We’re delighted to have published another new composing resource to support music students in the classroom. It’s ideal for GCSE level (or equivalent).
This 14-page A4 composition checklist booklet provides prompts, detailed pages on rhythm & metre, melody, harmony & tonality, structure, instrumentation, texture and developing ideas, plus a ‘final checks’ section.
What does the resource include?
The Composition Checklist Booklet can be downloaded and printed (colour or black & white) for music students. It includes:
- At-a-glance summary page
- Rhythm: 6 rhythmic devices with examples
- Harmony & tonality: 2 pages on chords, cadences, changing key, added note chords & pedal notes.
- Melody: 6 melodic devices
- Instrumentation: considerations for exploiting chosen instruments & voices
- Texture: 6 textural types
- Developing ideas: prompts for developing initial ideas
- Final checks: reminders for finalising the score and recording