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Year 3 - Music - Lesson Three

"Passport to Europe"

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Can you remember what they mean?

12 beatFlamenco

cyclical patternAndalucia

Music keywords

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Traditional Irish Music

Have you heard of Irish Music before?

In which country does it originate from?

Listen to the Clip 1. What musical instruments can you hear?

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Traditional Irish Music

How is this music different to Opera & Flamenco music?

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Traditional Irish Music

Now using these 3 new terms, can you describe the tempo, pitch and duration of Irish Music.

Tempo: The word tempo means 'rate or speed'; in other words, it's how fast or slow something is happening. If you walk, you are moving at a slow tempo. If you run, you are moving at a faster tempo. Tempo is very important for music

Pitch: In music the pitch of a note means how high or low a note is. The pitch of a note can be measured in a unit called Hertz. A note that is vibrating at 256 Hz will be caused by sound waves that vibrate at 256 times a second. This will be Middle C on the piano. Not all musical instruments give notes of a particular pitch. Many percussion instruments like drums, triangles and cymbals are instruments used for rhythms

Duration: This is the time that the note is held or played. It is important in music that notes are played in time and rhythm. Timing and meter in music is very mathematical. Each note gets a certain amount of time in a measure.

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Traditional Irish Music

Check out the website (resource 1) and research the musical instruments regularly used in traditional Irish music.

After that, listen to a piece of Irish music by a famous Irish musician - Turlough O'Carolan (Clip 2)

Can you hear these musical instruments?

Now, use this website to find out more about Turlough O'Carolan (resource 2)

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Traditional Irish Music

Activity:

Reds - You have to draw and label different instruments used in Irish folk music. For each, write a sentence to describe their sound. Discussing at least one of the following: pitch, duration and tempo.

Blues & Greens - You are to write a review on Turlough O’Carolan’s music. A little brief detail about who he is and where he is from. Then a more detailed review of his song – Planxty Irwin. What musical instruments do you hear? Discuss the temp, pitch and duration of the song. What image is created when listening to the music? Would you recommend this song to a friend? Explain.

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Traditional Irish Music

Do you like Traditional Irish Music?

How would you describe its tempo and pitch?

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