Music Stage 4

Hello Yr 8.

Below are two video clips from the musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Just click on the links to see the videos.

Your task is to present on 1 A4 piece of paper the answers to the following questions.

You may use the internet to conduct research but the answers must be in your own words!

Tradition

If I Were A Rich Man

Questions:

1. List all the instruments you hear in each video

2. In Tradition four main groups of characters are introduced, one at a time, with their own lyrics. List these four groups.

3. A scale is attached here. It is called the ‘Jewish or Spanish’ scale.

Have a play of this scale on an instrument (either at home or at school) and describe what it sounds like. C - Db - E - F - G - Ab - Bb - C

Does it have the same sound as the music from Fiddler on the Roof?

4. Using this link to a Wiki on Fiddler on the Roof answer the following…

a) Who composed the music for the musical?

b) What is the setting of the musical?

c) Give a brief summary of the story line

5. In the video of If I Were A Rich Man there is an instrument doubling (playing at the same time) what Tevye sings.

a) What is the orchestral family of this instrument?

b) Is it higher or lower than Tevye’s voice?

— THE SCORE for the Prologue is linked here

Please present your answers neatly to your teacher on A4 paper.

You will be advised when it is due.