MUSIC ALL YEAR 8

sea shanty

melody/ song sung at sea to keep sailors minds busy while working

chord

group of notes played together at the same time

triad

a 3 note chord- 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of a scale

sequence

a melodic pattern repeated 1 note higher or lower

bass riff

low pitched jazzy repeated pattern

vocal riff

short vocal phrase which is often repeated

counter melody

a different melody that harmonizes with the main melody

cccc ff cc g f cc

chord sequence for 12 bar blues?

coloratura soprano
soprano
mezzo soprano
alto
tenor
baritone
bass

voice types in order from highest to lowest

aria

solo that expresses emotion

recitative

sung dialouge

overture

orchestra’s peice before opera starts

orchestra

all familys of instruments together

libretto

‘little book’, words of the opera

librettist

person who writes the words for the opera

mozart

famous musician : wrote the magic flute

soprano

pamina

tenor

tamino

coloratura soprano

queen of the night

baritone

papageno

soprano (pap)

papagena

bass

sorastro

2x mezzo 1x soprano

3 ladys

baritone

monostatos

portamento

sliding while singing

scale

ordered series of notes

chromatic scale

all semitones- all notes including black

whole tone scale

all tones- 3 whites,3 blacks , 1 white

minor scale

sad scale- 2 whites, 1 black, 2 whites, 2 black, 1 white

major scale

happy scale- all whites

timpani

thunder

bass drum

lightning (drum)

cymbals

lightning (metal)

trombones

wind (heavy)

woodwind

raindrops

strings

wind (soft)

rossini

who wrote william tell

sunrise, strom, countryside, revolution

4 parts of overture in willima tell

quiet to loud to quiet

dynamics- storm

thin, thick, thin

texture- storm

low to high to low

pitch- storm

slow

tempo- sunrise

3 beats per bar

sunrise bpb

quiet, gentle crescendo, quiet

dynamics- sunrise

thin

texture- sunrise

strings

instruments- sunrise

fast

tempo- revolution

loud

dynamics- revolution

thick

texture- revolution

4 beats per bar

revolution bpb

dm and c

chords used in drunken sailor?

sharp #

semitone to the right

flat

semitone to the left

slow

countryside- tempo

quiet

countryside- dynamics

thin

countryside texture

flute

instruments- countryside

high

pitch- countryside

3 beats per bar

countryside- beats per bar

orchestra

who plays the overture