Transcript Dimensions of Music PowerPoint - Autumn 2013

Inter-Related Dimensions Of
Music
A Brief Tour Of The Elements Of Music
John Oates
Leading Practitioner
‘Accent’
Warrington & Halton Music Education Hub
Task 1 – planning – recap on sheets
Ancient Egypt – John Oates 2011
In Ancient Egypt,
long ago, the pyramids were built using
blocks of stone.
A tomb for pharaoh and his queen, the pyramids of Egypt a
wonder to be seen.
Pyramids! Pyramids! Pyramids a wonder to be seen.
Pyramids! Pyramids! Pyramids a wonder to be seen.
The largest pyramids can be found in Giza near Cairo and
west of the Nile.
In honour of Khufu they were built. His house of eternity
his Pyramid.
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7 Elements That Form The Musical
Pizza
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Duration
Pitch
Dynamics
Tempo
Timbre
Texture
Structure
Silence!!
Duration
Long & Short
• Pulse & Steady Beat
• Rhythmic Patterns – mixture of
long and short.
Task – mark the pulse of a song in more than one way.
- make an ostinato pattern using a rhythmic pattern from the song.
• Metre – How we group the beats
London’s Burning, London’s Burning
Fetch the engines! Fetch the engines!
Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Pour on water! Pour on water!
Task – use body percussion to
show the metre of the song.
Or Happy Birthday
Pitch
• High & Low
• Steps & Leaps
Task – use tuned percussion (hand chimes) to
demonstrate steps & leaps.
- invite conductors to improvise
- sing Pick Yourself Up and follow the contour of the
melody
- Visit the virtual keyboard. Resource section of
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Pick yourself up. Brush yourself down.
Let’s get things done stop messing around.
Pick yourself up. Brush yourself down.
Let’s get things done stop messing around.
1) Little worries can make you sad.
Think of all the good things and not just the bad.
Problems come and problems go.
Get up move on or spend your days feelin’ low.
2) Falling out and breaking friends.
Such a waste of time we all know how it ends.
Take the time to talk things through.
Listen and learn you’ll hear the other side too.
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Chords – 2 or more notes
played together.
• Major & Minor
Task – recognise major and minor chords in Pick Yourself Up
- visit www.sfskids.com – listen to harmony
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Dynamics
• Loud & Quiet
• Forte & Piano
Tempo
• Fast & Slow
• Getting Faster
• Getting Slower
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Me! Me! It’s Only Me
Me! Me! It’s only me from
my head to toe.
Me! Me! No one but me just
you watch me grow! (x 2)
1)I’ve got two legs; they bend at the knee
and help me to crouch down low, low, low!
I’ve got two arms to wave in the air and
hands to say ‘hello!’
How are you doing?
(It’s)
2)I’ve got two eyes; they help me to see,
to search and to find my way, way, way!
I’ve got two ears for sounds all around;
one nose to smell the air.
Coming up roses! It’s
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Timbre
• Quality of the sound.
• Explore different sounds
Task – watch clips of instruments using BBC website
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Texture
• Thick or thin texture
• One layer of sound / many
layers of sounds
Task – explore texture using sfskids
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Structure – How we build
the music.
• Beginning, middle & end.
• Chorus, verse
Chinese Dragon – John Oates 2013
Chinese dragon flying so high.
Chinese dragon in the clear blue
sky.
Twisting and turning, chasing after
the pearl.
Climbing to heaven in a fiery swirl.
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John Oates – Leading Practitioner
• Planning & Web resources can be obtained
from
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• Contact:
• [email protected]
• ‘Accent’ Warrington & Halton Music Education
Hub.
• Westbrook Old Hall Primary – 01925 415544
Pompeii – John Oates 2010
Pompeii. Pompeii. Many people lost
their lives that day!
Volcanic ash. A lion’s roar! Mount
Vesuvius asleep no more!
So long, Pompeii. Preserved now in
history for all time.
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