Year 8

How do we decide how to structure a composition so that it has a sense of direction?

Year 8

How do we decide how to structure a composition so that it has a sense of direction?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore basic musical structures, such as binary and ternary forms, through listening, performing and composing.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is a polyrhythm?
A texture when a melody is accompanied by chords
A texture where multiple interweaving layers are played at the same time
Correct answer: When two rhythms with different pulses are played at the same time
Q2.
What does texture describe?
A sequence or pattern of long and short notes
The different sounds an instrument or voice can make. The tone or quality of a sound.
Correct answer: The layers of sound created when playing together or separately throughout a song.
Q3.
What does monophonic mean?
Correct answer: A texture that consists of a solo musical line
A texture where a melody is accompanied by by chords
A texture with two or more melodies or parts that play at the same time, weaving in and out of each other
Q4.
What does polyphonic mean?
A texture that consists of a solo musical line
A texture where a melody is accompanied by chords
Correct answer: A texture with two or more melodies or parts that play at the same time, weaving in and out of each other.
Q5.
What does sonority describe in music?
A pattern of sounds of different lengths (long or short)
Correct answer: The different sounds an instrument can make. The quality or character of a sound
The layers of sound created when playing together or separately throughout a song. E.g. ‘homophonic’.

5 Questions

Q1.
What is a ternary form?
A song with 2 contrasting sections.
Correct answer: A structure with 3 sections - A B A, where B is contrasting.
A structure with a repeating refrain and contrasting episodes.
Q2.
What is rondo form?
A structure commonly used in West African music.
A structure with 3 sections. ABA, where B is contrasting.
Correct answer: A structure with a repeating refrain and contrasting episodes.
Q3.
What structure is ABACA?
Correct answer: Rondo
Song
Ternary
Q4.
What structure is Intro - Verse- Chorus- Outro?
Rondo
Correct answer: Song
Ternary
Q5.
Why is structure important in music?
Correct answer: It gives the music a sense of direction, a beginning, middle and an end.
It means that you can understand the lyrics and chords.
It means the listener can learn the song more easily.