The Composing Matters series (which comprises a pupil book, teacher's file and audio/CD-ROM) encourages composition work with a series of skill-based activities and projects for Key Stage 3 pupils. The audio/CD-ROM contains musical works from existing composers, includes examples of compositions produced by pupils and provides extracts to help pupils to improvise, which are linked to improvisation frameworks in the teacher's file. The Composing Matters series (which comprises a pupil book, teacher's file and audio/CD-ROM) encourages composition work with a series of skill-based activities and projects for Key Stage 3 pupils. The audio/CD-ROM contains musical works from existing composers, includes examples of compositions produced by pupils and provides extracts to help pupils to improvise, which are linked to improvisation frameworks in the teacher's file.

 

This book is part of a book series called Composing Matters .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 2 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Pearson Education Limited .

This book has the following chapters: Track listing1 Pentatonic backing2 Dorian backing3 Soldier's March backing4 Chord sequence A (Dm C)5 Chord sequence B (C Dm F C)6 Chord sequence C (C Am F G)7 Chord sequence D (Am G F G)8 Blues in C9 Pop song10 Pop riff 111 Soul stomp12 Pop riff 213 Song of the Ass drone14 Haka15 Tameghrout L'Adu Ibliss16 Navajo corn-grinding song17 lyo-o-o18 Reveille19 Retreat20 Last Post21 Into Battle22 Rag B (That Bhairav)23 The Soldier's March from The Soldier's Tale, Stravinksy24 Symphony No. 6, Beethoven25 Heavy rain26 Allegro from Spring, The Four Seasons, Vivaldi27 Thunder28 Storm from Sea Interludes, Britten29 Alleluia caro mea30 Hallelujah from The Messiah, Handel31 Confutatis maledictus from Requieum, Mozart32 Prelude No. 1 in C, Bach33 Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven