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Musical terms - Lesson II
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Active Starter: Mnemonic
Can you remember the mnemonic from last lesson?
Write it on your whiteboard.
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Active Starter: Mnemonic
Write down two of the associations from last lesson.
Let’s gather and share!
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Association
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The Story Method
�We have learnt how to memorise the mnemonic using associations.
We have also learnt the musical terms that will help us in our exam using associations.
We will now learn how to store information in your long term memory, using another method, the story method.
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The Story Method�Musical Terms
Do you find it difficult to remember the following?
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But what do they mean?
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Musical Terms
D – Dynamics: Loudness and Softness in
the music e.g. Loud (Forte) & Soft (Piano).
R – Rhythm: The effect created by combining
a variety of notes with different durations.
Consider syncopation, cross rhythms,
polyrhythms, duplets and triplets.
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Musical Terms
P – Pitch: Highness and lowness - linked to melody
and harmony.
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Musical terms
S – Structure: The overall plan
of a piece of music e.g.
Ternary ABA and Rondo ABACAD,
verse/chorus.
S – Sonority: including recognition of a
range of instrumental and vocal timbres and
articulation, e.g. legato and staccato.
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Musical Terms
M – Melody: the main tune in a
piece of music. Consider the
movement it travels in to describe it e.g stepwise,
conjunct, disjunct and devices such as
sequence.
I – Instrumentation: The combination of
instruments that are used.
Consider playing techniques, articulation and
timbre e.g staccato, legato, pizzicato.
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Musical Terms
T – Texture: The different layers in
a piece of Music e.g. polyphonic,
monophonic, thick, thin.
T – Tempo: The speed of the
music e.g. fast (Allegro),
Moderate (Andante), & slow
(Lento / Largo).
T – Tonality: The key of a piece of music e.g Major (happy),
Minor (sad), atonal.
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Musical Terms
H – Harmony: How notes are combined to build
up chords. Consider concords and discords.
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Now, let the memory magic begin…
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Musical Terms
Hey guys, OMG: I’ve just got to tell you about this new teacher we got today in class. She was like, so Dynamic; one minute she was really loud - she almost burst my ear drums and the next so soft: I could hardly even understand the lesson!
But then, after a few minutes, I really got into her rhythm and starting combining all my notes.
The pitch of the lesson was perfect for me and I was on a real high when I left, but my friend was like, so low.
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Musical Terms
The next day was even better. I totally got the overall plan because of the structure of the totally crazy lesson. My friend was so, no, rity anything on paper, but the teacher totally knew she needed a range of stuff to do so she totally articulated and timed her vocals like super well.
Anyway, the teacher suddenly started whistling this totally awesome melody so we all copied the tune. Then my friend started playing all these instruments and her instrumentation was super cool.
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Musical Terms
After class it was totally freezing, so I put on my textured jumper which had loads of layers. I had to quicken my tempo so I walked with serious speed. I was tonality freezing when I got home and put the key in the door, like super fast.
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When I opened the door my friend Harmony was waiting for me! We combined our notes from class and joked about the lessons – turns out she totally loves the new dynamic teacher now – that’s like SO typical of Harmony – OMG!
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Record it!
Hey guys, OMG: I’ve just got to tell you about this new teacher we got today in class. She was like, so _____ one minute she was really ____ - she almost burst my ear drums and the next so ___: I could hardly even understand the lesson!
But then, after a few minutes, I really got into her ____ and starting ____ all my____.
The ____ of the lesson was perfect for me and I was on a real ____when I left, but my friend was like, so____.
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Musical Terms
The next day was even better. I totally got the _______ because of the _____ of the totally crazy lesson. My friend was ______ anything on paper, but the teacher totally knew she needed a _____ of stuff to do so she totally _____ and ____ her ____ like super well.
Anyway, the teacher suddenly started whistling this totally awesome _____ so we all copied the____. Then my friend started playing all these _____ and her _______ was super cool.
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Musical Terms
After class it was totally freezing, so I put on my _____ jumper which had loads of ____ . I had to quicken my ____ so I walked with serious ______. I was ______ freezing when I got home and put the _____ in the door, like super fast.
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When I opened the door my friend _______ was waiting for me! We ______ our ______ from class and joked about the lessons – turns out she totally loves the new dynamic teacher now – that’s like SO typical of Harmony – OMG!
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Have a bit of ME time…
ME Time definition =
Mental Experience
Let’s Breath for 10!
Now take some time, to sit and think over the story.
If you want to create a storyboard – take some ME time.
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Option 1: Story Board__________
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Tell your story
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