INSTRUMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

An interenting web about world instruments.  Lots of instruments organised by countries, in alfabetical order or depending on the way they are played (string, wind or percussion):

Wind instruments

String instruments

RENAISSANCE INSTRUMENTS

• Lute: the neck of the Renaissance lute was bent back; the strings were tuned in pairs and the fingerboard had frets.

• Viols: Flat back and six strings. Fretted fingerboard. Viols were held upright in front of the player rather than tucked under the chin

• Crumhorn: double-reed instrument

• Sackbut: It's an early kind of trombone.

• Trumpet: Without the valve system we know today (it was invented in the 19th century). The different notes were obtained by varying the lip pressure

• Percussion instruments: tabor, kettle drums, side drum, triangle and cymbals

The leitmotif technique

An interesting video to show the use of the leitmotif technique in 'The lord of the rings'  soundtrack:

MEDIEVAL INSTRUMENTS

• Shawmn: Double-reed instrument. It's the ancestor of the oboe
• Organ: There were the church organ and also a portative organ.
• Harp: Smaller than today's harp
• Psaltery: The strings were plucked with quills.
• Rebec: A bowed instrument with three strings
• Pipe and tabor: A pipe and a drum that was played only by one person

MUSIC GLOSSARY

A general music glossary with the basic terms we're going to use this year.

You can download it by clicking in the link:

MUSIC GLOSSARY

Fantasy2000 activities

La película de Disney 'Fantasía 2000' es un buen recurso para utilizar en clase, desde educación primaria hasta secundaria.

A continuación os dejo unas actividades pensadas para hacer durante el visionado. En este caso serían más adecuadas para secundaria:

Fantasy2000 follow along questions

 

TEXTURE AND MELODY IN MUSIC

Beethoven's Ode to Joy musical phrases:

Listen to Beethoven's Ode to joy

Listen to 'The Hen', Symphony 83 by Haydn

TEXTURE IN MUSIC

 TYPES OF TEXTURE:

1. Monophonic - One melody without any accompaniment, for example, the Gregorian Chant (Middle Ages)

2. Polyphonic texture- Various melodies playing at the same time. It can be homophonic (all the voices play different melodies but with the same rhythm), counterpoint or melody with accompaniment.

 

 Polyphonic or monophonic?

Monteverdi - Cruda amarilli
Victimae paschali laudes
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

The benefits of playing the piano