Chinese Music

 

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Choose one of the composing tasks below to compose a piece of Chinese music that should last for  one minute and use Chin Chinese ese soundin sounding g instrumen instruments ts and soun sounds ds from keyb keyboards oards.. You shoul should d use only the black notes notes in your composi composition. tion. Once you yourr piece is complete complete,, try writing down the order in which whic h you play your sounds using graphic graphics s and shapes in a graphic score.

TASK 1 – 1  – Compose a piece of music called “The called  “The Dance of the Dragon” that could be played at a Chinese New Year celebration in Dragon” that your local local town. Your pie piece ce shoul should d start off at a very slow tempo  and gradually gradu ally get faster and fast faster. er. Reme Remember mber that your piece is calle called da "dance" and you could use drums and cymbals to create a rhythm that the Chinese people could dance to.

TASK 2 – 2  – Compose a piece of music called “The called  “The Emperor’s Battle” which Battle”  which describes an ancient Chinese battle Chinese battle.. Try to put the sound of the ho horses rses galloping gallo ping into your mus music. ic. Compo Compose se a pentatoni pentatonic c melody melod y that desc describes ribes the Empe Emperor ror when he rides into the battle.

TASK 3 – 3  – China has many beautiful gardens and this picture is called “A called  “A Chinese Fantasy Garden.”   Compose a piece of music that describes the beauty and stillness of  this Chinese Chinese garden garden.. Keep the dyna dynamics mics of your music soft at all times and use gentle sounds like bells and glockenspiels.

Level 3

Your composition will use Chinese sounds from a range of  different instruments but will only include

basic musical features with little or no sense of structure and only one dynamic level and tempo throughout.

  4 Level

Your composition will have a melody and make good use of  different differe nt rhythms to describe the mood of 

your piece. piece. You wil willl have used chords and your piece will have a musical structure.

Level 5

Your composition will make good use of  tempo or changes of  tempo and use different dynamics.

Your piece will be well rehearsed and everyone in your group will play an active activ e part during the performance.

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