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Contents List
Reading Music 1: .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Pitch .................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Lines and other bits............................................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Accidentals.......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Ledger lines......................................................................................................................................... 5 Reading Music 2: .............................................................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Rhythm.......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Dots & Ties ................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Time Signatures & Bar lines......................................................................................................... 7 2.4 Grouping Rhythms.............................................................................................................................. 7 2.5 Note tail direction ............................................................................................................................... 8 2.6 Rests.................................................................................................................................................... 8 Simply Boredom ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Reading Music 3: .............................................................................................................................................. 9 3.1 Simple & Compound Time Signatures ............................................................................................... 9 3.2 Dynamics .......................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Signs, Symbols, & Abbreviations..................................................................................................... 11 Sonatina........................................................................................................................................................... 13 Scales & Harmony 4: ...................................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Tones & Semitones ........................................................................................................................... 14 4.2 Major Scales...................................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Minor Scales ..................................................................................................................................... 15 4.4 Key Signatures .................................................................................................................................. 16 3.5 Minor Key Signature......................................................................................................................... 17 4.6 Pentatonic Scales .............................................................................................................................. 18 4.7 Chords ............................................................................................................................................... 18 4.8 Inversions.......................................................................................................................................... 19 4.9 Arpeggios.......................................................................................................................................... 19 The Orchestra: 4.............................................................................................................................................. 20 Italian Terms: 6 ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Ornaments: 7................................................................................................................................................... 22 Melodic & Rhythmic Devices: 8 .................................................................................................................... 22 Melodic & Rhythmic Devices: 8 .................................................................................................................... 23 Intervals: 9 ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Music History 1600-1899: 10 ......................................................................................................................... 25 10.1 Opera & Oratorio ............................................................................................................................ 26 10.2 Instrumental music.......................................................................................................................... 27 Chords, Cadences, & Modulation: 11............................................................................................................. 28 11.1 Labeling chords............................................................................................................................... 28 11.2 Cadences ......................................................................................................................................... 28 11.3 Modulation...................................................................................................................................... 29 11.4 How does a piece of music modulate ?........................................................................................... 29 Musical Elements: 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Reading Music 1:
1.1 Pitch
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id10_en.html
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The best way to learn to read pitch is to use rhymes. Add the letters and rhymes to this piano music.
1.3 Accidentals
Accidental is the collective name for sharps, flats and naturals. These are to do with the black notes on the keyboard. You teacher will go through them with you. Write things down on the staves below.
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HWK: Complete the note-naming exercises given to you. Hand your work in next lesson.
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Reading Music 2:
2.1 Rhythm http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id11_en.html Write the names and values of the following notes
2.2 Dots & Ties http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id14_en.html Dots mean that you add half the note value to the note Ties allow you to hold notes, particularly over bar lines
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2.3 Time Signatures & Bar lines http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id12_en.html Your teacher will explain how time signatures work using the web link above. Make notes on the staves below:
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2.6 Rests
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id13_en.html
Revision:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Learn to play Simply Boredom Add the left hand part or get a partner to play it Learn the bass part to the middle section Compose a melody to fit it (you may like to use the same rhythm as the original melody Notate it (WATCH OUT FOR TAIL DIRECTION) Play your composition through.
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Simply Boredom
You will be given a class demonstration of Sibelius teaching you how to enter music. Enter Simply Boredom and get the computer to play it. HWK: Complete the homework sheet Rhythmic work and Time Signatures for next lesson.
Reading Music 3:
3.1 Simple & Compound Time Signatures
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id15_en.html
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3.2 Dynamics
Add some dynamics to Simply Boredom; you will be shown how to add these on Sibelius.
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Sonatina
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On Sibelius load up the piece called Sonatine, OP.36 TO BE COMPELTED, and look carefully at the version above. Work in pairs updating the Sibelius score in all of the places marked. Finally, add the dynamics and save the piece in your user area before listening to it.
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HWK: Pick five notes that we havent done in class and build major scales on them.
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To stop this from happening, musicians place key signatures at the beginning of each stave next to the clef.
For GCSE you need to know minor and major keys up to 4 sharps and flats.
The order of sharps follows a special pattern: Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle. A way of working out the key of sharp key signatures is to look at the last sharp and name the note above, e.g. the key signatures with three sharps has G# as its last sharp therefore the note above is A so that key signature is A major. The order of flats follows a special pattern: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Father. Look at how this pattern relates to the sharp-key pattern: ____________________________
A way of working out the key of flat key signatures is to look at the second from last flat which shares the same name as the key you are looking at.
