Inspired by Earth Choir
I can create and combine small vocal musical ideas (golden bricks) based around themes to structure a vocal piece.
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- Year 4
Inspired by Earth Choir
I can create and combine small vocal musical ideas (golden bricks) based around themes to structure a vocal piece.
Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to be in the UK and
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Programme music is music that has been inspired by something non-musical. For example, a story or a piece of artwork.
- Deep Field composed by Eric Whitacre is a symphonic work in four movements that is an example of programme music.
- A piece of music can be inspired and built from one small musical idea. Eric Whitacre calls this a ‘golden brick'.
- Music can be mapped as we listen to help us make sense of the musical journey and its structure.
Keywords
Programme music - instrumental music that aims to represent something non-musical, such as a story, picture, scene, idea or emotion
Musical map - lines, shapes, colours and symbols that represent the flow of the music
Golden brick - Eric Whitacre’s term to describe a small musical idea that is the core building block on which the whole piece is built
Structure - the way the music is organised
Choral - an adjective relating to music written for or performed by a choir
Common misconception
A symphonic work only uses instruments.
Whilst a symphony traditionally only used instruments of the orchestra, composers over time have diversified and introduced voices into symphonic works.
Equipment
Only required for extension activity - classroom percussion required to perform all four movements together.
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