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- Year 4
Building texture with a minor accompaniment
I can accompany a minor tonality song with a melodic ostinato.
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- Year 4
Building texture with a minor accompaniment
I can accompany a minor tonality song with a melodic ostinato.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Folk songs can be accompanied or unaccompanied.
- An ostinato can be rhythmic or melodic.
- Adding an ostinato underneath a song adds another layer of sound to the texture of the piece.
- We need to consider the dynamic balance when adding accompaniments to songs.
- Beats are organised into groups. Rise Up O Flame is in 3-time.
Keywords
Unison - the same tune sung or played at the same time
Accompaniment - a musical part that supports the main melody or chant
Melodic ostinato - a repeating musical pattern that uses notes of differing pitch
Minor pentachord - the first five notes of the minor scale: la, ti, do, re, mi
3-time - the organisation and feel of the beats as strong-weak-weak
Common misconception
We always count to four in music.
Beats can be grouped or organised in any number. 4-time is common, but beats can be organised in an any number with 2, 3, 4 being common and 5, 7 less common.
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