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    #32
    LilLorna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭LilLorna


    Music teacher says to concentrate on the Ceili bands, regional styles and sean nos for the essays.


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    #33
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    Better learn one of those essays so!!


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    #34
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    Let me just get this straight....danse macabre is just a rhythm..right?


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    #35
    Langerhands
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭Langerhands


    I have an absolute ridiculous teacher! So trying to learn music but don't know what to do. the only god damn essay we did was sean-nos...i think she handed out sheets on the harp, lol.
    so was just wondering what other people were studying. like for the set works its obviously tempo, key and time sig, all the important stuff but should you go through each piece in depth? or just the significant moments in the pieces? don't even get me started on melody writing???


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    #36
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    My teacher was goin over all the parts in the mozart with us yesterday in her revision class and they confuse me! All this first subject theme 2a and all this!! Do they even ask you that in the exam???


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    #37
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    Death to all upbeats
    . I'm hoping that either Seachanges or the Beatles come up.
    And our teacher told us the ''irish contribution to music in north america'' essay was a likely, aswell as the belfast harp festival


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    #38
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    REALLY hope that essay comes up. How much do ppl write on that anyway? It only gives you 3/4 page to write on!


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    #39
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    mattfender wrote: »
    REALLY hope that essay comes up. How much do ppl write on that anyway? It only gives you 3/4 page to write on!
    I generally try to fill the space given
    Minimum bullplop :)


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    #40
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    i really need to go over em so.... argh how the hell am I gonna get an A in this?? Do you really have to know the sections of mozart?? And do you have to know the exposition, development yada yada?!


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    #41
    Postman-Layla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭Postman-Layla


    thusspakeblixa wrote: »
    Death to all upbeats

    +1
    And minor keys, with their damn raised sevenths & sometimes w*nky sixths.
    I've never written a music essay before in my life... Here's to waffle, eh!


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    #42
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    mattfender wrote: »
    i really need to go over em so.... argh how the hell am I gonna get an A in this?? Do you really have to know the sections of mozart?? And do you have to know the exposition, development yada yada?!
    Sure all the set works combined is the same percentage as Irish Music
    Ya can get an a1 with leaving out 1 set work afaik!
    The essays are grand... I'm just buggered for Mozart and Berlioz! And I haven't a clue for aural skills but don't think that's too bad


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    #43
    giggii
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭giggii


    don't be too worried about the works- all in all they're only worth about 15 percent of the overall grade. the questions are usually quite general so, with a very small amount of revision, it's easy enough to get seven to ten percent of that fifteen.


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    #44
    x-katz-x
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭x-katz-x


    thusspakeblixa wrote: »
    The essays are grand... I'm just buggered for Mozart and Berlioz! And I haven't a clue for aural skills but don't think that's too bad

    I agree with ya on that one, im more worried bout mozart than berlioz though, theres just so much ya have to know!:( I'd love if the Beatles or Deane came up as the long question and if something on the belfast harp festival, sean nos or dances came up for the irish music essay! :)


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    #45
    quoteunquote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭quoteunquote


    Sure even if we mess up royally our practicals might save us! :D


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    #46
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    quoteunquote wrote: »
    Sure even if we mess up royally our practicals might save us! :D
    After my ''freeform jazz clarinet'' performance?
    Nahh don't think so! :pac:


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    #47
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    Argh really need to learn off essay again! Totally forget it! Time to look at past papers...yes..at 12:56am:pac:


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    #48
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    mattfender wrote: »
    Argh really need to learn off essay again! Totally forget it! Time to look at past papers...yes..at 12:56am:pac:
    Hit the Nocturnal Forum my friend!
    (in my sig)
    and all your worries will fly away!


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    #49
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    thusspakeblixa wrote: »
    Hit the Nocturnal Forum my friend!
    (in my sig)
    and all your worries will fly away!
    Cant see your sig! I just realised the essay's only 10 marks...and here's me thinking I only got 7/25 in the mocks! Ha! So I know 7/10 of contribution essay... Better learn some more!


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    #50
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1090 <----go on go on go on!
    Ah but in the essays you get a lot of marks for not so many points


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    #51
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    So just put down as many points as ya know so?


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    #52
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    mattfender wrote: »
    So just put down as many points as ya know so?
    Yeah pretty much
    As long as they're big and not too vague (and aren't concentrated waffle) you could get away with not a whole lot.
    Remember- you only have the space they give you!


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    #53
    conormurphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭conormurphy


    You wanna hear a tight song bros?

    ABABABAEEEABBGBABBFBEEBABABABEEEGGGBEBGEBAGBEGABEGCBGDBEGCCBAGDBEGDBCGDABDGEDBCGADBEGAD

    Sound prettty good on any instrument


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    #54
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    thusspakeblixa wrote: »
    Yeah pretty much
    As long as they're big and not too vague (and aren't concentrated waffle) you could get away with not a whole lot.
    Remember- you only have the space they give you!

    I filled 3/4 of that space lol


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    #55
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    mattfender wrote: »
    I filled 3/4 of that space lol
    then stick in a ''I think Turlough O'Carolan would beat Dennis Hempson in a fight, anyday''


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    #56
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    baha perfect!


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    #57
    cursive
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭cursive


    japers, was lookin at marking schemes for harmony and melody writing, they're CRAP. what to do, what to do


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    #58
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    cursive wrote: »
    japers, was lookin at marking schemes for harmony and melody writing, they're CRAP. what to do, what to do
    Just copy this:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4oSXmnkPUU&feature=related
    and you'll be graaaand.
    Or- alternatively, you could just write out a ''perfect'' melody/harmony and memorise it


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    #59
    leavo08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭leavo08


    does anyone have a really good melody I could just borrow and then memorise it?? I would so write one but 3 exams left really running out of time!pretty please


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    #60
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    I'm doin the continuation of a given opening thing...hope there's no upbeat to confuse me!:eek:


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    #61
    leavo08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭leavo08


    Yeah I'm doing that one too I think most people are..ick I hate those upbeats such unnecessary stress!


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