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Unit 3: Innovations
Quick questions on Composing with innovative devices (QCE Music Unit 3)
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What is duration?Show answer
Tempo, metre and rhythmic devices set energy and momentum. Irregular metres, additive rhythm, polyrhythm and metric modulation are innovative duration devices.
What is pitch?Show answer
Your scale or mode, harmonic language and melodic contour set the emotional colour. Extended chords, modal interchange, atonality, microtonality and ostinato are pitch devices.
What is dynamics and expression?Show answer
Dynamic shape and articulation create tension, release and contrast. Marked expressive devices tell the performer how to realise your intent.
What is tone colour?Show answer
Your choice of instruments, voices, techniques and electronic processing is often where Unit 3 innovation is strongest. Sampling, synthesis, extended techniques and unconventional combinations expand the palette.
What is texture?Show answer
Layering and removing parts, shifting between monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic writing, controls density and intensity.
What is structure?Show answer
Riffs, loops, through-composed forms and hybrid structures organise the work in time. Innovation often means bending a familiar form rather than abandoning structure altogether.
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