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What to Study for History and Analysis

Read over the content of your Reading Responses on the various eras and these previous blog entries:
Medieval and Renaissance Eras
Baroque and Classical Eras
Romantic Era 

Short Answer
Know the basic characteristics of music in each era, plus definitions/significance of the following terms:

• Medieval: neumes, modal, chant, Pope Gregory, sacred, secular, lute,
• Renaissance: madrigal, motet, word painting, Palestrina, Tallis, patronage system
• Baroque: opera, oratorio, concerto, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, harpsichord,
• Classical: absolute music, symphony, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
• Romantic: programme music, tone poem, art song/lieder, ballet, piano, virtuoso/virtuosity, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Berlioz

Long Answer
- Be able to trace the transformation of music across the eras.
- Be able to explain the different forms of symphonic and vocal music across the eras.
- Be able to describe the different roles of composers across the eras.

Music Analysis
- Be able to identify the eras that different pieces come from based on their characteristics.
- Be able to describe music using the elements of music.


Links to Practice Chord Identification:
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/musictheory/trainers/html/id92_en.html
http://www.musictheory.net/exercises/ear-chord

Links to Practice Rhythmic Dictation:
http://www.emusictheory.com/practice/rhythmDict.html#.UbizG9KyB2A
http://www.teoria.com/exercises/ritmo-ear.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu8p_6tJYcQ

Email me if you have any questions between now and tomorrow!

Evolution of Get Lucky [Daft Punk Chronologic cover by PV NOVA]

A little something interesting especially afte your genre compositons!

Exam Outline

Total Marks /50

Ear Training /10
- chord identification (major, minor, diminished, augmented)
- rhythmic dictation

Theory /15
- Beginngers: key signatures
- Advanced: chords
- both: analysis of a given piece of sheet music

Music Analysis /10
- Listening to TWO given excerpts - applying concepts learned in music history and analysis

Music History /15
- /5 short answer
- /10 paragraph analysis questions, answers refering to at least 2 eras

You will have the entirety of the class on Friday, June 14 to complete the in-class exam.

Here's an interesting article about the REAL music of the 1920's Jazz Era (in preparation for your final projects and in celebration of the release of THE GREAT GATSBY movie:

CBC MUSIC: The True Music of the Great Gatsby

Ms. Simmons will be teaching a music history lesson today, then you'll continue work on your Listening Log #4 due tomorrow, no questions asked.

Continuing Assignments:
- Listening Portfolio #4 due Friday

Overdue (LATE) Assignments:
- Historical Compositions
- 4 part progressions with melodies
- Reading Response #1-4
- Listening Portfolio #1-3

Bonus Assignment: "O Canada" - THE REMIX

As you know, we have a variety of versions of "O Canada" on our morning announcements. So, why not create our own?

Ms. Simmons has placed a basic version the melody to "O Canada" in the share folder. The access path is:

1013 (on desktop) --> 1013 Stu --> SIMMONS AMM --> "O Canada"

Use this as your base file, and go from there. Of course, the original melody must be audible the whole way though, but other than that, be creative! You can play with the genre, etc, as you wish!

Due, whenever, for 10 BONUS MARKS or 1 BONUS PERCENT.