6 Impressionism Name Year 10

- Composing your own impressionist piece

Compose a piece of music that creates the impression of one of the following.

Sunset Rainfall Whale watching Space walk Flower Garden

Your piece should contain the following features: Structure

Structure
Your
Yourpiece
piecemight
mightconsist
consist
Scales
Scales of either a single section
of either a single section
Either: aa choose or
ortwo
twoor
orthree
three
Either: chooseone oneof
ofthe
the
following contrasting
contrastingsections
sectionsofof
following scales for your wholepiece
scales for your whole piece
music.
music. You coulduse
You could use
or:
or: bb use
usedifferent
differentscales
scales ternary
ternary(A (ABBA)A)ororeven
even
for
for each contrasting section ofyour
each contrasting section of your rondo
rondo(A (ABBAACCA, A,etc.)
etc.)
piece.
piece. structure.
structure. Make surethat
Make sure that
Section
SectionAAisisyour
your
Pentatonic strongest,
strongest,most
Pentatonicscale
scale most
memorable
memorablesection.
section.
Make
Makeaaplan
planusing
using
labelled
labelled boxesto
boxes toshow
show
each
each section andwhat
section and whatitit
will
willcontain.
contain.

Whole
Wholetone
tonescale
scale Timbre
Timbre
Choose
Chooseinstrumental
instrumental
and/or
and/orvocal
vocalsounds
soundsandand
combinations
combinationsof ofsounds
sounds
that
thatyou
youthink
thinkare
aremost
most
appropriate
appropriate forthe
for the
effects
effectsand
andmoods
moodsthatthat
Dorian you are trying to create.
Dorianmode
mode you are trying to create.

Notation
Notation
Find
Findaagood
goodwaywaytoto
notate
notate your piece.You
your piece. You
could
coulduseusegraphic
graphic
symbols
symbols(like
(likethe
theones
ones
Note:
Note:Impressionist
Impressionistcomposers
composersoften
ofteninclude
include used
usedin inearlier
earlierlessons),
lessons),
some
some chromatic notes in their melodies,i.e.
chromatic notes in their melodies, i.e. standard
standardstaff
staffnotation
notation
melody
melodynotes
notesthat
thatmove
movein insemitone
semitonesteps
steps(e.g.
(e.g.CC (five-line
(five-line staves),or
staves), oraa
––C# – D are chromatic steps). You may choose
C# – D are chromatic steps). You may choose mixture of the two.
mixture of the two.
to
tomix
mixsome
somechromatic
chromaticnotes
notesininaddition
additionto
tothe
the
notes
notesofofyour
yourchosen
chosenscale.
scale.

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What is the theme for your Impressionist piece?

How do you want your piece to sound, and what instruments will you use?

Planning a successful piece – Use the grid below to structure your piece!

Section What is happening in this section and who is doing what?

A
(The melody is:)
(The chords are:)
The instrument is:
The rhythm is:
The texture is:
The dynamics are:
The pitches are:
The tempo is:

B
(The melody is:)
(The chords are:)
The instrument is:
The rhythm is:
The texture is:
The dynamics are:
The pitches are:
The tempo is:

A
(The melody is:)
(The chords are:)
The instrument is:
The rhythm is:
The texture is:
The dynamics are:
The pitches are:
The tempo is:

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Could
you add
in some
extended
sections?

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