Music Stage 5

Here is a Mindmap Yr 9a created to hep them remember key characteristics of the Baroque Era.

Baroque Music Mindmap

The following links are revision tests, pages for research and areas where you can revise for the music half yearly exam.

1. http://www.musicappreciation.com/

Click ‘practice tests’ then ‘test 3′ and you can revise for the half yearly with a quiz and its answers!

2. These links are quite useful for revision and research - just copy them and paste them into your browser
http://baroque-music.com/
http://www.baroquemusic.org/bardefn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music
http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/m345/Baroque_Music1.html
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/music/concise/ch9_outline.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/27927/Baroque_Characteristics.htm
http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/ra1baroq.htm - Instruments
http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2233/2233.htm - Everything
http://www.classicalworks.com/his.pages/1626to1650.htm - Timeline
http://www.seattlebaroque.org/education/instruments.htm - Meet the Instruments
http://www.seattlebaroque.org/education/timeline.htm - Timeline!

Thank you to those students who will come up with wonderful questions for this Concerto Grosso by Vivaldi in G Minor.

Here is the piece:

TASK:

Make up a series of 15 questions based upon the score provided and this video. Use the characteristics of the Baroque era we have studied in class.

Present the score with pencil markings showing the answers and the questions on a piece of paper to Mr Wright next lesson.

• Year 9 Assessment Schedule
•  Year 10 Assessment Schedule

As of Term 1…

First, you will need to reference the audio file for Handel’s Messiah For Unto Us a Child Is Born. Just click here and it will load for you to play it: Handel-For Unto Us - mp3 Audio

Then, if you don’t have a hard copy already, you will need to reference the score:

Page 1/4    Page 2/4    Page 3/4    Page 4/4

TIP: If you are unable to print the score pages, open the mp3 file and score pages in separate tabs on your browser for fast page turns and be sure to make specific reference to the appropriate bar numbers in your responses.

Listen to the mp3 file of For Unto Us a Son is Born from Handel’s Messiah. As you listen, label on the score the following features: 

1. Name all the instruments and label the staves correctly
2. Highlight 3 examples of figured bass
3. Circle 3 examples of doubling
4. Label 3 bars showing examples of repetition
5. Circle 5 examples of sequences
6. Find and label 2 examples where one voice immediately copies another (imitation)
7. Define the term contrapuntal music
8. What is the texture of this excerpt:
   1. At the beginning?
   2. In the middle?
   3. At the end?
9. Highlight the dynamic markings and write a definition beside each
10. Find the following symbols in the music and explain their meaning:
    1. tutti
    2. [tr]
    3. The two arrowheads (in bar 37)

Extension Activity - Provide a page of research into Handel’s life and music. You must include a bibliography/references. You may use YouTube or other sites to listen to/watch performances of his music. Be sure to include any sites in your bibliography/references. 

Vivaldi Lute Concerto RV93

Year 9 have read an article about the phenomenon ‘Funtwo’ created on YouTube when he recorded himself playing the ‘Canon Rock’ originally written by Pachelbel. He didn’t play Vai, Slash, Clapton, Satriani or Metallica. Instead he ‘rockafied’ a very difficult piece to play on the guitar from the Baroque Era. Year 9A were then asked to research a baroque composer and find two videos showing a composer’s works in a traditional style, and then a ‘revamped style.’ This is what they have come up with.

• Ischabel - Henry Purcell

Traditional

Revamped

• Isaac - Vivaldi

Traditional

Revamped

• Tim - J.S. Bach

Traditional

Revamped

• Kassandra - Vivaldi

Traditional

Revamped

• Nicholas - Purcell

• Gabbi - Vivaldi

Traditional

Revamped

• Zach - Pachelbel

Traditional

Revamped

• Max - Purcell

Traditional