Handel And the glory of the lord
Schoenberg Peripetie
Reich Electric Counterpoint
Bernstein Something s Coming
Moby Why Does My heart Feel So Bad?
Davis All Blues
Buckley Grace
Capercaillie Skye Waulking Song
Rag Desh Indian Classical
Koko Yiri
Chopin Prelude - Raindrop
Mozart Symphony in G Minor
Background Baroque Period 1600-1750 Decorative music Contrapuntal Terraced dynamics Basso Continuo Diatonic with Simple harmonies
Background Classical Period 1750-1820 Homophonic Balanced phrases Clear cadences Subtle dynamics Piano
Background Romantic Period 1820 1900 Expressive and emotional Rich and chromatic harmonies Modulations Larger orchestra Descriptive/programme music
Background 20 th Century Music 1909 Experimental Atonal Expressionism
Background Musicals (20 th century) 1957 New York Romeo and Juliet Sharks and Jets Jazz features Popular style
Background Minimalism 1960s Repetition of simple ideas Small changes (metamorphosis) Note addition Layered textures Diatonic harmony/ slow harmonic rhythm
Background 1959 Jazz Southern states of America Improvisation Modal jazz Syncophation Complex chord progressions
Background Folk Rock 1994 Folk revival combined with rock Popular music
Background Club Dance Music 1999 4/4 Steady tempo Electronic sound Strong beat Short phrases and repetitive, looped sections.
Background Folk Music -Traditional music Celtic Fusion Scottish Celtic folk music that is combined with elements of pop music.
Background Indian Classical Music Improvised form of music Well defined structure and texture Highly skilled musicians Melodic line Raag Rhythm Taal Drone
Background West African Music Typical features: Repetition Improvisation Call and Response Layered textures
Instruments Soprano, Alto, tenor, bass Strings Continuo (Cello, Harpsichord or Organ) Orchestra doubles the vocal lines
Instruments Chamber Orchestra Strings, woodwind and horns
Instruments Piano Middle and lower ranges Not virtuoso Sustain pedal Wide dynamic range Crescendo and diminuendo
Instruments Large orchestra Rapid changes of instruments creating many contrasts in timbre Extreme use of range Unusual effects Piccolo, Cor anglais, Bass clarinet, contrabassoon and tam-tam
Instruments Solo tenor voice Woodwind, brass, percussion and strings Soft timbres trumpets muted and pizzicato strings Use of tremolo
Instruments Amplified live guitar Backing tape: 7 pre recorded guitars 2 pre recorded bass guitars
Instruments Front line: Trumpet Alto sax Tenor sax Rhythm section: Piano Bass Drums
Instruments Voice Accompaniment:Guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser, strings and drumkit
Instruments Electronic instruments: drum machine, synthesisers, sequencer. Samples gospel choir Male singer - verse Female singer-chorus Looped samples
Instruments Drum kit Bass guitar Synthesiser and accordion Voice Violin, Wurlitzer piano, uilleann pipes and bouzouki
Instruments Sitar Tabla Sarod Sarangi Cymbals Bansuri
Instruments Balafon xylophone Djembe Talking drum voice
Structure Large work (Oratorio) Orchestral introduction (Ritornello) No set form to the movement. Based on different combinations of the four motifs.
Structure Sonata form Exposition 1 st and 2 nd subject Development Recapitulation Coda (Subject 1 in G minor)
Structure Ternary form ABA Coda
Structure Free Rondo Form Five sections ABACA
Structure Three main themes Alternated a number of times Repetitions are not exact and Bernstein varies the themes by changing such things as the words or metre.
