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SECTION 4: COMPOSING (cont’d)

3. Students should be encouraged to explore existing compositions and arrangements for
different ensembles to aid them in creating original ideas. Through this exploration, students
should be encouraged to analyse and discuss the various musical changes that would have
been necessary in maintaining the effectiveness of the original composition.

4. Students should be allowed to explore a wide range of sound by listening to and manipulating
various sound sources, sound makers and instruments (classroom, body percussion, electronic,
orchestral and improvised sources). Have students describe the mood created when various
sounds from different sound sources are combined.

5. Students should be encouraged to develop broad musical interests and to explore unfamiliar
material independently within a non-competitive atmosphere. Through this exploration
student should be encouraged to write their observations and discuss among themselves how
various musical and extra-musical stimuli influence the creation of different compositional
types.

6. Teachers are encouraged to guide students in creating a Time Plan to guide the process of
composing and arranging their musical pieces. Students should include realistic goals, targets
and deadlines on the Time Plan. Teachers should ensure that the timelines are closely aligned
to the continuous assessment dates for the creative work and creating a disciplined approach
in accomplishing the tasks.

7. Teachers should plan and organise activities that will ensure students become familiar with
compositional and arranging devices such as riff, or ostinato, call and response, common
harmonic progressions, accompaniment patterns, syncopation, rhythmic and melodic motives,
regular and irregular metres, forms and structures modulations, range and tessitura of
instruments.

8. Teachers are encouraged to demonstrate the use of technological tools and other devices to
help students to identify the correct recording format and delivery of the work for assessment.

9. Teachers should ensure that opportunities are created for students to:

(a) develop the discipline and other personal skills required to work independently or
within a group to discuss ideas, make decisions, and critically appraise the products of
their creative effort;

(b) experiment with various ways of appropriately and accurately recording or notating
their compositions to allow for easy access to their works. This includes exposure to
and evaluation of various available software and hardware tools;

(c) develop evaluative and reflective skills by self-assessing compositions and
arrangements; and,

(d) develop leadership skills by planning and executing rehearsals for the live performance
and audio recording of the compositions.

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