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junior cert music

This text covers various aspects of music, beginning with a focus on the Baroque period, which spanned from 1650 to 1750. Key features of this era include the use of fugue and ornamentation.

junior cert music

junior cert music

elements of music

pitch
pitch means the sound of the music such as high and low
timbre
dynamics
pianississimo - fortississimo
dynamics refers to the volume of music
tempo
bpm = beats per minute
lento - presto
refers to the speed of the music
pulse
melody
rhythm
a collection of notes with different durations
expression

baraque period

fugue
ornamentation
1650 - 1750 ( 100 years )

brass instruments

tuba
largest brass instrument
trombone
no valves
trumpet
highest pitch
smallest brass instrument
french horn
has 3 valves
huge range

string instruments

harp
cisando
solo instrument
17 peddles
has 47 strings
double bass
widely used in jazz
biggest string instrument
lowest pitched strings
cello
harmonies / solos
2nd largest string instrument
viola
harmonies
2nd smallest strings
violin
1st violins play melody, 2nd violins play harmony
theres 1st and 2nd violins
pizzicato
played with a bow
has 4 strings
highest pitched strings
smallest string insturment

bars and barlines

intervals
tones - whole steps
semitones - half steps
time signature
tells you how many beats / values are in each bar
at the beginning of a piece
consists of 2 numbers one on top of the other

film music

non-diegetic - added into scene later on via editing
diegetic - its actually playing whilst filming
danny elfman
wrote scores for tim burton movies eg the corpse bride and alice in wonderland
michael giacchino
wrote scores for many disney movies such as ratatouille and inside out
hans zimmer
wrote scores for pirates of the caribeann and pearl harbour
john williams
wrote scores for indiana jones and jaws
pianist
born on february 8th 1932
earliest movies were in black and white and no soundtrack until the 1920s

percussion instruments

celesta
gong
tambourine
piano
gloekennspiel
kettle drums
tubular bells
xylophone
triangle
cymbals

woodwind instruments

bassoon
sax phone
cor anglais
oboe
double reed
clarinet
flute
played horizontally
made of metal
piccolo
higher pitch
smaller version of flute

note values

quaver = 1/2 beat
crotchet = 1 beat
minim = 2 beats
dotted minim = 3 beats
semibreve = 4 beats