Structure Three layers Syncopated quaver motif on the live guitar, top 4 guitar parts one part at a time Syncopated quaver motif introduced on the bass guitar Sustained motif, three chords in the live guitar Fade out
Structure 12 bar blues progression Introduction Head 1 Solos Head 2 Coda
Structure Verse Chorus Intro Verse Chorus Intro, verse 2 Chorus 2 Bridge Intro, verse 3 Coda
Structure Verse Chorus Intro Verse Chorus Verse Break Chorus verse
Structure Four different phrases Phrase 1 Refrain Phrase 2 Refrain Call and response pattern
Structure Alap no regular pulse Gat table entres Jhalla fast rhythmic
Structure Intro Main section Coda
Tonality and Harmony A Major Dominant (E major) Supertonic (B major) Plagal cadence Diatonic
Tonality and Harmony Diatonic and functional Chromatic chords Circle of 5ths progression Pedal notes
Tonality and Harmony Db Major Diatonic harmony with occasional chromaticisms Tonic major Enharmonic tonic minor (C# minor) Imperfect and perfect cadences Dominant pedal
Tonality and Harmony Atonal Dissonant harmony Hexachords
Tonality and Harmony D major Contrasting sections in C major Sharpened fourth flattened seventh Tritone Unresolved harmony Incomplete no cadence Added note chords
Tonality and Harmony G major Diatonic Hexatonic First motif is hexatonic No conventional harmonic progressions No complete chord at the end No cadences
Tonality and Harmony 12 bar blues chord sequence This chord sequence is known by jazz musicians as the changes G major with a flattened 7 th (blues note) Mixolydian mode Modal jazz
Tonality and Harmony E minor although ambiguous Chromatic Parallel motion Dissonant harmony
Tonality and Harmony Diatonic Simple chord progressions Amazing Emily Goes Dancing
Tonality and Harmony G major Diatonic Three main chords G Em C Dominant chord is avoided Has a modal feel
Tonality and Harmony Raag Desh
Tonality and Harmony Gb major Hexatonic (6 note scale)
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 3/4 Fast Allegro General pause Adagio Hemiolas
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 4/4 Molto Allegro very fast Short repeated rhythmic ideas Anacrusis Dotted rhythms syncopation
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 4/4 Septuplet Dectuplet Legato Unhurried manner Rubato Dotted rhythms
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 3/4, 2/4 and 4/4 Very quick Sehr rasch Complex rhythms Varied
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 3/4 and 2/4 Changes of metre Fast Syncopation Excitement and anticipation On-beat bass part Off beat chords
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 3/2 12 quavers per bar Very fast speed Little rhythmic variety Syncopation Metrical displacement polymetre
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 6/4 Jazz waltz Swing quavers syncopation
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 12/8 Compound Bass drum 1 and 3 Snare drum 2 and 4 Syncopation Cross rhythms
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 4/4 Steady tempo Drum loop Breakbeat (drum solo) Syncopation Static chords
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 12/8 Syncopation Hi-hat pattern cross rhythm
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo Rhythm cycle Tala Tintal
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo 4/4 Free tempo, steady pulse Syncopation Cross rhythms Triplets Rhythmic ostinato fills
Texture Homophonic and contrapuntal Short sections of monophony Use of imitation
Texture Mostly homophonic There are examples of: Counterpoint, imitation, octave doublings, dialogue between woodwind and strings.
Texture 2 bars before the end the texture is homophonic Melody and accompaniment (broken chords left hand) Melody is sometimes played in the left hand Short monophonic passage in the coda.
Texture Contrapuntal Complex textures Imitation Inversion Canon
Texture Homophonic Repeated riff Short syncopated chords Fast um cha accompaniment
Texture Ostinato Canon Contrapuntal texture
Texture Chords Riffs Melody solos
Texture Varied texture Generally melody (voice) and accompaniment (guitar, bass, synth, strings and drumkit) Thickens towards the end of the song
Texture Built up Piano only, voice joins, drums enter, plus string-synth countermelody, bass enters, syncopated piano chords introduced.
Texture Layered texture Rhythm (drum kit Bass line (bass guitar) Chords (synth accordion) Main melody (voice) Countermelodies (Wurlitzer Piano, etc.)
Texture Raag melody Taal rhythm Drone
Texture Layered texture Monophonic Heterophonic
Texture Homophonic and contrapuntal Short sections of monophony Use of imitation