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Year 8 Music revision

There is a copy of this powerpoint on the VLE, in Music KS3, and on NUMU in Projects. Use it to revise!. Year 8 Music revision.

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Year 8 Music revision

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  1. There is a copy of this powerpoint on the VLE, in Music KS3, and on NUMU in Projects. Use it to revise! Year 8Music revision Your music exam will be next lesson. It will be a listening exam, where you are played music and asked questions about them. It will cover all the topics you have done this year, plus some general music questions.

  2. …all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these! The Elements of Music SILENCE!

  3. …all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these! The Elements of Music SILENCE!

  4. What are the different families of instruments?

  5. What are the different families of instruments?

  6. Why? Which family does this instrument belong to?

  7. The saxophone is a woodwind instrument – even though it is made of metal. This is because it has a reed, just like a clarinet. Which family does this instrument belong to?

  8. What type of instrument is the piano?

  9. What type of instrument is the piano? The piano is a percussion instrument, because the hammers hit the strings.

  10. Basic music theory: rhythm and time signatures

  11. Basic music theory: rhythm 2 quavers:

  12. Basic music theory: rhythm 2 quavers: There will be questions in the exam where you have to write down rhythms.

  13. Basic music theory: pitch

  14. Basic music theory: pitch Every Good Boy Deserves Food Every Green Bus Drives Fast The notes in the spaces are easy to remember:

  15. Basic music theory: pitch There will be questions in the exam where you have to write down a simple melody that you hear.

  16. Interval = the distance between two notes • Count the note you are starting from as 1. Then just count up or down to the other note, i.e. • We call this interval a sixth (not a 6!) D = 1 so B = 6

  17. Developing a motif: definitions • Motif = a small tune • Sequence = repeating the motif higher or lower each time • Interval = the distance between two notes • Parallel motion = two parts moving together, always the same distance apart

  18. Developing a motif: more definitions • Contrary motion = moving in opposite directions. The opposite of parallel motion. • Inversion = playing it upside down • Retrograde = playing it backwards • Augmentation = make each note twice as long

  19. 12 bar blues turnaround

  20. for blues Two or more notes played together Flip the notes of the chord Four notes in the chord: the extra one is a seventh above the root, i.e. G7=GBDF Making it up on the spot Fitting in with the style: stylish When you substitute a G(7) chord in bar 12, to take you back to the start The lowest part

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