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Write out all the key signatures from above on the following staves:
C# minor
C minor
This means that E minor has the same key signature as G major (1 sharp = F#). So, if you want to create a scale of Em, play E-E with an F#. You still need to raise the 7th (D#) Summary: Minor scales 1. Write out the white-note letter of the scale you want 2. Add the KS of the major relative 3. Raise the 7th note by a semitone
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Pentatonic scales will be covered again when we do world music. They tend to be found in oriental music. Rock musicians also use them to improvise on. If you can remember the blues scale from Y9, work out the tone and semitone pattern for the blues scale then transpose it to another key than C.
4.7 Chords
Chords are created from scales. You may remember in Y8 learning to construct chords by playing a note, missing a note, playing a note, missing a note, and playing a note. This is alright for KS3, but how on earth do you know the difference between major and minor chords when using this method? The GCSE way!! If you want a D major chord, think of the Dmaj scale and play the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes together. Its a simple as that. If you want a Dm chord, do the same with a Dm scale!!!
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Chords are written out with the notes on top of each other. Work out the following chords:
4.8 Inversions
Look at the example of chords on the right. Note that the order of notes has been changed but the chord still consists of the same notes. This is called inverting.
4.9 Arpeggios
If you play the notes of a chord from the bottom to top and add another root at the top, you have played an arpeggio:
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Task:
Compose a chord sequence by filling in the blanks. Learn to play it and when you are happy enter it into Sibelius as the left hand to a piano piece. C Dm G
Am
Em
Compose a melody to fit it. Do this by getting Sibelius to play the chords and you improvise using the keyboard. Here are some tips: You may find it helpful to change each chord from semibreves to repeating crotchets. To do this, highlight any semibreve and hit the crotchet button on the keypad. Next hit the R key on the keyboard to repeat the note. Fill up the rest of the bar and then move on. Alternatively, you could use the MIDI keyboard. Compose an interesting rhythm first. If you have a long note in a bar, try to use a pitch that is borrowed from the chord being played. Use a C major scale to compose your melody.
Look at the handout on piano accompaniments and adjust your left hand to make it more interesting. Add dynamics and articulation.
The Orchestra: 4
The Orchestra: Hear is a list of orchestral instruments. Put them into the correct families. Number the instruments in each family from highest pitch to lowest pitch. Bass Drum Bassoon Cello Clarinet Double Bass Flute French Horn Glockenspiel Harp Oboe Maracas Piccolo Snare Drum Timpani Triangle Trombone Trumpet Tuba Tubular Bells Viola Violin Xylophone
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Woodwind
Brass
Strings
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Italian Terms: 6
You must learn the following Italian terms as they are very likely to come up in your exam. Italian
Lento or Largo Adagio Andante Moderato Allegro Presto Accelrando (Accel.) Ritardando (rit.) A Tempo
English
Very slow Slow Walking speed Moderate (medium) Fast and lively Very fast Speed up Slow down Back to the original speed.
Italian
Pizzicato (Pizz) Glissando Legato Staccato Tutti Con sordino Espressivo
English
Plucked Slid Smooth Detached, short Everybody play Muted Expressively
Ornaments: 7
Ornaments are used to decorate music. Listen to the following and then have a go at playing them. You might like to add some ornaments to Simply Boredom.
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TASK: Take the melody to Simply Boredom and create some variations using the melodic and rhythmic devices. When you have come up with one that is satisfactory, show it to your teacher. Next, replace the third section of you version on Sibelius with your variation.
Intervals: 9
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/html/id30_en.html At GCSE you need to know the following intervals: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Octave. An interval is the distance between two notes. You count the lower note and then count up to the higher note. e.g. C-E = 3rd A-E = 5th D-G = 4th Bb-Bb = Octave
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Instruments
Lutes Recorders All male singers Pipe & Tabors Fiddles Lutes All male singers Viols Sackbuts Organ Small orchestra String Instruments Male & female voices Harpsichord Basso Continuo Piano Larger orchestra Clarinet invented Large orchestra
General Style
Plainchant (Monks) Dance music with drum
Renaissance
1450-1600
Palestrina (Italy) Monteverdi (Italy) Byrd (England) Bach (German) Handel (German) Vivaldi (Italian) Purcell (England)
Secular: motets & madrigals (fa-la-la) Sacred: Mass (Modal) Opera Oratorio Concerto Grosso Solo Concerto Ground Bass Diatonic Symphony Sonata String Quartet Simple Melodies Composers inspired by stories and nature Tone Poem Experimented with discordant harmony Atonal Electronic music Chance music Minimalism Experimentalism Serialism
Baroque
1600-1750
Classical
1750-c1820
Mozart (Austrian) Haydn (Austrian) Beethoven (German) Beethoven (German) Tchaikovsky (Russian) Grieg (Norway) Stravinsky (Russian) Reich (American) Schoenberg (Austrian) Stockhausen (German)
Romantic
c1820-1900
20th Century
1900 onwards
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All music falls into two categories: Instrumental and Vocal. In the boxes below are different types of pieces that could be written.
