sAviOr Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Im just wondering how some of you guys study for the IB Music papers at the end of the year. I know that you have to study the prescribed piece, but how do you prepare for the unknown music? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenesme Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Try to study the defining features of all the musical periods:Ancient GreeceMedievalRennaisanceClassicalRomanticImpressionisticModernAlso, try to study the music of various world cultures:Traditional JapaneseIndonesian GamelanOceaniaLatin AmericaScottish BagpipesAfricaMiddle-EasternIndian (Raja?)American Jazz and Gospel..more I can't think about right nowWhen you are studying these features or analyzing specific musical selections try to pick out the:MelodyMeterHarmonyMediumFormStyleContextIf you have any questions about specific musical eras, world music cultures, or stylistic feature I will try to answer it to the best of my ability, but know that I am no "expert" on it.Btw, what is your prescribed piece this year? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sAviOr Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Our prescribed piece is the baroque opera Dido and Aeneas Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenesme Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Oh really? Wow, that is what we did last year.I though that they would assign new pieces every year. The year before I took the test, they had Concerto for Orchestra by Bela Bartok.But Dido and Aeneas... eh... its an easy enough piece.Remember basso continuo, and ground bass, along with features of french, italian, and english baroque present in the piece. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sAviOr Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) yea I think the piece changes every 2 years so next year theyll have a new one, and if you dont mind me asking what score did you get if you already took the exam? Edited November 5, 2008 by sAviOr Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenesme Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I got a five. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sAviOr Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 nice Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seby Brooks Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 MelodyMeterHarmonyMediumFormStyleContextIf you have any questions about specific musical eras, world music cultures, or stylistic feature I will try to answer it to the best of my ability, but know that I am no "expert" on it.Btw, what is your prescribed piece this year?I would put Dynamics in there to. thats what we learnt at the last AMIS (The Association for music in international schools)MeMeHaMeFoDyStyCotry remembering it like that. it works for me. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazim Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Oh really? Wow, that is what we did last year.I though that they would assign new pieces every year. The year before I took the test, they had Concerto for Orchestra by Bela Bartok.But Dido and Aeneas... eh... its an easy enough piece.Remember basso continuo, and ground bass, along with features of french, italian, and english baroque present in the piece.Yeah, they give the same piece and change it every 5 yrs or so. May 2010 candidates will be getting a totally new piece to analyse... which pisses me off. @.@;; I honestly dislike the teacher I have right now... He's a crappy teacher for being a big cocky show-off. <.< Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenesme Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yeah, they give the same piece and change it every 5 yrs or so. May 2010 candidates will be getting a totally new piece to analyse... which pisses me off. @.@;; I honestly dislike the teacher I have right now... He's a crappy teacher for being a big cocky show-off. <.< Oh that sucks.By a "big cocky show-off" do you mean that whenever you analyze music and discuss it, he yells at you for missing *insert* stylistic feature, and *blank* instrument, and that only an idiot would miss that? lolBecause my IB music teacher did a bit of that. I just thought it was hilarious though.But others dropped out. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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