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

Pitch

Duration

Tempo

Dynamics

Timbre

Texture

Structure

SILENCE!

…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!

The Elements of MusicContrast Element

High/low Pitch

Long/short Duration

Fast/slow Tempo

Loud/soft Dynamics

Tone colour Timbre

Thick/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 1

Minim 2

Semibreve 4

Quaver ½ each

Rest 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

Programme music: key terms

A scale moving in semitones, playing all the white and black notes.

A scale moving in tones, i.e. C D E F# G# A#

A fast wiggle between two next door notes

Clashy

An interval of three tones, i.e. B-F

A shock-horror chord! D F Ab B

A long held note, above or below which other things happen