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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - Presentation!
NOVEMBER 5 Presented the tune to the composition class. People seemed to enjoy it, and I was able to explain how I created the piece and...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20194 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - The Day of Writing
NOVEMBER 4 I decided, as a challenge for myself, to see if I could write the rest of the tune in just one day. Specifically, the Monday...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - Inspiration Strikes in Class
OCTOBER 29 In class on this day we had a look at how a modern Australian composer used ideas from a Beethoven piano piece to create a...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - Following Feedback
OCTOBER 25 I revisited the bars that my colleague had commented on and spent some time working on different ways to make the bar sound...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - Friendly Feedback
OCTOBER 20 Had a conversation with one of my colleagues who traveled with me to Stringmania. She had a listen to what I had done and...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating a Scottish Reel - Getting Ready for a Tutorial
OCTOBER 8 This was the day which I had to present some material for the composition. Although I had some outlines of ideas (as shown in...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20192 min read
Creating a Scottish Reel - Composition Assessment
OCTOBER 7 To begin the process, I took out my viola and started experimenting with ideas. I started by playing the tunes I had learnt a...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20193 min read
Went to Stringmania and learnt some tunes
From the September 30 to October 7, I was a part of an awesome strings camp down in Warburton in Victoria called Stringmania. At this...
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David Tocknell
Oct 24, 20192 min read
Baby Steps Reflection
So for an assessment as part of the Composition in Music Education unit (run by James also), we had to create some 'baby steps' for a...
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