Fri 16th May

Revise for your music assessment next Friday23rd in music lesson

The revision materials are on Google classroom

Topics:

Folk Music

Olympics composing

Songs and songwriting

Elements of music

Revise the keywords

Make sure you understand what each element of music sounds like, as well as what the different scales and instruments sound like- there are videos to help with this attached

Year 7 Folk music prep: The Folk Tradition

Make a project for either a music website or a music magazine explaining

what folk music is. You could call it ‘Folk music – old and new’ or make

your own title. Use the questions below to help you – make sure you write in

your own words! You can write this on Google doc/ slides or do it on paper

Part 1 : What is folk music?

•        What is folk music? How has folk music changed over time?

•        What’s your reaction to folk music?

•        What folk songs do you like and why?

•        What are some typical folk instruments you know about? What is your favourite and why?

•        What sort of scales do folk musicians use and how do

they sound?

Part2: Folk music I have listened to

(a)  Listen to some folk music and then describe it. What instruments are playing? What is the feeling of the

music? What scale do you think is used? How does the music change? Use the elements

of music and other music words as much as you can

(b)  What is your opinion of this

music? What do you think about folk music?

Here are some folk artists you could listen to :

•         Older folk musicians: Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Peggy

Seeger

•        Modern folk artists: Mumford and sons, Kaia Kater,

Lula Wiles, Alison de Groot

Due: Fri 7th Feb

Elements of music: do it on Google classroom

Choose a song or a piece of music to listen to which you like or think is interesting. Write a paragraph about it in the box, answering the questions below:

What song have you chosen?                        

Who is it by (the artist)?

Describe the music you can hear: try to use the elements of music

Why do you like it?                                         

How does it change?

Due: Fri 4th Oct