Simon Balle Music GCSE: 2012

Sunday 9 September 2012

Saturday 1 September 2012

Intervals 2nds, 3rd etc

Iiiinnn these videos - Intervals (not something in the middle of a show).......

diatonic chromatic
consonant dissonant
pedal drone
cadences: perfect plagal imperfect interrupted
Tièrce de Picardie
identification of major minor and dominant seventh chords using Roman numerals/chord symbols

Dynamics, Structure and form keywords

Structure & Form
binary     ternary   call & response   rondo     theme & variations
sonata   minuet & trio scherzo & trio
strophic   through-composed   da capo aria
cyclic popular song forms   ground bass   continuo cadenza

Dynamics

Rhythm and Metre keywords

Rhythm & Metre
pulse
simple & compound time
regular irregular free
augmentation diminution hemiola cross-rhythm
dotted rhythms     triplets     syncopation
tempo   rubato polyrhythm     bi-rhythm
diatonic chromatic
consonant dissonant
pedal   drone
cadences: perfect plagal imperfect interrupted
Tièrce de Picardie
identification of major minor and dominant seventh chords using Roman numerals/chord symbols

Timbre keywords

Timbre
instruments and voices singly and in combination as found in music for solo instruments concertos chamber groups pop and vocal music acapella String Quartet Wind Chamber
generic families of instruments as found in world music (don't look at Celtic or Gamelan on this link)
instrumental techniques including con arco/with a bow pizzicato/plucked con sordino/muted double-stopping tremolo/tremolando
vocal ranges and techniques such as falsetto and vibrato
music of the carribean
African music
Indian music
Music of the 1960's
R 'n' B and Hip Hop
Musical Theatre
Samples, Loops

Watch and hear different instruments of the orchestra here

Texture and Tonality keywords

Click on the word to link to a definition.

Texture - Homphonic, monophonic, polyphonic. Melody and accompaniment.

Tonality
tonal major minor modal
Texture harmonic/homophonic polyphonic/contrapuntal imitation unison octaves single melody line melody with accompaniment antiphonal
common signs terms & symbols
key signatures

Notes and Values

Here are some of the basics of music theory, this is specifically looking at note and rest values (how long they last). There is a link at the bottom of this post to the Rhythm Trainer where you can test your new found learnings..

Click here for the Rhythm Trainer where you can create your own rhythm tests to check your understanding.

Thursday 30 August 2012

Unit 2 Composition Briefs

This year’s strand is World Music

Brief 1

My composition will be between 2:30 - 4:00 minutes in duration. It will include at least four instruments, one of which must be a drum/percussion track and another must be a melody instrument.
My Areas Of Study will be AoS1 - Rhythm & Metre and AoS3 - Texture & Melody.
My link to the strand of world music will be through the use of syncopation and/or the use of the pentatonic scale.

Brief 2

My composition will be between 2:30 - 4:00 minutes in duration. It will include at least four instruments, the melody line must be an audio track (this could be vocal, guitar, sax etc).
My Areas of Study will be AoS3 - Texture & Melody and AoS5 - Structure & Form.
My link to the strand of World Music will be through the use of call and response and/or the use of improvisation/ornamentation.

Brief 3

My composition will be between 2:30 - 4:00 minutes in duration. It will include at least four instruments, two of which must be drum/percussion tracks.
My Areas of Study will be AoS1 - Rhythm & Metre and AoS2 - Harmony & Tonality.
My link to the strand of World Music will be through the use of polyrhythms/cross-rhythms and/or use of a drone.