Title: Year 9 Music revision
1Year 9Music revision
There is a copy of this powerpoint on the
mrtuckerteacher.com. Use it to revise!
- Your music exam will be on the 8th May. It will
be a listening exam, where you are played music
and asked questions about them. It will cover all
the topics you have done this year, plus some
general music questions. Together with your
practical work from this year, it will contribute
to your final KS3 music level.
2The Elements of Music
all the way from the start of Year 7 you should
know all of these!
Contrast Element
Pitch
Duration
Tempo
Dynamics
Timbre
Texture
Structure
SILENCE!
3The Elements of Music
all the way from the start of Year 7 you should
know all of these!
Contrast Element
High/low Pitch
Long/short Duration
Fast/slow Tempo
Loud/soft Dynamics
Tone colour Timbre
Thick/thin Texture
The overall plan Structure
SILENCE!
4Can you identify each part of the kit?
A
C
B
D
1 Snare 2 Kick/bass drum 3 Hi-hat 4 Ride 5
Crash 6 Toms
E
F
5Can you identify each part of the kit?
toms
crash
ride
Hi-hat
snare
Kick/bass
6What are the different families of instruments?
7What are the different families of instruments?
8Which family does this instrument belong to?
9Which family does this instrument belong to?
- The saxophone is a woodwind instrument even
though it is made of metal. - This is because it has a reed, just like a
clarinet.
10What type of instrument is the piano?
11What type of instrument is the piano?
The piano is a percussion instrument, because the
hammers hit the strings.
12Basic music theory rhythm and time signatures
13Basic music theory rhythm
Name Symbol How many beats?
2 quavers
14Basic music theory rhythm
Name Symbol How many beats?
Crotchet 1
Minim 2
Semibreve 4
Quaver ½ each
Rest 1
2 quavers
15Basic music theory pitch
16Basic music theory pitch
Every Good Boy Deserves Food
Every Green Bus Drives Fast
The notes in the spaces are easy to remember
17Basic music theory pitch
18Club dance what were the differences between the
styles?
- Think about
- Tempo
- Sounds/instruments used
- Style of singing
- Type of drum beats used
19Club dance what were the differences between the
styles?
- Tempo Trip hop is slow, drumnbass fast, and
house is medium tempo - Sounds/instruments used Trip hop may include
orchestral instruments. Otherwise expect lots of
synthesised sounds. Drumnbass has lots of
effects and processing. - Style of singing House vocals tend to be
soulful. The voice in drumnbass may be heavily
processed. In trip hop the voice may sound
melancholy. - Type of drum beats used house uses a basic disco
beat. Drumnbass beats are very complex.
20Disco features
- DRUM BEAT has three distinct parts
- Four on the floor bass (kick) drum on every beat
- Back beat snare on beats 2 and 4
- Syncopation (off the beat) on the hi-hat
- THEN THERE ARE OTHER FEATURES
- Hook the catchy bit!
- Bass line with octave leaps
- Countermelody extra melody over the top of the
main melody, often played by strings - DISCO STARTED IN THE 1970s
21Disco can you remember the features?
- What are the parts of the drum beat?
- What is the catchy bit called?
- What characterises the bass line?
- What name would you give to the extra tune played
on top by violins? - Which decade did disco start in?
22Minimalism what do you know?
23Minimalism
An American style, starting in the 1960s, based
on repeating and slowly changing patterns
Changing a pattern one note at a time
Terry Riley Philip Glass Steve Reich
Chords gradually fading in and out
In C Electric Counterpoint Clapping Music
Patterns of different lengths played at the same
time
Filling the gaps in a pattern one note at a time