Music Composing paper Section A

ElvisChrist6

This is about the Continuation of a Given Opening question. I know you don't have to modulate or any of that if it's in a minor key in the paper, but I've completely forgotten... if you decided to change Ti into Te in bar 7, do you continue on with that Te note for the rest? Or is it like the major, in which you return to the original key to finish it off?

Thanks

PJelly

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

This is about the Continuation of a Given Opening question. I know you don't have to modulate or any of that if it's in a minor key in the paper, but I've completely forgotten... if you decided to change Ti into Te in bar 7, do you continue on with that Te note for the rest? Or is it like the major, in which you return to the original key to finish it off?

Thanks

Our teacher said that you don't modulate at all in a minor key. You still go mental in the B phrase, but just stay in the same key.

J_E

Yep, my teacher said that as well.

ElvisChrist6

Thanks! So the advice generally is don't bother? It is a lot of kerfuffle, anyway!

PJelly

Just a quick question about ACTUALLY modulating in a major though...
Our teacher said that in the B phrase, the chord of 5 is basically the chord of 1 now. So just outline the chord of 5. As in, if it was A-C-E, pick a mad bit of the song, and start your first B bar on an A, C or E and do the mad bit, then start the mad bit with a different note from the chord, and finally the last one.
She also said that instead of naturalizing the sharpened note again, just avoid hitting that note in the B phrase. And then in A2 they can assume you're back into your original key.
Is this a really over simplified way of doing things?

ElvisChrist6

PJelly wrote: »

Just a quick question about ACTUALLY modulating in a major though...
Our teacher said that in the B phrase, the chord of 5 is basically the chord of 1 now. So just outline the chord of 5. As in, if it was A-C-E, pick a mad bit of the song, and start your first B bar on an A, C or E and do the mad bit, then start the mad bit with a different note from the chord, and finally the last one.
She also said that instead of naturalizing the sharpened note again, just avoid hitting that note in the B phrase. And then in A2 they can assume you're back into your original key.
Is this a really over simplified way of doing things?

Seems fine, they can't complain as you're doing it the right way!

PJelly

Thanks! I was never really sure about that "Don't naturalize, just don't hit the sharpened note again" bit.