Anacrusis

citizenerased1

I forget what to dooo with them!...

Joe_Dull

Just make sure you end your phrase in every fouth bar, then at the end of those bars (ie bars 4, 8 and 12) add the start of the following phrase, which will begin with a note/notes similar to those given in the short "upbeat bar" at the very start. Then to tie up the whole thing, have your final bar as a long note, and remember to subtract from the last bar whatever value the notes in the "upbeat bar" came to.

For example, (in 4/4) if the upbeat consists of 2 quavers, each phrase should finish with a dotted minim (or equivalent) and then the following phrase should begin by ending that bar with 2 quavers. At the end finish with a dotted minim (a full 4/4 bar MINUS the 2 quavers in the upbeat).

Hope that's clear.

citizenerased1

Joe_Dull wrote: »

Just make sure you end your phrase in every fouth bar, then at the end of those bars (ie bars 4, 8 and 12) add the start of the following phrase, which will begin with a note/notes similar to those given in the short "upbeat bar" at the very start. Then to tie up the whole thing, have your final bar as a long note, and remember to subtract from the last bar whatever value the notes in the "upbeat bar" came to.

For example, (in 4/4) if the upbeat consists of 2 quavers, each phrase should finish with a dotted minim (or equivalent) and then the following phrase should begin by ending that bar with 2 quaver. At the end finish with a dotted minim (a full 4/4 bar MINUS the 2 quavers in the upbeat).

Hope that's clear.

cool man cheers was stuck with the very end guess it makes sense!...
on our pre we got deducted marks for puttin the anacrusis on the start of the next line but still in the bar it should be in (like as if we ran out of space), it makes it tidier but our teacher reckons that we shouldnt have been deducted!?

Joe_Dull

citizenerased1 wrote: »

cool man cheers was stuck with the very end guess it makes sense!...
on our pre we got deducted marks for puttin the anacrusis on the start of the next line but still in the bar it should be in (like as if we ran out of space), it makes it tidier but our teacher reckons that we shouldnt have been deducted!?

You absolutely shouldn't have been deducted! If you look at the 2002/03 papers I think it is, that's the way they've written it ON THE EXAM. Seriously, as long as you follow the rules and tie it up at the end you can write it whatever way you want:)

citizenerased1

well that just showed the standard of our corrector i got deducted marks for going too high on the violin when it was an octave inside the feckin range :P

while your here whats the craic with the bass line for backing chords?do i just pick a theme and stick to it?or develop atall?

Dabog

Is it ok to just carry on as if it's a normal melody and then just complete the anacrusis in the last bar? As in, if we got a quarter note upbeat, could we just make bar 16 a dotted minim, and leave the rest of the melody as normal?


I hope that's clear:rolleyes:

Joe_Dull

citizenerased1 wrote: »

while your here whats the craic with the bass line for backing chords?do i just pick a theme and stick to it?or develop atall?

No need to develop the bass, just stick to the rhythm patterns given to you, maybe switch up the order a little (maybe 2 crotchets, minim could be reversed) and fit them into the chords. Also try to move in a similar way to the given material, so if there aren't any leaps in what they give you only move by step in your bassline.

Is it ok to just carry on as if it's a normal melody and then just complete the anacrusis in the last bar? As in, if we got a quarter note upbeat, could we just make bar 16 a dotted minim, and leave the rest of the melody as normal?

Sadly, you can't. You have to make sure that the bar ending each phrase also has an anacrusis included. So your 4th, 8th and 12th bars must contain 3 beats finishing off your phrase, and the final beat of the bar is the beginning of your next phrase - the anacrusis. Then in the last bar use a dotted minim as you said.