Year 8Music revisionYour music exam will be next lesson. 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.
There is a copy of this powerpoint on the VLE, in
Music KS3, and on NUMU in Projects. Use it to revise!
The Elements of MusicContrast Element
PitchDurationTempo
DynamicsTimbreTexture
Structure
SILENCE!
…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!
The Elements of MusicContrast ElementHigh/low Pitch
Long/short DurationFast/slow Tempo Loud/soft Dynamics
Tone colour TimbreThick/thin Texture
The overall plan Structure
SILENCE!
…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!
What are the different families of instruments?
What are the different families of instruments?
Which family does this instrument belong to?
• Why?
Which 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.
What type of instrument is the piano?
What type of instrument is the piano?
The piano is a percussion instrument, because the hammers hit the strings.
Basic music theory: rhythm and time signatures
Basic music theory: rhythmName Symbol How many
beats?
2 quavers:
Basic music theory: rhythmName Symbol How many
beats?Crotchet 1Minim 2Semibreve 4Quaver ½ eachRest 1
2 quavers:
There will be questions in the exam where you have to write down rhythms.
Basic music theory: pitch
Basic music theory: pitch
The notes in the spaces are easy to remember:
EveryGood Boy DeservesFood
EveryGreen BusDrivesFast
Basic music theory: pitch
There will be questions in the exam where you have to write down a simple melody that you hear.
Interval = the distance between two notes
• Count the note you are starting from as 1. Then just count up or down to the other note, i.e.
• We call this interval a sixth (not a 6!)
D = 1 so B = 6
Developing a motif: definitions
• Motif = a small tune• Sequence = repeating the motif
higher or lower each time• Interval = the distance between two
notes• Parallel motion = two parts moving
together, always the same distance apart
Developing a motif: more definitions
• Contrary motion = moving in opposite directions. The opposite of parallel motion.
• Inversion = playing it upside down• Retrograde = playing it backwards• Augmentation = make each note
twice as long
12 bar blues
C C C CF F C CG F C C (G)
turnaround
Two or more notes played together
Flip the notes of the chord
Four notes in the chord: the extra one is a seventh above the root, i.e. G7=GBDF
Making it up on the spot
Fitting in with the style: stylish
When you substitute a G(7) chord in bar 12, to take you back to the start
The lowest part
for blues