y7 revision for 2014 exam
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Year 7Music 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.
There is a copy of this powerpoint on the VLE, in
Music KS3. Use it to revise!
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The Elements of MusicContrastContrast ElementElement
PitchPitch
DurationDuration
Tempo Tempo
DynamicsDynamics
TimbreTimbre
TextureTexture
StructureStructure
SILENCE!
…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!
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The Elements of MusicContrastContrast ElementElement
High/lowHigh/low PitchPitch
Long/shortLong/short DurationDuration
Fast/slowFast/slow Tempo Tempo
Loud/softLoud/soft DynamicsDynamics
Tone colourTone colour TimbreTimbre
Thick/thinThick/thin TextureTexture
The overall planThe overall plan StructureStructure
SILENCE!
…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!
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Can you identify each part of the kit?Can you identify each part of the kit?
AABB CC
DD
EE
FF
1: Snare2: Kick/bass drum3: Hi-hat4: Ride5: Crash6: Toms
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Can you identify each part of the kit?Can you identify each part of the kit?tom
stom
sride
ride
crash
crashHi-hat
Hi-hatsnar
esnar
e
Kick/bassKick/bass
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What are the different families of instruments?
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What are the different families of instruments?
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Which family does this instrument belong to?
• Why?
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Which family does this instrument belong to?
• The saxophone is a woodwind instrument – even though it is made of metal.
• This is because it has a reed, just like a clarinet.
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What type of instrument is the piano?
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What type of instrument is the piano?
The piano is a percussion instrument, because the hammers hit the strings.
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Basic music theory: rhythm and time signatures
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Basic music theory: rhythmName Symbol How many
beats?
2 quavers:
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Basic music theory: rhythmName Symbol How many
beats?
Crotchet 1
Minim 2
Semibreve 4
Quaver ½ each
Rest 1
2 quavers:
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Musical Instruments
All instruments have a different timbre.
You will need to be able to tell certain instruments apart in your exam.
Listen to the following videos to see what the different instruments sound
like…
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String Family
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Woodwind Family
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Brass Family
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Percussion Family
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Types of Guitar
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Chords
Remember the 4 Chords project? This was based around 4 chords that repeated over and over.
What is a chord?
Here is a chord. This example is a C chord
(because it starts on C).
If you play any two (or more)
notes together, you have made a
chord.
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Why do we use chords?
• They create harmony. – This is when two notes play together to
create a thicker texture and (usually) a pleasant sounding backing.
This video shows a guitar
playing lots of different
chords:
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• Chords can accompany any instrument but in modern music are nearly always used to accompany singers:
• If the singers are just on their own with no instruments, they are singing a cappella:
Start watching from 40 secs in…