Our goals for this week are to understand the musical elements metre and form through listening and performance.
We will begin by listening to a variety of pieces related to metre (how the beats are grouped - twos or threes) and form (how long sections that repeat or contrast are organized during a piece):
Duple Metre: Prelude from "Carmen" by Georges Bizet
Triple Metre: "Elephants" by Camille Saint Saens
"Morning" by Edvard Grieg
Form: "Somebody That I Used To Know" Gotye
"Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian
We will perform some examples of these elements in songs from Essential Elements and our band pieces.
Homework: Journal Question - As you listen to Chopin's "Waltz in C Sharp Minor":
How does Frederic Chopin use the elements of music (Form, Metre, Tone Colour, Dynamics, Tonality, Tempo) in "Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2" to create a feeling of dancing.
Practise "Morning" from Essential Elements in triple metre and measures 1-25 in Guantanamera.
Grade 8: This is week 9 in term 2. Students should be practising twice this week outside of class.
Our goals for this week are to begin watching and evaluating the success of some of the Incidental Music projects, and be able to accurately perform the notes and rhythms in "Titanic" measures 1-33.
Incidental Music Assignment Artist Statements will be collected, and we will begin viewing Incidental Music Projects.
For Titanic, we will begin by completing a decode of the score and identify/perform the scale(S) used to compose the piece. We will also complete a rhythm study of measures from "Titanic" to prepare for the challenging measures in this piece. Students will write counting under these measures, clap them and then practise playing them apart from the rest of the score.
Homework: Practise measures 1-33 of "Titanic" focusing on the challenging rhythmic sections.
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