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Listening Log
Year 8
NAME: _________________________________________________________________
SET: _______________ TEACHER: _____________________
Green > 80% Amber > 50% Red < 50%
End of Year 8 Target
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RAG Theme Indian Blues Ukulele Film
Green
Amber
Red
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Year 8 Band Descriptor
Listening
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I can display excellent knowledge of key words for topics covered and musical terms, with detailed descriptions of musical features identified
8
I can write accurate descriptions, using technical vocab-ulary to give detailed answers
7
I can analyse music in detail, using key words and musical terms
6
I can describe and compare musical features in listening tasks, using appropriate vocabulary
5
I can identify different genres of music and their fea-tures in a listening task
4
I can identify different genres of music and their fea-tures in a listening task
3
I know the dimensions of music and can recognise some in listening tasks
2
I know a few dimensions of music
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I can recognise a range of instrumental sounds and I know when a piece is using loud or quiet dynamics
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Theme and Variation- Listening Task 2
Listen to ‘Pachelbel’s Canon’ and answer the questions:
1a) Underline the instrumental family you can hear in this piece of music: (1)
Brass Woodwind String Percussion Vocal
1b) Underline the word that describes the texture of this piece of music: (1)
Thick Thin Getting Thicker Getting Thinner
Now listen to Coolio’s ‘I’ll See You When You Get There’:
2a) Underline the instrumental family you can hear at the start of the music: (1)
Brass Woodwind String Percussion Vocal
2b) Underline the instrumental families that appear in the song: (3)
Brass Woodwind String Percussion Vocal
3) State 2 similarities and 2 differences between these songs: (4)
Similarities Differences
Can you recall the four instrumental families?
/10
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Theme and Variation- Listening Task 3
N-Dubz- ‘Dance on’
1. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)
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2. Describe the texture at the start of the piece: (2)
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3. How many beats are in the bar? (1)
3 4 5 6 7
4. Do you like this piece of music? Give a musical reason for your (2) answer:
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Do you understand the difference between texture
and dynamics?
/8
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Indian Music – Listening Task 1
You are going to listen to 3 pieces of music featuring an instrument in each: gg
Tanpura Tabla Sitar
Track 1 – Instrument: _______________________ (2) They are playing the:
Rhythm Melody Drone
Track 2 – Instrument: _______________________ (2) They are playing the:
Rhythm Melody Drone
Track 3 – Instrument: _______________________ (2) They are playing the:
Rhythm Melody Drone
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Do you recognise the different instrumental
families?
/6
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Indian Music- Listening Task 2
The Fusion Labs - ‘Sweet Child of Mine’
1. Name two instruments you can hear in the introduction: (2)
_________________________
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2. Which two families of instruments are used? (2)
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3. Apart from vocals, name one instrument with a melodic role: (1)
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4. Do you like this fusion of Indian and Western instruments? Why? (2)
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Do you understand what ‘Fusion’ is?
/7
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Indian Music- Listening Task 3
Anoushka Shankar- ‘Rag Desh’
1. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)
_________________
_________________
_________________
2. Describe the tempo of the piece: (2)
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3. Identify a role within the music, give an opinion about it and a (3) musical reason why. (Don’t just state an instrument but state what it is doing).
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Can you identify changes in tempo?
/8
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Blues- Listening Task 1
Piece 1- ‘Heart of Gold’ Piece 2- ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ Piece 3- ‘Shake Your Tail Feather’
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Name the instrument Piece 1 Piece 2 Piece 3
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Blues – Listening Task 2
The Baseballs- ‘Chasing Cars’
1. Describe the introduction (when the music starts): (2)
i) _________________________
ii) _________________________
2. State two similarities and two differences between the (4) verse and the chorus:
3. Read the following statements and state whether they are (5) true or false:
4. Is this a successful cover? Give a musical reason why: (2)
___________________________________________________________________________
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Similarities Differences
The introduction starts fast TRUE / FALSE
There are male vocals TRUE / FALSE
The backing singers sing in harmony TRUE / FALSE
There is a piano solo TRUE / FALSE
The chorus is slow TRUE / FALSE
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Can you identify changes in the music?
