Project 4: About Structure

I'm going to use this project to plan the first assignment work. The brief calls for a 2-3 minute composition using the skeleton provided.

I'm going to use from bar 3 to bar 14 as the basis of section A of the piece, which is currently only around 10 seconds long. I'd like the first section of the piece to be a little bit longer, therefore, bars 12-14 will be used to start a second phrase which will follow a similar pattern, but will end quietly to join to section B.

Section B will explore the instruments a bit more. The instruments used can be grouped into 2 categories; drums (snare and bass drum) and metallic instruments (cymbals and tambourine). 2 shorter sections will focus on each of these instrument pairs in turn. This can reflect a change the choreography; different demons being introduced or highlighted.

Section A can be developed by invert it, creating a kind of palindrome; rather than having the 2 phrases as originally heard, it will have the first phrase forwards and then backwards too. This is to create a degree of uncertainty in the music; the first phrase is a return to music heard before, the second phrase will sound familiar but not quite right.

Section C will see completely new music, gradually building in dynamics, rhythm and intensity. This will depict the demons becoming more agitated and angry.

Section C will lead into the last, short section of the piece, where themes from section A are introduced in a distorted way, before the piece ends dramatically, as though the demons have committed an atrocious act.