Mortimer Community College Music Retrieval Booklet

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Mortimer Community College Music Retrieval Booklet – Week 1

Name: ______

Notation

& 1) Complete the Table

Name of Note Note Symbol Beat Duration

Minim

1 Beat

2) On the staves stave below, work out the pitch of the blank musical notes.

1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6)

& 1) In your own words define ‘pop music’ and ‘popular music’. How are they different?

2) What are triad chords?

Styles of Music

1) Complete the table below

Styles of Music Features

Pop Punk

The Blues

British Invasion 80’s Synth Music

Western Classical

Reggae

Jazz

2) List famous musicians linking to the styles above.

Pop Punk:

The Blues:

British Invasion:

80’s Synth Music:

Western Classical:

Reggae:

Jazz

3) Complete the table below

Styles of Music Other styles of Music it links to

Pop Punk

The Blues

British Invasion

80’s Synth Music Western Classical

Reggae

Jazz

Answers

Year 7 1) Semi breve, 4 beats 2 beats Crotchet Quaver, ½ a beat

2) F, B F, C D, E G, E C, A F, D, G

3) Pitch = high or low Rhythm= Pattern of notes Texture= Layers In music Tempo = Speed Beat = Pulse in music Dynamics = Loud or soft

Year 8

1) Pop music is a genre (style of music) with its own characteristics and features.

Popular music can be any style of music, all that matters is that the music has a large enough following. For example, Jazz was the popular music of the 20’s and 30’s. Reggae is the popular music of Jamaica. Hip-hop is the popular music of the 80’s in America etc.

The difference is pop music is a term to describe a specific genre, while popular music is broad term which can describe many genres throughout history.

2) Triad chords are groups of 3 notes that belong together to create new sounds (harmony).

Year 10

1) Styles of Music Features and techniques

Pop Punk  Upbeat melodies  Catchy chorus  Combines punk rock with elements of pop music  Power chords  Melodic vocals  Fast tempos The Blues  Specific chord progression  Twelve bar blues  Call and response pattern  Jazz, rhythm and blues  Blue scale British Invasion  Developed structure of the pop song  Production of rock and roll  Use of lyrics  Structure 80’s Synth Music  OMD  Keyboards  Yamaha DX7  Editing sounds of the keyboards  Sequencer  Introduction of the computer Western Classical  Binary form  Ternary  Major and minor scales  Use of repetition

Reggae  Off beat  Syncopation  Bubble and chop  Rastafairanism

Jazz  Syncopation  Improvisation  Modes  1920’s  Linked to the blues

Pop Punk: Sex pistols, blondie, Blink 182, The Offspring, Ramones, The Jam, Green Day, Pixies. The Blues: Muddy waters, B.B king, Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton

British Invasion: The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Lulu, The Rolling Stones

80’s Synth Music: The Human League, Kraftwerk, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran

Western Classical: Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Chopin

Reggae: Bob Marley, UB40 , The Wailers, Gregory Isaacs, Lee Perry, Bunny Wailer

Jazz Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Ella fitz Gerald, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt

Styles of Music Other styles of Music it links to

Pop Punk Heavy metal Rock Pop Music

The Blues African music Jazz

British Invasion Pop Music Glam rock

80’s Synth Music Pop music Western Classical Orchestral modern music

Reggae Stand-alone style of Music – no clear links

Jazz Rock and roll Ballroom Filtered through to the 50’s