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Learning objectives:
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The first piece of music that you hear playing in the opening credits is Also Sprach
Zarathustra
How would you describe the texture, tonality and dynamics throughout this
piece?
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What instrument is Bill Bailey playing when the final chord is played?
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Flute
Oboe
Classical Period
GCSE Music Listening and Appraising Music (2013). NGarbett
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Clarinet
Gees!!!
Circle the appropriate term to describe what the cello/double basses are
playing
Ground bass
Sequence
Chromatic
Ostinato
What period would you associate this piece of music with? (Circle)
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th Century
The Jellyfish!
Bill Bailey plays the Theremin. What two things can you change to alter the
timbre of the instrument? Think basic elements of music!
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Strings
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Trombone
What is the effect created when the trombone slide changes pitch? P o r _ _ m e
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How does the music support the cops and robbers story? Think about the
following...
genre/timbre/tonality/dynamics/rhythm/specific instrument
techniques
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TV/Film Themes
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What device does John Williams use to emphasis the difference between the
fanfare and the soaring strings? Call and ______________?
Dr Who
What other instruments join Bill Bailey in the opening of the Jazz version of the
Dr Who theme?
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The Swan
What family does the piano belong to? (this is a tricky one!)
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The Insects
The final 3 chords of Insect Nation ends on a tierce de Picardie. This means
that it moves from a minor tonality to a major tonality giving a sense of
completion! Remember major -> minor.
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