Laura's Jazz Composition

British English CC

Jacob's Rock composition

Genre specific considerations

Music

Purpose, style and a musical starting point

Extending a musical idea

Structure and bigger picture ideas

Refining and developing musical ideas

This following unit will look at how to extend composition ideas to complete the brief composition

This unit leads on from the composition units in year 10, building on skills gained and applying them to a brief composition

This unit introduces composing to a brief and explores how to generate effective musical starting points. Pupils consider ideas such as melodies, riffs, chord sequences and bass lines, alongside stylistic conventions, before applying these approaches to begin developing their own composition.

Composing to a brief: creative starting points

Why is it useful to understand genre specific conventions when composing?

Which of the following might be dictated by a composition brief?

What is one way a composer can be creative with genre conventions?

a category of music with shared characteristics

a collection of songs which all have the exact same tempo

all of the pieces composed by one musical artist

What is meant by “structure” in music?

Which of the following might be influenced by a piece of music's genre?

Starter Quiz

What is a musical genre?