Transcript Music Appreciation-Lesson 1 Music Theatre Terms

Bell-work
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Please take your assigned Seat
Take out your 1 subject note book and write
“Music Theater Terms” as the title
Take a guess as to What country and What year
theater started
Write down these 5 terms:
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Opening Chorus
Star Turn
Money Song
11 O’clock Number
Character Song
Music Appreciation-Lesson 1
Music Theatre Terms
Where did Theater Start?
Theater began in Ancient Greece around
4000 B.C.
 People used to tell stories to honor their
God’s
 The God the Ancient Greeks mainly
honored was Dionysus, the Greek god of
Wine, madness, and theater.
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Ancient Greeks
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Early Theater was performed on an
amphitheater stage, that seated well over
10,000 people.
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The main problem was that people who sat
all the way in the back row could not see or
hear the story from their seat.
Ancient Greeks Cont.
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In order to fix this problem, the Greeks
built 2 Large basic masks that told the
audience if a character was happy or sad.
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Since then, the masks have become the
international symbol of all theater, and
have been the two main categories of
theater……
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Comedy and Tragedy
Since Then……
Theater has taken on many different
additions and styles. Presently, the most
popular style of theater is Music Theater.
 Music Theater is a story that integrates
songs and dances into the plot.
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What is a Play?
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Let’s Discuss……What is a Play in it’s
most basic form?
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A Play is simply…..a Story!
How Can a Play be Changed into a
Musical?
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Mostly what composers do is take a story,
and enhance it by adding music. However,
there are 3 main rules that must be
followed when a story is being adapted to
a musical.
1. The Story MUST gain something besides Music
2. The Plot MUST move forward
3. The Characters MUST be deeply defined through
their songs and dances.
Types of Songs
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There are 9 types of songs that will
appear in almost every Musical:
1. The Opening Chorus:
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This is the first LARGE number of a Musical
where you have met all of your main characters.
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvr
h2e8Ep14&feature=related
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Types of Songs Cont
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Star Turn:
1. A Star Turn does 1 of 2 Things:
 Is a Song that turns a nobody into a Star
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Is a Song that is written for a specific
Celebrity
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
1HRa4X07jdE
Types of Songs Cont.
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Money Song:
◦ Is a song that is written just to make money
$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRIbU
T6u7Q
Types of Songs Cont.
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11 o’clock Number:
◦ Is an up beat song that was sung at exactly 11
o’clock to up lift the tired audience
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Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNTee
HhpxBE
Types of Songs Cont.
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Character Song:
◦ The most common type of song. It is a song
that Describes a Characters Wants, Needs,
and Desires:
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Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNa
CzLI1mM
Questions
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If there any questions about any material,
please raise your hand, wait for me to call
on you, and I’ll be happy to answer them!
Dismissal
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Remembering the Dismissal Procedure:
Thank you and have a Great Day!