Tutorial No.7.     Mix and match assorted Mozart fragments to create a new melody, with an accompaniment..

We hope Wolfgang won't turn in his grave, because we are about to pick four fragments of 4 bars each, from diverse works by him, and put them together in a way he never intended! 

Our fragments will be extracted from the trio from Symphony no 39 in Eb K543,  the slow movement of his clarinet quintet K581,  the menuetto from his Divertimento in D, and the menuetto from his trio in Eb K252. All of these are in the same time signature, namely 3/4, as this is vital for Musical Discovery to be able to join them together.  We shall choose D major as our key, so we shall need to transpose the two works which are in Eb.

  1. Starting from the main MENU, select  File -> Load Musical Discovery File
  2. Click the down arrow to open up the drop-down list, and search and select Quintet in A K581 for clarinet and strings - 2nd movt. by Mozart.
  3. From the MENU, select Create -> Compositions -> Bulk changes to tunes, and extract fragments.  Pres the Play button to listen to this tune.
  4. In the Select a single track drop-down box, choose 1- Clarinet.  Set the from-bar to 1, and the to-bar to 4.
  5. Click the lilac button Replace current tune with specified bar range and tracks. This extracts just bars 1 - 4 into the current tune in memory.
  6. Click the purple button -  Add entire current tune as a new fragment on the composing board. Now click the green OK button on the Store fragment as dialog box, without changing its name.
  7. Repeat steps 2 - 6, but selecting Divertimento no 2 in D - menuetto - by Mozart, select track 2 violin-2,, bars from 5 to 8.
  8. Repeat steps 2 - 6, but selecting Trio in Eb K252 2nd Movt. menuetto by Mozart.  Select track 2 - violin, and bars from 1 to 4. As this fragment is in Eb we need to transpose it down one semitone to D major. Whilst still in the Bulk changes to tunes, and extract fragments screen, go down to the transpose section, set Number of Semitones to 1, and transpose direction to down. Click the green button perform transpose.  Then Click the purple button -  Add entire current tune as a new fragment on the composing board. Now click the green OK button on the Store fragment as dialog box, without changing its name.
  9. Repeat steps 2 - 6, but selecting  Symphony no 39 in Eb K543, 3rd Movt. trio by Mozart. Select track 4 - First Clarinet, bars from 5 to 8. This also need to be transposed down one semitone from Eb to D major, as described in step 8 above..
  10. Click the orange button Assemble fragments on the board into a new tune.  Listen by clicking the Play button. The 4 parts go together fairly well, but the tempo is too slow, and the instrument switches from clarinet to violin.
  11. From the main MENU select  Edit -> Expression (Tempo and dynamics) to bring up the expression screen. Draw a red line at the start of the tempo panel, at about 130 crotchets per minute.  Then go to the main MENU, Edit -> Track data  and change the track description to  Mozart did this!   and click on the Inst No and select strings from the drop-down box. Then click on the button Change instruments to default for entire track.  Now listen to your new arrangement by clicking the play button.
  12. As an extra option, you might like to add an accompaniment using the Alberti bass which Mozart used frequently. You need to write in the chords, so go to the main MENU Create -> Accompaniments.  If you are confident about harmony and cadences, fill in the chord names as you see fit. If you want a suggestion, try the following sequence:-
Bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
D G A7 Bm Em A7/C# D/A D D D/a-A A7 A7/C# A/C# A7 D/F#-A7 D

Click the green button Select Accompaniment Pattern at top left of the screen. In the drop-down box labeled Upper Accompaniment Instrument, at left of screen, select strings. Then click on the Alberti Bass (Mozart) button in the first column of patterns. Let's hope you're impressed and Mozart's not too distressed!