Instrumental Pieces (played by instruments):
Symphony Sonata
Opera Chorus
Aria
Recitative Madrigal
Complete the following table to show when each style/genre was used.
Renaissance Baroque Classical Symphony Romantic Symphony Modern (20th Century) Symphony
Both are made up of three other types of vocal music: Recitative, Aria and Choruses.
A chorus is ..
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An Aria is ..
A recitative is ..
A Sonata is ..
A String Quartet is ..
Dance Music is ..
A Symphony is ..
A Solo Concerto is ..
Concerto Grosso is ..
Task: Listen to the following pieces and fill in your listening logs.
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You may remember this from the blues work in Y9 In C major, I, IV, V refer to the chords built on the 1st, 4th, and 5th degrees of the scale.
Trying playing through this progression in C major, G major, E major, and F major I I IV I V I IV I
11.2 Cadences
Cadences are the musical equivalent of punctuation. They are very important and come up in every exam paper.
There are four types you need to know: Perfect: Imperfect: Plagal: Interrupted V-I I-V IV-I V-VI Sounds finished The full stop in music Sounds unfinished The comma in music Sounds finished but with Amen Sounds unfinished and the last chord is surprising
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Use Auralia and try to work out the cadences. Play each cadence in the following keys: Dm, D, G, Am
11.3 Modulation
Modulation means to change key during a composition. In simple pieces there may be no modulation e.g. a piece may begin, continue, and end in C major. This is fine for short pieces. In longer pieces, the audiences interest needs to be sustained. This can be done through modulating. Even pop songs tend to modulate towards the end for a climatic effect!! How does modulation come into my GCSE? Very simply, you may come across modulation in two areas of your GCSE music: 1. If you want to gain better marks in your composition, you need to modulate somewhere. 2. A piece may be presented to you in your listening exam and you need to identify that it has modulated.
Lets assume that a piece is in the key of C major, therefore the following table would read:
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C Major
Tonic I
Subdominant IV
Dominant V
Now that you know these three terms, we can discuss the related keys that you can modulate to. The close related keys of any key are the subdominant, dominant, and relative key (major/minor). Therefore, if we are in C Major we can modulate to the subdominant, dominant or relative minor of C major. Fill in the following table.
C Major
Subdominant
Dominant
Relative Minor
When I have decided what key to modulate to, how do I go about it? 1. Start by using notes that belong to the key you want to modulate to. It is a good idea to use the notes that dont belong to the key you started in. 2. Play a perfect cadence in the new key. If your piece started in G major, what would the keys be that you could modulate to? Fill in the table below, also fill in the notes you would have to begin adding (or taking away) and the chords of the cadence you would need to use to establish the new key.
G Major
Subdominant
Dominant
Relative Minor
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1. What is the form of this piece ? 2. What period of music is it from and why ? 3. What key is the piece in at the beginning ? 4. What bar does the music begin to modulate?
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5. What note is introduced to begin the modulation ? 6. What key is the music modulating to at this point ? 7. What is required to complete the modulation ? 8. What bars can this be found in ? 9. The piece modulates again towards the end. Which bar sees the beginning of this modulation ? 10. What key is the piece in by bar 32 ?
Musical Elements: 12
The following list consists of the elements that make up music. For your GCSE, you will be expected to answer closed questions such as: tick the features of this piece (Qu.1) and more open, freer questions like the one below. The piece you are about to hear describes an aquarium. How does the composer achieve this ? This second type of question tests your musical knowledge as well as your listening skills. Such questions appear difficult because you have no clues; this is where Dr. Matt Mists (PhD) comes in ! When faced with such a question, you should turn to musical elements for guidance. For this reason you must memorise this list for the purpose of you exam.
