Transcript Music for an Occasion 1

Music for an Occasion
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What special occasions is music played at
and why?
Music for an Occasion
Sometimes
composers write music for
special events: coronation, sporting event,
opening ceremony
Listening
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Listen to the 3 pieces of music which is
connected to a special occasion, location,
event or ceremony. Match them from:
Describe why you made your choices for matching the music.
What features of the music led you to your choices?
Try to use musical terms to explain your answers
a)
b)
c)
An opera house
A cathedral service
Folk dancing
Fanfares
A fanfare is a loud short piece of music, played
usually on the trumpet to introduce the arrival of
someone important or a special event
 Since medieval times fanfares have been used to
herald the entrance of a king, queen or other
important person
 Fanfares have also been used by the military for
many years and on the battle field so soldiers
know what to do
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Listening
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Now listen to some examples of fanfares
played by Mr Thacker on the trumpet
The Harmonic Series
Modern day trumpets have 3 valves to
change the length of the trumpet to make
different pitches
 In earlier times trumpets had no valves
like bugles and were limited to a range of
notes
 Most fanfares only use these notes
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