Year 7
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will explore simple and compound time signatures, which are then explored through composition and performance.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What can influence composers?
Art and poetry
Other composers
Q2.
What did Bartok like to collect?
Art work
Books
Q3.
What style of music influenced Debussy's 'Pagodes'?
Afrian drumming
English Folk songs
Q4.
What did classical composers favour in their work?
Ground bass
Long pauses
Q5.
Which scale uses all the black keys on the keyboard?
A major pentatonic
F major pentatonic
5 Questions
Q1.
What does a time signature tell you?
How many crotchets to play
How many minims to play
Q2.
What time signature does most pop and dance music use?
3/4
5/4
Q3.
Which one of these is a simple time signature?
12/8
6/8
Q4.
Which one of these is a compound time signature?
3/4
7/4
Q5.
What was the time signature of 'Take 5'?
3/4
4/4