Music 10 Distinctive Elements of Music 1 PDF

WELCOME TO OUR MUSIC CLASS! Opening Prayer Thought for the Month I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 Prepare your index card for your recitation.  y a ga me Let’s pl a GUESS THE NAME OF THE MUSICAL SYMBOLS STAFF FL...

WELCOME TO OUR MUSIC CLASS! Opening Prayer Thought for the Month I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 Prepare your index card for your recitation.  y a ga me Let’s pl a GUESS THE NAME OF THE MUSICAL SYMBOLS STAFF FLAT  G-CLEF OR TREBLE CLEF EIGHTH NOTE SHARP HALF NOTE HALF REST F-CLEF OR BASS CLEF  Lesson 1 Music of the 20th Century When did the 20 th century start? 1901 - 2000 1601-1700 = 17th Century th 1701-1800 = 18 Century 1801-1900 = 19th Century th 1901-2000 = 20 Century st 2001- 2100 = 21 Century OBJECTIVE Describe the distinctive musical elements of given pieces in 20th century styles.  WHAT’S IN Complete the missing letters to reveal the timeline of musical periods. 1. RENAISSANCE R_N__I__S__N__E (1400-1600) 2. BAROQUE B__RO__ __E (1600-1750) 3. CLASSICAL __L__S__ __C__L (1750-1820) 4. R__M__N__ ROMANTIC__ __ (1820-1900)  WHAT’S NEW Can you guess the following musical elements? Rearrange the letters to reveal the musical elements. Write your answers in a piece of paper. RRHYTHM MTYHH 1. It is formed when we organize beats into patterns. It is the time element. MMELODY D O L Y E____ 2. It is the tune that you recall in a song. HHARMONY N Y A R O M 3. It is the vertical combination of tones. TTEXTURE REEUTX 4. It is associated with the terms: monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic. TIMBRE TBREIM 5. It is the quality of sounds. DDYNAMICS C Y M N A I S 6. It is the softness and loudness of sounds. FFORM MRO 7. It is the overall structure or arrangement of the music.  WHAT IS IT Musical elements are the building blocks of music. Rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, timbre, dynamics and form are the basic musical elements. In this lesson, we will talk about the distinctive musical elements of 20th century music and the innovations of the basic musical elements that make it sound different from other music.  The Distinctive Musical Elements of th 20 Century Music 1. The composers came up with new rhythms and meters. They have the following functions: a. Polyrhythm – is the simultaneous sounding of contrasting layers of rhythmic patterns. 1 Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVDGxWL9oOo b. Unusual meters – occurs when the composer used the 5, 7, 11 or other uncommon metric groupings. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UA6n7iKeYQ&t=139s c. Multimeter – occurs when changes in meter happens within a composition. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx-4K7wlovk 1 d. Syncopation – occurs when the accents are placed on the supposedly weak beats. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbultyEVOqw 2. Created the distinctive sounds of the melodies. a. Whole-tone scale – a scale having whole intervals. b. Pentatonic scale – consists of five tones. c. Twelve-tone system – uses the 12 chromatic tones. 3.Vast use of dynamics, unusual instrumental combinations and effects are evident, and these were another innovations made in terms of the timbre-dynamic element. 4. Polyphonic texture intensified. a. Polyphony is the simultaneous sounding of two or more melodies. 5. In terms of harmony, musicians created new chord structures. a. Whole tone chords – formed by combining notes having whole interval or two semitones. b. Tone clusters – produced by sounding adjacent notes.  WHAT’S MORE Activity 1.1 Understanding 20th Century Observe the excerpts of compositions from 20th Century composers and other notations and try to look for the videos of it.  1. Polyrhythm This is a figure from the musical composition of Debussy entitled, “Prelude” from Pour Le Piano. https://youtu.be/hIbqQjQgUPE Source: https://mramusicplace.net/2016/02/09/understanding-polyrhythms/  2. Unusual Meters This is a musical piece by Bartok entitled, “Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm”, you can observe the use of different unusual meters, presented by having unusual time signatures. Time signatures are symbols used to indicate the meters of a musical piece. Source: http://mezzopianolessons.com.au/random-topic/dances-bulgarian-rhythm-bela-bartok/ https://youtu.be/5RMv9I9C5H4  3. Whole-tone scale The notations below show an example of a whole-tone scale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztv0s1KDck4 Source: https://www.britannica.com/art/whole-tone-scale  4. Pentatonic scale The notation below shows an example of a pentatonic scale. h t t ps: // w w w.yo ut ube.c o m / w a t c h ? v=MGpUscFY9RA Source: https://m.basicmusictheory.com/a-major-pentatonic-scale 5. Twelve-tone system The notation from Webern’s Piano Variations, Op 27 shows an example of a twelve-tone system. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Har_7-S3Cgc Review for 15 minutes SEE YOU NEXT MEETING!