Student_Name Composition_Name Feedback | Alexander Alford

2020_06_08
Part 1 - presentations - no more than 2 minutes each

Part 2 - lesson - vocals

Word Setting
1. Speak through the text several times to find the accented beats;
2. Mark the accented syllables;
3. Choose a time signature;
4. Accented syllables usually go on strong beats in the bar;
5. You may use an anacrusis if necessary.

Between the woods the afternoon

Is fallen in a golden swoon.
The sun looks down from quiet skies
To where a quiet water lies.

[Step 2]
Between the woods the afternoon
Is fallen in a golden swoon.
The sun looks down from quiet skies
To where a quiet water lies.

[Step 3]
I would choose 6/8 as a time signature - as discussed in the lesson.

Allow space for the words to come to life, don’t cram words together. Capture the mood of the text.

Free verse: you may also be more free musically (see next page).