Transcript The Elements of Music

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Year 7
Music revision
Your music exam will be next lesson. It
will be a listening exam, where you
are played music and asked questions
about them. It will cover all the topics
you have done this year, plus some
general music questions.
…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!
The Elements of Music
Contrast
Element
Pitch
Duration
Tempo
Dynamics
Timbre
Texture
Structure
SILENCE!
…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!
The Elements of Music
Contrast
High/low
Long/short
Fast/slow
Loud/soft
Tone colour
Thick/thin
The overall plan
SILENCE!
Element
Pitch
Duration
Tempo
Dynamics
Timbre
Texture
Structure
Can you identify each part of the kit?
B
1: Snare
2:
Kick/bass
drum
3: Hi-hat
4: Ride
5: Crash
6: Toms
A
C
D
E
F
Can you identify each part of the kit?
ride
toms
crash
Hihat
snare
Kick/
bass
What are the different families
of instruments?
What are the different families
of instruments?
Which family does this instrument belong
to?
• Why?
Which family does this instrument belong
to?
• The saxophone is a
woodwind instrument –
even though it is made of
metal.
• This is because it has a
reed, just like a clarinet.
What type of instrument is the piano?
What type of instrument is the piano?
The piano is a percussion
instrument, because the hammers hit
the strings.
Basic music theory: rhythm and
time signatures
Basic music theory: rhythm
Name
Symbol
2 quavers:
How many
beats?
Basic music theory: rhythm
Name
Symbol
Crotchet
How many
beats?
1
Minim
2
Semibreve
4
Quaver
Rest
2 quavers:
½ each
1
Musical Instruments
All instruments have a different timbre.
You will need to be able to tell certain
instruments apart in your exam.
Watch the following videos to see what the
different instruments sound like…
String Family
Woodwind Family
Brass Family
Percussion Family
See this video for
types of Guitar
Chords
Remember the 3 chord mashup project?
This was based around Next To Me and the 3 chords that repeated
over and over.
What is a chord?
Here is a chord. This
example is a C chord
(because it starts on C).
If you play any two
(or more) notes
together, you have
made a chord.
Why do we use chords?
• They create harmony.
– This is when two notes play together to
create a thicker texture and (usually) a
pleasant sounding backing.
The next
video shows a
guitar playing
lots of
different
chords:
• Have a look on the next slide to see
how chords can accompany any
instrument. In modern music are
nearly always used to accompany
singers:
See this video for an example of
singers alone.
If the singers are just on their own
with no instruments, they are singing
a cappella