Elements and Features Cards for analysis in groups
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Allocate one or more selected cards to each small group of students
Each group responsible for focussing on and analysing only the elements and
features on their card(s)
Feedback to whole class so that class builds a holistic picture of the music
work
Two sets of cards:
o Scaffolded set with “prompts and possibilities”
o Unscaffolded set
Elements:
Dynamics
akiaki / te tangi
Articulation
Element:
Harmony
reo rua / ororua
Element:
Prompts and
possibilities:
 Constant
 Gradually/suddenly changing
Prompts and
possibilities:
 Triads
 Primary chords
 Blues (influence)
 Consonant/dissonant
 Cadences
Prompts and
possibilities:
Form / Structure
āhua
Element:
Melody
rangi
Element:
Tonality
Element:
 Binary AB
 Ternary ABA
 12 Bar Blues
 intro, coda/outro
 verse/chorus/bridge
Prompts and
possibilities:
 Range of notes
 Regular/irregular phrases
 Chromatic
 Steps, leaps
 Motif
Prompts and
possibilities:
 Major
 Minor
 Blues
 Atonal
 Modulation
Prompts and
possibilities:
Rhythm
Ūngeri / manawataki
Element:
Style / Genre
tūomo puoro
Element:
Texture
tatangi
Element:
 Groupings of notes
 Syncopation
 Constant/changes
 Ostinato
 Simple/compound
 Beat
Prompts and
possibilities:
 Style of music
 Era
 Period of music
 Purpose
 Stylistic features
Prompts and
possibilities:
 Thin/thick
 Constant/changing
 Monophonic
 Homophonic
 Polyphonic
Prompts and
possibilities:
Tempo
tere / terenga
Element:
 Speed of the beat
 Constant/changing
 Regular/irregular
 Time signature:
simple/compound
Prompts and
possibilities:
Timbre
hā
Element:
Context
horopaki puoro
Features:
What stands out?
 Instrumentation
 How instruments/voices are
used
 Effects
Prompts and
possibilities:
 When, when, how, why
performed
 Stand-alone/part of larger work
 Performance practices
Prompts and
possibilities:
 When
 How
 Why
Features:
Prompts and
possibilities:
Compositional
Devices
 Sequence
 Ostinato
 Expansion
 Augmentation
 Diminution
 Variation
 Pedal note
 Inversion
 Retrograde
 Motif
 Riff
 Repetition
Features:
Compositional Devices
Features:
What stands out?
Elements:
Dynamics
akiaki / te tangi
Articulation
Element:
Harmony
reo rua / ororua
Element:
Form / Structure
āhua
Element:
Melody
rangi
Element:
Tonality
Element:
Rhythm
Ūngeri / manawataki
Element:
Style / Genre
tūomo puoro
Element:
Texture
tatangi
Element:
Tempo
tere / terenga
Element:
Timbre
hā
Element:
Context
horopaki puoro