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Try to make your own musical words notating them on the sheet music given.
Remember you can only use the letters A B C D E F G to make your words.
Try to play your melodies what do they sound like?
Which do you prefer and why?
Try to make your own musical words notating them on the sheet music given.
Remember you can only use the letters A B C D E F G to make your words.
Try to play your melodies what do they sound like?
Which do you prefer and why?
Rhythm
&
Metre
Name
Number of Beats
Semibreve
Dotted Minim
Minim
Dotted Crotchet
Crotchet
Quaver
Semiquaver
1
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
*
*
*
&
*
*
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
&
*
*
*
&
&
*
*
Crotchets
Quavers
Minims
Rhythm Box
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Rhythm
1
Rhythm
2
Rhythm
3
Compound Time
Feeling of 2 beats in a bar split into 3
sub-notes
Simple Time
Feeling of 3 beats in a bar split into 2
sub-notes
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
Harmony
&
Tonality
Task
Tonal in a key
Major happy sounding scale/key
Minor sad sounding scale/key
Modal a scale that is not major or minor (white notes)
Atonal no key
Key Signature - sharps or flats at the beginning of a stave
indicating the key
Modulation change of key
Listening Task: Can you
identify by ear the
difference between Major,
Minor and Atonal melodies?
Scales
Major Scale (C major):
Scales
Minor Scale (A minor):
S S+T
Task
Work out the notes needed for the scales of G
major, A major and Bb major
Work out the notes needed for the scales of E
minor, F# minor and G minor
Key Signatures - #s
Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle
TRICK (major)!
Raise last sharp
by one semitone =
Key signature
Trick (major minor) = count backwards 3 STs)
Key Signatures - s
Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Father
TRICK (major)!
Penultimate flat =
Key signature
Trick (major minor) = count backwards 3 STs)
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
Task
Write definitions to the words
below:
1) D
2) E 3) F
4) G 5) A 6) B 7) C
5th note
3rd note
Notes of
Scale
Roman
Numeral
ii
iii
IV
vi
vii
Chords in C Major
3
1
ii
iii
IV
vi
vii
Notes of
whole chord
5th note
3rd note
Notes of
Scale
Roman
Numeral
ii
iii
IV
vi
vii
Notes of
whole chord
5th note
3rd note
Notes of
Scale
Roman
Numeral
ii
iii
IV
vi
vii
Imperfect (Comma): ? V
Sounds unfinished
Amen
Interrupted (!!!): V vi
Surprise!
Texture
&
Melody
Ostinato
Sequence
Inversion
Retrograde
Imitation
Appoggiatura
Inverted Mordent
Turn
Acciaccatura
Mordent
Inverted Turn
Listening Examples
Timbre
&
Dynamics
Made of wood
Recorder
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
high pitch
low pitch
High pitch
Low pitch
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
French Horn
Trumpet
High pitch
Low pitch
Trombone
Tuba
HARPSICHORD
PIANO
ORGAN
RESEARCH TASK:
Effects/Techniques
1) Reverb
2) Delay
3) Distortion
4) Chorus
5) Panning
6) Quantising
Extension: Find Musical
Examples
Examples of
music technology
effects!
DYNAMICS
=
VOLUME
Structure
&
Form
Definition
Musical Example
Binary Form
Ternary Form
Rondo Form
Theme and Variations
Ground Bass
Task:
Complete the table. Concentrate on definitions first.
Strophic
Extension: find the
musical examples to
use when revising!
Definition
Musical Example
Binary Form
AB (AABB)
Mozart Piano
Sonata in D major,
K. 284, mvt. III
Ternary Form
ABA
Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star
Rondo Form
ABACADA
Mozart Horn
Concerto No.4 in Eb
Major, mvt. III
Theme and
Variations
Theme-Variation1Variation2-Variation3
Bach Goldberg
Variations
Ground Bass
Pachelbel Canon in
D
Definition
Musical Example
Arch Form
Minuet and Trio
Scherzo and trio
Sonata Form
Through Composed
Da Capo
Aria
Task:
Complete
the table. Concentrate on definitions first.
Definition
Musical Example
Arch Form
ABCBA
Minuet-Trio-Minuet
Scherzo-TrioScherzo
Chopin 4 Scherzos
for Piano
Sonata Form
ExpositionDevelopmentRecapitulation
Through Composed
Verse1-Verse2Verse3 (Different
Music)
Schubert Der
Erlkonig
Definition
Musical Example
Song Structure
32 Bar Song Form
Call and Response
12 Bar Blues
EXTENSION:
Open YouTube.
Choose a song and
analyse the
STRUCTURE
Definition
Musical Example
Song Structure
Intro-Verse1-ChorusVerse2-Bridge-ChorusChorus-Outro
Call-Response-CallResponse
12 Bar Blues