Utah IB Student Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 I'm trying to write my IA comparing two specific songs. Does anyone know where I can find musical scores of these? Also, what format would make the best IA?Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaIBtard Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I did this class last year, and I had a lot of fun. My teacher recommended usingwww.imslp.orgThis website has free scores, mainly of Western art music.For my essay, I wrote comparing a piece of Spanish Nationalist music to an Indian piece. I went to imslp and based my paper around a piece that I found on there. For my Indian piece, however, I had to transcribe it by ear.I hope this helps! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah IB Student Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Thanks for your help, but when I visited the website, I was unable to find the score I was looking for (Love You To by The Beatles). Do you know of any other websites with the scores? When you compared your pieces, how many similarities did you write about?Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaIBtard Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I think I used two similarities... What song are you comparing it to? (My teacher didn't recommend using popular music, but that's just him) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lespetits Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) For folk music especially, if you can, try transcribing your pieces ! That's what I did, I had to transcribe my whole folk piece because there was literally no sheet music for it! After transcribing, analyse and compare!If it's for a Western Art Piece, imslp is the way to go! They have a trove of treasures, definitely a Music student's heaven! Unless you're using a very recently composed piece e.g Ross Edwards, then they would have it!For pop music - sheet music can be found every where, just make sure they've been correctly arranged and transcribed! Just simply look it up on Google. If you can't find it, I'm sure you can by it legally somewhere online as well, it probably won't be too expensive unless it's an orchestral score.Hope I helped! Edited March 1, 2014 by simply0celine Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyrior Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 The easiest format would usually be in the form of an article. It's basically like writing an essay but in a more casual format. You get marked for the understanding of medium (personally I think this is like wtf?) so keep this in mind. Formats such as a broadcast programme, an interactive game is probably more interesting if you've got the skillz, but they won't net you any more marks outside of holistic impression.Western scores prior to 1924/1934 can usually be found on imslp.orgOther scores have to be either popular (e.g. pop songs, famous folk tunes) to warrant a sure search or have to be manually transcribed.Do not transcribe everything. Transcribe only what you need. You can transcribe everything if you love transcribing though.An easy approach (assuming you are experienced with sound/video editing) is just to download a copy of the music, crop a certain portion of the music relevant to your analysis, e.g. Use of portamento across syncopated notes (extract 1), and put it in the CD you need to submit. (Remember, though, to add a comment somewhere to tell the examiner) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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