Devices Drone = usually two notes sustained in the bass Ostinato = repeated pattern Ground Bass =a repeating bass part Variation = Repetition = Sequence = Imitation = Inversion = Augmentation = Diminution = Decoration (Ornamentation) = Instrumental devices = pizz, distortion, muting Rhythm The length of notes. Not to be confused with tempo. You can have a semiquaver passage in a relatively slow tempo Swing Syncopation Melody Relates to pitches. You should use the word melody instead of tune. Disjunct = leaps about Conjunct =next-door notes Articulation Staccato Legato Texture This relates to how many things are going on at the same time and how they relate Monophonic = one line. One note at a time Homophonic = tune with chords underneath Polyphonic = loads of tunes played simultaneously Heterophonic = A tune and variation played simultaneously. Tempo Tempo means speed. To ascertain the tempo, tap your foot along with the music and then decide how fast your foot is tapping. BMP or Italian terms Metre Literally the Time Signature Instrumentation What instruments are playing? Structure AB (or AABB) = Binary form
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ABA = Ternary form ABACADAE etc. = Rondo form Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus = Song form A A1 A2 A3 etc = Theme and variation form. Tonality Major Minor Pentatonic Atonal Style This relates to the period of composition. Baroque Classical Romantic 20th Century: Blues Reggae Musical Club Dance Remix Serialism Minimalism Experimentalism Electronic Music Pitch This relates to notes used, i.e. high pitched, low pitched. High pitches can sound strained or tense while low pitches can sound spooky or mysterious. Harmony Harmony is the opposite of melody. It relates to what is played with the melody, the accompaniment. When you talk about chords, you are discussing harmony: therefore instead of the piece uses a lot of minor chords it is better to say that the harmony of the piece is mainly minor. Sometimes you will need to talk about how often the harmony changes i.e. how often the chords change. Dynamics A difficult term that only means volume (i.e. how loud the music is).
You will now be asked to complete some listening exercises in which you are expected to use musical elements.
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Index
20 Century, 25, 26, 34
th
Dominant, 29 Dots, 2, 6 Double bar, 4 dynamics, 10, 14, 20 Dynamics, 2, 10, 32, 34
M
madrigals, 25 major, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29, 30 Major, 2, 14, 17, 30, 34 Mass, 25 Medieval, 25 Melody, 32, 33 Metre, 32, 33 Minimalism, 25, 34 Minor, 2, 15, 17, 34 Moderato, 22 Modulation, 2, 28, 29
S
scale, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29 Scales, 2, 14, 15, 18 Semitone, 14 Semitones, 2, 14 Serialism, 25, 34 sharps, 4, 16 Simple, 2, 9, 25 Solo Concerto, 25, 27 Sonata, 25, 26, 27 Staccato, 22, 33 stave, 16 Stave, 4 String Quartet, 25, 26, 27 Strings, 21 Structure, 32, 34 Style, 25, 32, 34 Subdominant, 29 Symphony, 25, 26, 27
A
A Tempo, 22 Accelrando, 22 Accidentals, 2, 4 Adagio, 22 Allegro, 22 Andante, 22 Aria, 26, 27 arpeggio, 19 Articulation, 32, 33 Atonal, 25, 34
E
Electronic music, 25 Espressivo, 22 Experimentalism, 25, 34
F
flats, 4, 16
G
Glissando, 22 Ground Bass, 25, 33 Grouping Rhythms, 2, 7
N
naturals, 4 Note tail direction, 2, 8
B
Bach, 25, 31 Bar line, 4 Baroque, 25, 26, 34 bass, 4, 5, 8, 33 Bass Drum Bassoon Cello Clarinet Double Bass, 20 beats, 7 Brace, 4 Brass, 21
O H
Harmony, 2, 14, 32, 34 Harpsichord, 25 Opera, 2, 25, 26 Oratorio, 2, 25, 26 Orchestra, 2, 20 Ornaments, 2, 22
T
Tempo, 32, 33 Texture, 32, 33 Ties, 2, 6 Time Signatures, 2, 7, 9 Tonality, 32, 34 Tone, 14, 25 Tones, 2, 14 Tonic, 29 transpose, 18 treble, 4, 5 Trombone, 20 Tutti, 22
I
improvise, 18, 20 Instrumentation, 32, 33 intervals, 24 Inversions, 2, 19 invert, 20 inverting, 19
P
pentatonic, 18 Pentatonic, 2, 18, 34 Percussion, 21 piano, 4, 20 Pitch, 2, 3, 32, 34 Pizz, 22 Presto, 22
C
Cadences, 2, 28 Chance music, 25 Chords, 2, 18, 19, 28, 30 chorus, 26, 27 Classical, 25, 26, 34 Compound, 2, 9 Con sordino, 22 Concerto Grosso, 25, 26, 27
K
key signature, 16, 17 Key Signatures, 2, 16
V R
recitative, 27 relative, 17, 30 Renaissance, 25, 26 Rests, 2, 8 rhymes, 4 Rhythm, 2, 6, 32, 33 Ritardando, 22 Romantic, 25, 26, 34 Viola, 20 Violin, 20
L
Ledger lines, 2, 5 Legato, 22, 33 Lento, 22 Lines, 2, 4
W
Woodwind, 21
D
devices, 24, 33 Devices, 2, 23, 32, 33 Diatonic, 25 discordant, 25
X
Xylophone, 20
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