As I mentioned in a previous post, now that this course is officially completed, I have started my next two level one courses. As such, I'm having to carefully divide up my time between those courses, and my preparations for submitting this course for assessment. I have now completed my main revisions for assignment two, which looked at the development of serialism. I did a lot of research, and have expanded my original essay enormously, providing far greater detail and clarity. As well as improving my essay, it has also greatly improved my understanding of the compositional styles encompassed within the term serialism, and how it was influenced by previous developments, and how in turn it influenced following styles.
Soon I will be starting my revisions of the third assignment, in which I detailed the history and development of the pianoforte. Judging by my tutor's feedback, this should take considerably less time than my reworking of the serialism essay.
In terms of listening, I continue to listen to music extensively every day, becoming more familiar with some music as I discover new styles. At the moment I am listening to quite a lot of progressive metal (Dream Theater in particular), which is sometimes known as symphonic metal due to the longer than average track lengths, and classically-inspired form and instrumentation, and the unusual choices of keys and time signatures. I am also enjoying listening to electric blues and blues rock, and will soon hopefully own an electric guitar as I intend to learn to play blues guitar as well as learn songs of other styles. I can then take this skill and knowledge into my own compositions.
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