Music

Music

1. Treble & Bass Clef

   • Treble
     • EGBDF
       • Every Good Boy Deserves Football
     • FACE
       • FACE in the space
   • Bass
     • GBDFA
       • Green Buses Drive Fast Always
     • ACEG
       • All Cows Eat Grass

2. Note Values

   • =4
   • =3
   • =2
   • =1&1/2
   • =1
   • =3/4
   • =1/2
   • =1/4

3. Notes on the Piano

4. Elements of Music

   • Texture - The different layers/parts in APOM
     • Monophonic - 1 part played/sung
     • Homophonic - 2 or more parts either played, OR sung with chords OR chords with a melody
   • Timbre - Indentifying the different instruments and their family groups from the sounds they create
     • Family Groups - Strings-(violin/cellos/double bass) -Woodwind-(clarinet/flute) -Brass-(trombone/trumpet/ French horn) -Percussion-(drum kit/xylophone)
   • Tonality - A sense of key
     • Pentatonic - A 5 note scale -(CDEFGA)
     • Modal - Medieval/Folk Music -(Scarborough Fair)
     • Major - A happy feel to the music -(Postman Pat)
     • Minor - A sad feel to the music -(Funeral March)
     • Atonal - No sense of key
   • Tempo - The speed of APOM
     • LARGO -(slow)- 60 MODERATO-(moderate)- 120 PRESTO-(fast)- 165
   • Rhythm - The different patterns or note values in APOM
     • -Dotted Rhythms -Syncopated Rhythms -Regular/Irregular Rhythms -Cross Rhythm
   • Melody - The main tune/idea in APOM
     • Conjunct -A melody that moves in steps -(Frere Jacque)
     • Disjunct - A melody that moves in leaps -(Skyfall)
   • Dynamics - The Volume of APOM
     • Crescendo - Gradual Increase in volume-(<)
     • Diminuendo- Gradual decrease of volume-(>)

5. Compositional Devices

   • Riff - Short, repeated, rhythmical, melodic phrase that is usually played at the start of a pop song
   • Ostinato - Repeated, rhythmical, phrase throughout APOM in the bass/ percussion
   • Pedal Note- A repeated note
   • Drone - A sustained note played underneath the changing melodic idea-(on the bagpipes/ didgeridoo)