UNIT OVERVIEW Unit 3 Grade 3 Close Study Focus Narrative Compositions Discipline Music Unit Focus During this unit‚ students will use patterns of rhyme and meter to write lyrics. Students will also use the C pentatonic scale to compose melodies by using Orff instruments for lyrics drawn from the real-life story of a child who created change. Essential Questions How can we use music to tell a story? How do lyrics and melody come together to show expressive intent? Major Concepts Vocabulary
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liked the most and wanted to describe it for my performance review this semester. The first piece I have picked out was “Oh‚ Had I Jubal’s Lyre” performed by Women’s Glee Club. I have heard a loud and sharp sounding piece. It started off with the soprano singing with a high pitch voice; then the alto with strong‚ gradually loud voice. The instruments were presented in this piece was piano and treble voices. The tempo throughout this piece are moderato and allegro. In other words‚ the tempo was repeating
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Jessica Tursi English Comp I Kayal 11/5/13 TV Does Not Make You Smarter There is no doubt that television holds a purpose in our society today‚ but is that purpose brain-numbing or actually beneficial to our brain development? The television‚ also known as: TV‚ the boob tube‚ the idiot box‚ as well as many other nicknames‚ has been around for almost a hundred years. Ever since cable TV became popular in the 1950’s‚ there has always been a worry that people watch too much TV. Most people believe
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symbolic music and a great libretto. The story revolves around Santuzza‚ Turiddu‚ Alfio‚ Lola‚ and Mamma Lucia. Yelena Obraztsova as Santuzza‚ in a soprano voice‚ is a peasant girl from the village. Plácido Domingo as Turiddu‚ in a tenor voice‚ is a young solider. Renato Bruson as Alfio‚ in a baritone‚ is a rich wine shipper. Axelle Gall as Lola‚ as a mezzo-soprano‚ is Alfio’s wife. Fedora Barbieri as Mamma Lucia‚ in a contralto voice‚
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Time Tempo(速度): the speed of music (how fast is it? Fast‚ moderate‚ slow) Rhythm(節奏): a succession of durations (音符拍子measured‚ unmeasured) Beats(節拍): the regular pulse underlying the music (重拍strong-weak‚ strong-weak-weak……) Meter(韻律): the regular grouping of beats (對應beats: duple‚ triple‚ quadruple‚ compound) Pitch – general concepts Pitch(音調): quality of highness or lowness of sound(high or low) Interval(音程): distance between two pitches (幾度) Scale(音階):
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There are many different parts to “Hallelujah Chorus.” One part is the melody‚ which is a series of sounds that have a linear aspect to the music. You can hear the melody being moved around by the chorus from section to section‚ first you hear the sopranos‚ then you hear the tenors and basses‚ and finally the altos and tenors. Another aspect is harmony‚ which is the combination of sounds in a vertical aspect to the music. You can hear the harmony throughout the whole song when the chorus sings “Hallelujah”
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structure with an 8 bar coda at the end. Section A (mm.1-16) begins with the 8 bar main theme in A♭ major with a gentle vocal-like melody in the soprano. The antecedent of the phrase hits a half cadence at m. 4 with the consequent ending on a perfect authentic cadence in m. 8. The main theme is then repeated with variation through mm. 9-16 with the soprano line an octave higher and a thicker middle voice texture. Section B (mm. 17-28) presents new material and modulates briefly into the key of F
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You imagination distinctive visuals through the sense of sound‚ but how does one get these specific concepts? By timbre (tone color). Through the concepts of voice classification‚ instrument families and members‚ and ensemble type you can get a multitude of tone colors. With each tone color comes up a different idea. Timbre: otherwise known as “tone color”‚ is the quality of music that identifies a specific instruments sound. Different instruments differentiate by variety/contrast of “color. These
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orchestra plays in the form of scherzo‚ to reflect the emotions of the people and how the mocked Jeremiah. The timbre is lighter than the somber tone reflected in the first movement. In the final movement of the piece is when the soloist in mezzo-soprano sings her part in the Hebrew language (Chilsom‚ Kate Web). The tone of her voice at times intensifies as to show her sorrow and shame. The instrumental music becomes somber again‚ and the texture of the music seems to be in anguish‚ as the orchestra
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Watching TV Makes You Smarter By STEVEN JOHNSON The Sleeper Curve SCIENTIST A: Has he asked for anything special? SCIENTIST B: Yes‚ this morning for breakfast . . . he requested something called ’’wheat germ‚ organic honey and tiger’s milk.’’ SCIENTIST A: Oh‚ yes. Those were the charmed substances that some years ago were felt to contain life-preserving properties. SCIENTIST B: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or . . . hot fudge? SCIENTIST A: Those were thought
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