Music – Assignment #2

Big Idea:

Artists experiment in a variety of ways to discover new possibilities

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Part A: Music Dynamics

• Dynamics tell us how loud or how soft music is played • The terms are Italian words • Some of the markings you may see in a piece of music are as follows:

Italian

Pianissimo Piano Forte Fortissimo Crescendo Decrescendo

Marking

pp

p

f

ff

cresc.

decresc.

Meaning

very soft

soft

loud

very loud

Gradually gets louder

Gradually gets softer

Click on the link to this Line Rider video: Beethoven's 5th Symphony. It is 2minutes and 43 seconds long.

As you watch the video, circle any of the dynamics above (ff, f, p, pp, cresc. decresc.) that you see in the music and listen to what happens to the music when you see these markings.

1. Write down one of the dynamic markings you noticed in the music and describe what happened to the music once the Line Rider passed this marking.

2. Did you enjoy watching the figure on the bike move as the music played? Please explain your answer.

Part B: Thinking about Music

On April 24th, many different Canadian musicians and actors put together a stay-at-home concert in support of Food Banks Canada and the Canadian Red Cross called “Stronger Together".

Please watch this small clip by clicking on this link: Stronger Together Special (2 minutes and 19 seconds). You may recognize some of the Musicians in this clip.

Circle any of the following Canadian artists you recognize while you watch then, answer the questions below.

Avril Lavigne Céline Dion Justin Bieber Bryan Adams

Michael Bublé (sings with a group called “Barenaked Ladies”)

Jan Arden Alessia Cara Ryan Reynolds Drake

Sarah McLachlan Shania Twain Sam Roberts

1. How did the musicians experiment in order to create this online concert?

2. What were their songs about? What was their message to Canadians?