Year 7 Music Revision Notes 2015
Your Year 7 Music End of Year Listening Test will take place in your music lesson, in the week beginning
18th May
1. Elements of Music
Element
Pitch
Timbre
Texture
Duration
Dynamics
Tempo
Harmony
Tonality
Definition
How high or low the music is
The tone quality of the instrument(s)
How high or thick or thin the music is (how many notes are played at once)
How long or short the notes are
How loud or quiet the music is
How fast or slow the piece is
The way the notes are put together, eg. Dissonant chords (clashy) or consonant
chords (they sound good)
The key the piece is in, eg. Major/minor/pentatonic
2. Fanfares
When we learnt about fanfares we looked at how to read the notes of the treble clef in terms of pitch and rhythm.
Pitch:
For the notes on the lines remember the following:
Every Good Boy Deserves Football
For the notes in the spaces remember the following:
They spell the word FACE
These notes sit BELOW
the stave.
The treble clef
Rhythm:
Crotchet = 1 beat
Quavers – ½ beat each Semiquavers = ¼ beat each Minim = 2 beats Semibreve = 4 beats
Fanfares often use the following:
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Brass and Percussion play the majority of Fanfares
The melody is mainly disjunct
The dynamics are mainly forte (loud)
The melody is composed of mainly broken chords
Trumpets, Trombones, French horns and Timpani are common Fanfare instruments
3. The Baroque Period
Music of the Baroque Period often has the following features:
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Ground Bass – a bass line that repeats throughout the piece
Ostinato – a repeated musical pattern
Ritornello Form – A musical structure where the same melody repeats throughout a piece, separated by
contrasting melodies.
Homophonic – A musical structure where there is melody and an accompaniment
Harpsichord – A keyboard instrument that preceded the piano
A cello – a low pitched string instrument which uses a bow
A Violin – a high pitched string instrument which uses a bow
A lute – A string instrument which is strummed and can play chords
4. Folk Music
Folk music is played by acoustic instruments and is often specific to a place, town, region or country.
Keywords for this topic:
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Drone – a long held note played in a low pitch
Pentatonic Scale – a scale using just five different pitches
Chord – two or more pitches played together simultaneously