“Short ride on a fast machine”
What machine is it? And WHY?
?
Why?
“Short ride on a fast machine”
Which instrument plays the driving pulse at the start ?
“Short ride on a fast machine”
WHY?
TEMPO
DYNAMICS
TIMBRE
TEXTURE
= THE SPEED
= HOW LOUD OR QUIET
= THE SOUNDS OF THE INSTRUEMNTS AND HOW THEY ARE BEING
PLAYED
= HOW MANY INSTRUMENTS PLAY AT ONCE IS IT BUSY / COMPLICATED /
SIMPLE ?
When and where do you think this was written?
John Adams
American
In the last
30 years?
Ludwig Van
Beethoven
German
In the last
200 years?
Debussy
French
100 years
ago ?
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Which picture best describes the music? WHY?
First slide, there is no right or wrong answer as long as the child can describe why he she thinks that….
Second slide – the wood block holds a steady pulse almost to the end.
Words to help children justify the answer to the first slide
John Adams
..
The music has a driving repetitive
pulse, but there are many layers of
sound, a thick texture with lots of
instruments playing complicated
parts weaving in and out, (almost
like the scenery flashing past), But
there are also instruments stabbing
out rhythms alongside the pulse, like
a train on tracks, or the repetition of
an engine.