year 7 half term 1: understanding music - rhythm
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Glossary:
• MetreSimple time signatureshow many beats are in a bar2/4 – 2 crotchets beats in a bar 3/4 - 3 crotchet bears in a bar4/4 – 4 crotchet beats in a bar
• Musical notationSemibreve – 4 beatsMinim – 2 beatsCrotchets – 1 beatQuavers – ½ a beat Semiquavers – ¼ of a beatSemibreve rest – 4 beat restMinim rest – 2 beat restCrotchet rests, - 1 beat restQuaver rests – ½ beat restSemiquaver rests – ¼ of a beat restDotted Crotchets – 1 ½ beatsDotted Quavers – ¾ of a beatDotted Crotchet rests – 1 ½ beat rest Dotted Quaver rests – ¾ of a beat restBar/s – section of music containing a specific number of beatsBarlines – vertical lines separating bars
Double barlines – 2 vertical lines
marking the start and endof a piece of music Repeat barlines – a double barlinewith two dots informing the performer to repeat a section of music
• Tempo: (speed)Allegro - fastAndante – at walking paceLargo - slow
• Dynamics: (Volume)fortissimo – ff - very loudforte – f - loudmezzoforte – mf – medium loudmezzopiano – mp – medium quietpiano – p - quietpianissimo – pp – very quietCrescendo – gradually getting louderDiminuendo – gradually getting quieter
Year 7 Half Term 1: Understanding Music - Rhythm
Notation
4 2 1 1/2 1/4
Notes
Rests
4 2 1 1/2 1/4
Performing Rhythms
What is the time signature? How many beats are in a bar? What is the tempo? How many beats long is each note? How should I count this? Are there any rests?
Composing Rhythms
What time signature am I using? How many beats are in each bar? Which notes add up to this amount of beats? Have I used rests? Can I or a peer perform my composition? Have I added dynamics?
Glossary:• MetreSimple time signatureshow many beats are in a bar
• Musical notationTreble clef – the clef used to notate higher pitched instruments and the right hand part on the piano.Semibreve – 4 beatsMinim – 2 beatsCrotchets – 1 beatQuavers – ½ a beat Semiquavers – ¼ of a beatSemibreve rest – 4 beat restMinim rest – 2 beat restCrotchet rests, - 1 beat restQuaver rests – ½ beat restSemiquaver rests – ¼ of a beat restDotted Crotchets – 1 ½ beatsDotted Quavers – ¾ of a beatDotted Crotchet rests – 1 ½ beat rest Dotted Quaver rests – ¾ of a beat restBar/s – section of music containing a specific number of beatsBarlines – vertical lines separating barsDouble barlines – 2 vertical lines marking the start and endof a piece of music
Repeat barlines – a double barlinewith two dots informing the performer to repeat a section of music
• Tempo: (speed)Allegro - fastAndante – at walking paceLargo – slow
• Dynamics: (Volume)fortissimo – ff - very loudforte – f - loudmezzoforte – mf – medium loudmezzopiano – mp – medium quietpiano – p - quietpianissimo – pp – very quietCrescendo – gradually getting louderDiminuendo – gradually getting quieter
Structure – how the music is organised
Technique – the correct hand, wrist and finger positions to use on the piano
Year 7 Half Term 2:Understanding Music –keyboard treble clef
The Piano Keyboard
Glossary:
• Ensemble – a group of musicians performing the same piece of music
• Tempo: (speed)Allegro - fastAndante – at walking paceLargo – slow
• Dynamics: (Volume)fortissimo – ff - very loudforte – f - loudmezzoforte – mf – medium loudmezzopiano – mp – medium quietpiano – p - quietpianissimo – pp – very quietCrescendo – gradually getting louderDiminuendo – gradually getting quieter
• Structure – how the music is organised
• Technique – the correct hand, wrist and finger positions to use on the piano , guitar, drum kit or vocals.
• Tonality Major – happyMinor – sad
• Texture – the layers of a piece of music
Thin texture – solo or very small group of instruments/voicesThick texture – many instruments/voices
• Rhythm – the pattern that is produced by using different note and rest lengths
• Pitch – how high or low the note is
• Melody – the tune in a piece of music
• Instrumentation - the different instruments and voices used in a piece of music
• Ledger Lines – small additional lines above and below the stave
• Chords – two or more notes played at the same time
Year 7 Half Term 3: Musical Ensembles – The Bass Clef
The Piano Keyboard
Ledger Lines
Glossary:
• Media - various means of communication. For example, television, radio, and the newspaper are different types of media
• Composition – writing/creating your own music
• Evaluating – discussing the relevance of the music for the product being advertised
• Tempo: (speed)Allegro - fastAndante – at walking paceLargo – slow
• Dynamics: (Volume)fortissimo – ff - very loudforte – f - loudmezzoforte – mf – medium loudmezzopiano – mp – medium quietpiano – p - quietpianissimo – pp – very quietCrescendo – gradually getting louderDiminuendo – gradually getting quieter
• Structure – how the music is organised
• Tonality Major – happyMinor – sad
• Texture – the layers of a piece of music
Thin texture – solo or very small group of instruments/voicesThick texture – many instruments/voices
• Rhythm – the pattern that is produced by using different note and rest lengths
• Pitch – how high or low the note is
• Melody – the tune in a piece of music
• Instrumentation - the different instruments and voices used in a piece of music
• Chords – two or more notes played at the same time
Year 7 Half Term 4: Music and the Media
Glossary:
• Bob Marley - (6 February 1945 –11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae
• Genre – style/type of music
• Skanking – typical reggae syncopated (off beat) rhythm
• Ensemble – group of musicians
• Tempo: (speed)Allegro - fastAndante – at walking paceLargo – slow
• Dynamics: (Volume)fortissimo – ff - very loudforte – f - loudmezzoforte – mf – medium loudmezzopiano – mp – medium quietpiano – p - quietpianissimo – pp – very quietCrescendo – gradually getting louderDiminuendo – gradually getting quieter
• Structure – how the music is organised
• Tonality Major – happyMinor – sad
• Texture – the layers of a piece of music
Thin texture – solo or very small group of instruments/voicesThick texture – many instruments/voices
• Rhythm – the pattern that is produced by using different note and rest lengths
• Pitch – how high or low the note is
• Melody – the tune in a piece of music
• Instrumentation - the different instruments and voices used in a piece of music
• Chords – two or more notes played at the same time
Year 7 Half Term 5: Reggae
Glossary:
• 12 Bar Blues - The most common form of the blues a repeated twelve-bar chord progression
• Improvisation – creating music on the spot – without preparation
• Walking Bass line simply walks through the appropriate scale of each chord, one note per beat,
• Genre – style/type of music
• Ensemble – group of musicians
• Tempo: (speed)Allegro - fastAndante – at walking paceLargo – slow
• Dynamics: (Volume)fortissimo – ff - very loudforte – f - loudmezzoforte – mf – medium loudmezzopiano – mp – medium quietpiano – p - quiet
pianissimo – pp – very quietCrescendo – gradually getting louderDiminuendo – gradually getting quieter
• Structure – how the music is organised
• Tonality Major – happyMinor – sad
• Texture – the layers of a piece of music
Thin texture – solo or very small group of instruments/voicesThick texture – many instruments/voices
• Rhythm – the pattern that is produced by using different note and rest lengths
• Instrumentation - the different instruments and voices used in a piece of music
• Chords – two or more notes played at the same time
Year 7 Half Term 6: The Blues and its influences
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
12 Bar Blues Chord Sequence
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C