Transcript Music Technology - School

Music Technology
Part 1: Download a Specification
Download the specification for Music Technology on the Edexcel website.
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/music-technology2008.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=category:Pearson-UK:Category%2FSpecification-and-sampleassessments
Part 2: Making Notes
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Create a timeline of popular music styles from 1900 to present day. Include the following styles
(they are currently in no specific order) Hip Hop
Blues
Punk and New Wave
Jazz
Electronic Dance
Rhythm & Blues
Soul
Rock n’ Roll
Country
Rock
Synth Pop
Indie Rock
Reggae
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For each style, state the decade(s); key artists and songs / albums; and key musical features of the
style.
Create playlists for each genre and ensure you listen to some of the example songs from each
style.
Finally, choose two styles to explore in further detail, also referencing the social and cultural
context and features of the technology and production used at the time.
Music Technology
Part 3: Exam Style Questions
Using the following link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMt7NyTThro , listen to Let it Slide by
Mudhoney and answer the following questions:
1. This track could be described as an example of grunge. Name another grunge band.
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2. Describe the quality of the electric guitar tone heard on the track.
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3. Can you name the effect heard on the clean guitar at 0’07”?
Harmonic
Feedback
Skanking
Dive bomb
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4. Describe how the lead vocal and lead guitar interact in the passage 0’14”-0’25”.
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5. What is the interval between the two voices from the lines ‘Nobody’s here to stay’ to the word
‘grave’ at 0’54”-1’03”?
5ths
3rds
6ths
Octaves
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6. The drums in this track have been recorded to produce a ‘live’ sound appropriate to the raw,
energetic style of the music. Find out a way in which you might record a drum kit.
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7. The two electric guitars have been panned far apart in this track. What does panning mean?
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(Total 10 marks)