Impressionism – music and art in 19 th century France Composers – Debussy, Ravel Artists – Monet, Manet, Renoir Impressionism in art - wet paint on wet paint allowing colours to intermingle and emphasising light on a subject. Musical impressionism is based on a suggestion or atmosphere rather than on a strong emotion or the depiction of a story. Top Tips Use Garageband to create textures / layers but s7ll with some clarity of ideas. Clarity created by using diﬀerent )mbres (sounds) and diﬀerent pitches Fade tool to merge sounds rather than abrupt changes between loops or recorded sounds Key vocabulary Extreme pitch high or low to create spaciousness Pedal sustain pedal on the piano to merge sounds Texture layers of sound building or reducing Extreme dynamics – very soA pianissimo, very loud for,ssimo Arpeggio broken chord (notes of a chord played separately in a paCern) Synthesiser / Synth Electronically produced sound, oAen sustained Pedal note repeated note Remember you are crea7ng an “impression” of an image - your interpreta7on of a story or the picture Think of adjec7ves to describe the piece. A listener should be able to apply those adjec7ves toy your piece Debussy – Submerged Cathedral wriCen in 1910 to give the impression of a legend about a city submerged in vengeance in a storm. The music suggests the cathedral organ and bell tolling as well as the waves building up

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Impressionism – music and art in 19th century France Composers – Debussy, Ravel Artists – Monet, Manet, Renoir

Impressionism in art - wet paint on wet paint allowing colours to intermingle and emphasising light on a subject.

Musical impressionism is based on a suggestion or atmosphere rather than on a strong emotion or the depiction of a story.

TopTipsUseGaragebandtocreatetextures/layersbuts7llwithsomeclarityofideas.Claritycreatedbyusingdifferent)mbres(sounds)anddifferentpitchesFadetooltomergesoundsratherthanabruptchangesbetweenloopsorrecordedsounds

KeyvocabularyExtremepitchhighorlowtocreatespaciousnessPedalsustainpedalonthepianotomergesoundsTexturelayersofsoundbuildingorreducingExtremedynamics–verysoApianissimo,veryloudfor,ssimoArpeggiobrokenchord(notesofachordplayedseparatelyinapaCern)Synthesiser/SynthElectronicallyproducedsound,oAensustainedPedalnoterepeatednote

Rememberyouarecrea7ngan“impression”ofanimage-yourinterpreta7onofastoryorthepictureThinkofadjec7vestodescribethepiece.Alistenershouldbeabletoapplythoseadjec7vestoyyourpiece

Debussy–SubmergedCathedralwriCenin1910togivetheimpressionofalegendaboutacitysubmergedinvengeanceinastorm.Themusicsuggeststhecathedralorganandbelltollingaswellasthewavesbuildingup