Transcript GCSE MUSIC
Area of Study - Popular Music • Rhythm and Metre • Harmony and Tonality • Texture and Melody • Timbre and Dynamics • Structure and Form • Pulse • simple and compound time • regular, irregular, free • augmentation, diminution, hemiola, cross rhythm • dotted rhythms, triplets, syncopation • poly rhythm • drum fills • diatonic, chromatic • consonant, dissonant • pedal, drone • cadence: perfect, plagal, imprefect, interrupted, Tierce de Picardie • major, minor and dominant 7th chords • tonal, major, minor, modal • keys up to 4 sharps and 4 flats • modulation to the dominant or relative major or minor • harmonic/homophonic, polyphonic/contrapuntal, monophonic • imitative, canonic, layered • unison, octaves, single melody line, melody with accompaniment, antiphonal • intervals within the octave • conjunct, disjunct, triadic, broken chords, scalic, apreggio • passing notes, acciaccaturas, appogiaturas, ornamentation • blue notes • diatonic, chromatic, pentatonic, whole tone, modal • augmentation, diminution, sequence, inversion • slide/glisaando/portamento • ostinato, riff • phrasing, articulation • pitch bend • improvisation • Instruments and voices singly and in combinations used in the three strands • generic families of instruments as found in world music • timbre, including the use of technology, synthesised and computer generated sounds and effects such as reverb, distortion and chorus • instrumental techniques including con arco, pizzicato, con sordino, double stopping, tremolo/tremolando • vocal techniques such as falsetto and vibrato • gradation of dynamics as follows: - pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff - crescendo, diminuendo - sfz, sforzando - hair pins And common signs and symbols • binary, ternary, call and response • rondo, theme and variations, arch shape • sonata, minuet and trio, scherzo and trio • strophic, through composed, da capo aria, cyclic • popular song forms • ground bass, continuo, cadenza Radiohead ANALYSIS OF THE INTRODUCTION RHYTHM AND METRE 4/4 time with a regular pulse Tempo adagio (approx 72bmp) HARMONY AND TONALITY Diatonic Minor key – A minor TEXTURE AND MELODY Ostinato/riff TIMBRE AND DYNAMICS Quiet Picked acoustic guitar STRUCTURE AND FORM 4 bar introduction I have chosen the following areas of study to help me analyse the rest of the song: Timbre and Dynamics Structure and Form Timbre Dynamics Form Into – A/E guitar picked, quiet V1 – picked guitar, male voice with reverb, triangle, quiet Chorus – as verse but louder V2 – drums added, louder Chorus – strings added, bass louder,louder Inst/mid 8 – vocal ahhs added (2 parts now) louder sustained strings, more complex drum pattern V3 – additional guitar part, quieter Chorus – louder again Outro – vocal patterns, repeated crescendos, ends with quiet picked guitar. Choose a song that you like and plan a presentation about it based on at least 2 Musical Elements. You may use any medium you want or you can just talk about it. YOUR PRESENTATION MUST INCLUDE PLAYING THE SONG