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8A Music Homework 20192020
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Year 8 African Music prep

 Due Tues 17th March

Investigate an African musician who you think is interesting or whose music you like..

(a)  Write a short biography of them, including any interesting things they’ve done or interesting views they have

(b)  Choose one song you like by them. Write down its title and describe it. Include instruments and any musical patterns you can hear. If you can, find out what its about, or say what you imagine its about

(c)    Give your own opinion about this artist / music

 

Ideas: Salif Keita, Angelique Kidjo, Oumou Sangare, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti,

Ladysmith Black Mambaso, Touman Diabate,

All prep should be in your book: if you work on computer you must stick it in!

Y8 Film music prep 1

Due Tues 14th Jan

Write a profile for a well know film composer,  including

Part 1

                * how they came to become a film composer

                * what sort of films they have composed the music for

                * what they think about composing film music

(one paragraph)

 

Part 2                  Choose one of their film pieces and

                * write down the film its from, and the scene if you know it

* give a description of the music: what mood or atmosphere does it have? How does the composer get the music to have that feeling? What instruments play? How does the music change? What action could be happening? You can also say your opinion of this film music

(one paragraph

Here are some ideas of composers: John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Rachel Portman, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, James Horner

Write in your own words. The work must be in your book, but you can print and stick it in if you want

Y8 Exam Revision sheet Michaelmas

1.          Elements of music:

                

                Pitch                                                       high and low

                Timbre                                                    different sounds / instruments

                Tempo                                                    fast and slow, speed of the music

                Texture                                                   thick and thin, layers of sound

                Dynamics                                                      loud and quiet

                Duration                                                        short and long notes               

 

2.          Rock n Roll / using chords

 

How to make a three note chord (triad)

block chords                                         three notes played all together

broken chords                                      chord notes played one by one

rhythmic chords                                   chord played in a rhythmic pattern

bassline                                                 low part in the music

roots of rock n roll : where did it come from? - America

                                        what styles created it? -

                                         'White' country music  mixed with 'black' RnB

genre                              style of music

 

12 bar blues chord sequence: used for the backing parts           (accompaniment)

 

C

C

C

C

F

F

C

C

G

F

C

C

 

 

                riff                                               repeating pattern

                blues scale                                scale with some clashing notes, used for                                                                                           the melody

                blue note                                   a clashing note in the blues scale

                blues artists:                              Robert Johnson,

                rock n roll artists                       Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard

  

3.          Electronic music

 

synthesizer                                instrument that makes sound electronically

pad synth                         soft synth sound with a slow attack, good for backing

lead synth                         loud synth sound with a sharp attack, good                                                            for melody or bass parts

disco                                 70s dance style with a fast dance beat

                                          e.g. Donna Summer

 

house                                80s dance style with four to the floor drum                                                          beat and simple textures

                                          e.g. technotronic

trance                                90s dance style with lots of changes of                                                                         texture and breakdowns

                                          e.g. Trinity X

sample                              digital clip of sound

retriggering                                 a sample of sound repeated faster and                                                                faster - a classic feature of trance

four-to-the floor                four crotchet bass drum beats- the classic feature of

house

breakdown                       texture suddenly gets thinner- a classic feature of

trance

Blues/ rock n roll prep

Due Tues 15th Oct

Find the song ‘Crazy Little thing Called Love’ by Queen on YouTube. Listen to it and answer the questions below

1

0-    5 secs

What word is correct to describe the guitar part in the intro?

(a)  Melody               (b) ostinato                    (c) bassline

2

5 secs-23secs

In verse 1, which word describes the bass guitar part?

(a)  Melody   (b) broken chord        (c) block chord

 

3

5 secs-23secs

What else can you hear in the backing of verse 1?

 

4

24secs-42secs

In verse 2, describe what the backing vocals do

 

 

5

1min 20- 34

In the guitar solo, what notes does the guitar use?

 (a)  Blues chord   (b) blues scale   (c) other notes

 

6

2min 15 - end

Describe the ending

 

 

 

Investigating a Genre Project

Choose a genre (style) to investigate – e.g. blues, Jazz, soul, rock n roll, Heavy metal, Classical, Electronic,

•Find out about the most important artists in that genre,  when the genre started and how  it started. Was it a mix of earlier musical genres?

•Also find out about the musical features of that genre – e.g. what sort of instruments / instrument groups were used, any typical musical features like fast tempos, very electronic sounds etc

•You can also include any interesting non-musical features like the way the artists dressed or behaved

•Listen to examples of this style and add these to your project : describe an actual song in that style and describe the music you can hear as you listen to the song – how does the music change?

•Include your own opinion of the music – what do you think, what do you like or not like?

•You can present the project any way you wish- on paper, card, booklet, powerpoint, even film! It should not be in your music book however

Make sure you write in your own words, please don’t use copy and paste

DUE: Tues 24th Sept