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SESSION 2
Having established a chord sequence, the aim of session two was to compose melodies to work over this.
We began by using the ideas laid out in the Workshop 2 notes:
MELODY 1
3. Sitting in a circle improvise a melody on instruments where each person in turn plays either a short note or along note only.
- Encourage people to react to the music that has gone before.
- Aim to make a group melody.
3.1 Repeat the exercise, first using any of the six notes from the Dérive chord. Then repeat using the other six pitches not found in the Dérive chord.
Try having two melodies travelling round the circle together both based on different hexachords.Students may wish to use trills to decorate the the long notes.
This exercise was repeated to create melodies for the composition, the students choosing two chords from their sequence. These were conceived in unison, and were then orchestrated so that not all instruments played every note. This made the sound of the line change as it moved.
Example 1 St. Thomas More School
Melodies 1 and 2
Example 2 Lord Grey School
Melodies 1, 2 and 3
We then matched up the melodies with the chords from which they were derived
Example 4 Lord Grey School (a)
Example 5 Lord Grey School (b)
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