how music works 3 - harmony
DESCRIPTION
A worksheet for students to fill out as they watch Howard Goodall's DVD documentary "How Music Works No.3 Harmony." it accompanies a post on the old polyphonic song "Sumer Is Icumen In" http://wrightstuffmusic.com/2010/09/28/sumer-is-icumen-in-via-howard-goodall/TRANSCRIPT
How Music Works Episode 3
Harmony
Please answer the following questions on this sheet as you watch the DVD.
Part 1 Harmony
1. What is the name of the piece being sung by Francis Poulenc? O M _________________ M _________________
2. How many different voices are there? ______________
3. Harmony seems to be more M _________________ than other concepts of music
4. Harmony can manipulate our E ____________________
5. Harmony in Western Music takes notes and puts them into a S ____________
6. The strange instrument that looks like a cross between a violin and a sewing machine is called a S ___________________. The single note it plays is called a D ________________.
Another instrument that plays drones is the B ______________________.
7. The next step after the drone was a M __________________ D __________.
8. After the parallel lines type of gregorian singers came C ______________.
Name ............................................... Class ....................
Imageshttp://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/harmony-music-l.jpghttp://www.underconsideration.com/wordit/wordit_archives/0804_harmony_Michael_Pechawer.jpghttp://www.triggerandfreewheel.com/image/dominant-chords
Part 2 Chords
9. C _____________ Progressions are groups of notes played one after the other. Chord Progressions mean that the Harmony can M _______________.
10. What chords are the foundation of Western Harmony? _______ note chords!
11. Secret Notes are hidden in each string of the harp called H ______________.
12. The human ear can only pick out the first three hidden notes or H _________________.
13. Th basic chord made from three notes is called a T ______________.
14. Name the pieces played that have the triads of C, F and G:
• ...............................................................................• ...............................................................................
15. What is the difference between a major and minor triad? The minor triads’ middle note is pulled down half a S ____________ (1 semitone).
16. In Western Music there are T ___________ basic notes to choose from (to make a chord)
17. What does Polyphony mean? Many V ______________.
18. In the Mass for Four Voices what we are hearing is actually S ____________ C ______________
Part 3 Chord Progressions
Name ............................................... Class ....................
Imageshttp://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/harmony-music-l.jpghttp://www.underconsideration.com/wordit/wordit_archives/0804_harmony_Michael_Pechawer.jpghttp://www.triggerandfreewheel.com/image/dominant-chords