Transcript End of Year Exam

KS3 End of Year
Exams
Music Revision
End of Year Exam
• This will take place in a computer room, with an audio track. You will answer the
questions online in Socrative. Some of the questions require you to listen to extracts
on the CD.
• The best way to prepare for this exam is to revise the topics on the following slides,
which have been covered through the year, and to listen to lots of different styles of
music and ask yourself lots of questions. For example:
• What is the tempo? What are the dynamics? Who is performing? How many
different parts are there? How fast is it? What pitch is the melody? These are just
examples – listen and pick out anything in the music that is interesting.
Elements Of Music
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Melody - tune
Rhythm – note pattern/beats
Texture – the layers
Dynamics - volumes
Tempo – speed of music
Harmony – chords, extra notes underpinning the melody
Timbre – the quality of sounds an instrument makes
Structure – the order of the sections, how the piece is built
Duration – how long the notes are, how many beats
Pitch – how high or low the notes are
• Quaver – ½ beat
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Rhythm Values
Crotchet – 1 beat
Minim – 2 beats
Semi quaver – ¼ beat each
Semi breve – 4 beats
• Dotted notes – are worth half as much again.
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Practice clapping these rhythms
You will need to pick out a
rhythm from a selection by ear.
Remember your “words”:
Coffee/pizza
Tea/ chips
Cream
Notes
You will need to
remember how to
work out where the
notes are.
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Year 8: Clapping Rhythms (see slide 3)
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You will need to identify
what rhythm is being
played from a selection.
Practice clapping these
rhythms.
Year 8: Spot the
Note Pattern
• You will hear an extract of music,
and will need to choose which one
it is from a selection
• Practice using Baa Baa Black Sheep.
Notice whether the ‘dots’ go up or
down.
Dynamics
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Fortissimo – very loud
Forte – loud
Mezzo Forte – medium loud
Mezzo piano – medium soft
Piano – soft
Pianissimo – very soft
Crescendo – gradually get louder
Diminuendo – gradually get softer
Tempo
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Allegro - quick
Andante – walking pace
Presto – very fast
Largo – very slow
Accelerando – gradually get faster
Rallentando - gradually get slower
Electric/Acoustic, Major, Minor
• You will need to be able to recognise acoustic and electric instruments.
• You will need to be able to recognise:
Major – happy – chords
Minor – sad – chords
Discords – note clusters
Instruments and Families
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Brass – trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba
Woodwind – piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
String – violin, viola, cello, double bass
Percussion – snare drum, xylophone, tambourine, timpani, cymbals etc. (Tap
or shake).
• You will also need to recognise the styles of music being played.