. 54 No. 4 Jazz Louis Armstrong When The Saints St. Louis Blues Charlie Parker Moose The Mooche Blues For Alice Miles Davis My Funny Valentine

Freddie Freeloader

Wider Listening - Section A Baroque Concertos

Flute and Violin Concertos by Telemann

Oboe Concertos by Albinoni, Handel, Marcello and Telemann

Bassoon and Violoncello Concertos by Vivaldi

Organ Concertos by Handel

Harpsichord Concertos by Bach

Trumpet Concertos by Torelli

The Opera's of Mozart

Don Giovanni

Così fan tutte

The Magic Flute

Die Entführungausdem Serail

The Piano Music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg

Chopin: Nocturnes and Ballades; Waltzes, Mazurkas and Polonaises; Preludes,Etudes and Impromptus

Brahms: Intermezzos and Ballades

Grieg: Norwegian Marches and Notturnos

Musical Theatre

Kurt Weill

Alabama Song, from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Havana Song, from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Ballad of Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera

Jealousy Duet, from The Threepenny Opera Pirate Jenny, from The Threepenny Opera

Richard Rodgers

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', from Oklahoma!

Lonely Room, from Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!, from Oklahoma!

Soliloquy, from Carousel

What's The Use of Wond'rin?, from Carousel

You'll Never Walk Alone, from Carousel

Stephen Sondheim Prelude, from Sweeney Todd

Green Finch and Linnet Bird, from Sweeney Todd

A Little Priest, from Sweeney Todd

My Friends, from Sweeney Todd

On The Steps of the Palace, from Into The Woods

Agony, from Into The Woods

Giants in the Sky, from Into The Woods

Last Midnight, from Into The Woods

Claude-Michel Schönberg

I'd Give my Life for You, from Miss Saigon Bui Doi, from Miss Saigon

I Still Believe, from Miss Saigon

One Day More from Les Miserables

Bring him Home from Les Miserables

Jason Robert Brown

Still Hurting, from The Last Five Years

Moving Too Fast, from The Last Five Years

This is Not Over Yet, from Parade

All the Wasted Time, from Parade

Jazz

Louis Armstrong

Muskrat Ramble (1926, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five)

West End Blues (1928, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five)

Stardust (1931, Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra)

Duke Ellington

The Mooche (1928, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)

Ko-Ko (1940, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra)

Come Sunday, from Black, Brown and Beige Charlie Parker

Ko-Ko (1945, Charlie Parker's Reboppers)

A Night in Tunisia (1946, Charlie Parker Septet)

Bird of Paradise (1947, Charlie Parker Quintet)

Bird Gets the Worm (1947, Charlie Parker All Stars)

Miles Davis

So What, from Kind of Blue (1959)

Shhh, from In a Silent Way (1969)

Pat Metheny (Cross the) Heartland, from American Garage (1979)

Are you Going With Me?, from Offramp (1982)

Gwilym Simcock

Almost Moment, from Perception (2007)

These Are the Good Days, from Good Days at Schloss Elmau

(2011)

Glossary One of the biggest challenges in A Level Music is learning all the subject specific

vocabulary. I hope that many of these words you will have come across at GCSE or

during your instrumental studies.

Fill in as many definitions as you in this glossary.

Key Word Definition

stepwise

conjunct

disjunct

scalic

triadic

arpeggio

intervals

equal phrases

unequal phrases

balanced phrases

trill

mordent

turn

acciaccatura

appoggiatura

accented passing notes

unaccented passing notes

chromatic passing notes

auxiliary notes

note of anticipation

echappée

portamento

sequence

motif

fragmentation

repetition

intervallic augmentation

intervallic diminution

consonant

dissonant

diatonic

primary triads

dominant 7th

chord inversions

diminished 7th

secondary dominant 7th

substitution chords

Neapolitan 6th

6th chords (Italian, German, French)

Perfect cadence

Imperfect cadence

Interrupted cadence

Plagal cadence

cadential 6/4

Tierce de Picardie

circle of 5ths

harmonic sequence

tonic pedal

dominant pedal

inverted pedal

inner pedal

suspensions (4–3, 6-5, 9–8)

major

minor

closely related keys

modality

binary

ternary

ritornello

episodic

sonata

through-composed

coda

recitative

aria

ostinato

basso continuo

una corda

vibrato

sotto voce

pizzicato

arco

con legno

con sordino

sul ponticello

sul tasto

double stop

solo

monophonic

unison

octaves

parallel 3rds/6ths

accompaniment

homophonic

chordal

polyphonic

imitative

antiphonal

countermelody

descant

simple time

compound time

rubato

syncopation

hemiola

cross-rhythm

accent

tenuto

piano

forte

fortissimo

pianissimo

staccato

marcato

legato

glissando

smear

fall-off

bend

chord extension/added note

tritone substitution

turn-around

blue notes

blues scale

pentatonic scale

diminished scale (h-W)

dorian mode

lydian mode

mixolydian mode

12-bar blues

Changes

32-bar song

Middle eight

Intro

Outro

Head

Chorus

Break

Harmon mute

Growl

Ghost notes

Heterophonic

Swung

Straight

Double time

Stop time

Riff