/13
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Blues – Listening Task 3
The Baseballs- ‘Umbrella’
1. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)
_________________
_________________
_________________
2. How many beats are in the bar? (1)
3 4 5 6 7
3. Is this a successful cover? Give a musical reason why: (2)
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
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Can you hear the walking bass line?
/6
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Ukulele – Listening Task 1
Listen to ‘Awake My Soul’ by Mumford and Sons:
1) Underline one word to describe the texture: (1)
Thin Thick Getting Thinner Getting Thicker
2) Write in the similarities and differences between the first half and (10) the second half of the piece:
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Can you hear changes within a piece of music?
/11
First half Second half
Beats per bar 7
Banjo Ostinato
Tempo
Dynamics
Guitar Strumming
Pattern
Sustained chords
Pitch of the vocals High
Backing Vocals Mainly Soloist
Instrumental Families String and percussion
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Ukulele – Listening Task 2
1. Match up each song with how the chords are played: (3)
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Can you identify the different ways to play
chords?
/6
George Formby–
‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’
Picked (Broken)
Block
Divided
2) Suggest a mood for each piece of music by drawing a (3) happy or sad face in each circle:
The Beatles–
‘Let It Be’
Flobots–
‘Handlebars’
George Formby–
‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’
The Beatles–
‘Let It Be’
Flobots–
‘Handlebars’
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Ukulele – Listening Task 3
George Formby – ‘Leaning on a Lamp post’
1. Draw in the shape of the melody on top of the words: (5)
“I’m, lean- ing on a lamp.”
2. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)
_________________
_________________
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3. How does the strummed rhythm change in the middle of the piece? (1)
Stays the same Gets faster Gets slower
4. How would you change this piece? Give a musical reason for your (2) answer:
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Can you recognise a change in tempo?
/11
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Film Music – Listening Task 1
Task 1 - Observation
As you watch the movie; write down 3 words that would describe the music you (3) can hear:
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
What is a silent movie? _____________________________________________________________
Task 2 - Listening
Can you hear what mood the following extracts are trying to create?
Listen to the three extracts and write down what you think the scene in a silent (3) film would be about:
Chase Romance Danger
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________
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Can you hear how music can create different
moods?
/6
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Film Music – Listening Task 2
Setting the Scene
With music, the mood, setting and location of a scene can be established even before the scene has started. This is a useful devise to change from one scene to another, or to relax the audience after some tense drama.
Listen to each extract, and describe the scene that comes to mind in as much detail as you can. Try and say what it is about the music that makes you think of this:
Extract 1 (2)
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Extract 2 (2)
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Extract 3 (2)
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Can you use your imagination to set a scene to
music?
/6
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Film Music – Listening Task 3
John Williams- ‘Jaws Theme Tune’
1. a) Write in the families of instruments below: (4) b) Circle the families of instruments heard in the theme music.: (4)
2. Describe the dynamics at the start of the piece? (1)
Soft Loud Getting Softer Getting Louder
3. What effect might silence have on the mood? (1)
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Can you hear how music prepares the listener for
the scene ahead?
/10
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Film Music – Listening Task 4
Sergei Prokofiev- ‘Peter and the Wolf ‘Peter and the Wolf’ Wikipedia page OR ‘7 characters of "Peter and the Wolf", Sergei Prokofiev’ on YouTube
1. What instrument is used for each of the characters’ leitmotivs? (3)
2. Identify the three characters in the order you hear them: (3)
a)
b) c)
3. Why is the French horn a good instrument to use for the wolf’s (1) leitmotif?
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Character Instrument
Peter
The Wolf French horn
The Bird
The Cat
Can you hear how music prepares the listener for
the scene ahead?
/7
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