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Title: OCR Music GCSE Revision Help
Description: This is a complete overview of ONE of the areas of studies for GCSE music- SHARED MUSIC
Description: This is a complete overview of ONE of the areas of studies for GCSE music- SHARED MUSIC
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GCSE Music- OCR- Revision Help
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Pop ballads
Classical concerto
Baroque
Jazz
Indian classical
Gamelan
African a cappella
Great choral classics
Lieder
Pop Ballads
- Who?- Elton John, The
Beatles, Adele
- Where?- The Western World
- When?- ASK CHECKLAR
Increasing dynamics
which build up near
the end of the song
Slow to moderate tempo
Melisma= singing a syllable
over more than one note
Homophonic= voice
and accompanist
Broken chords= when the notes
of a chord or played after each
other (arpeggio)
Arco= when string
instruments are played with
bows
Lyrics are sentimental
and about love or
heartbreak
Bridge= the part of a pop ballad
which differs from the rest of
the song
Legato= smooth
Classical Concerto
Work for a soloist
and an orchestra
Cadenza= a part during the
song where the orchestra
remains silent and a soloist
plays
- Who?- Haydn, Mozart
- Where?- Austria,
Germany
- When?- Classical Period
Virtuosic playing= the
soloist shows off here!!
Homophonic= voice
and accompanist
Imitation= one instrument
plays something and
another repeats it
Use of crescendo
and diminuendo
Question + Answer= when the
soloist plays an unfinished
phrase and the orchestra
complete it
Baroque
Ornamentation
includes- trills and
turns
Terraced
dynamics which
change frequently
Strong accent on first beat of the bar
- Who?- Handel, Bach
Diatonic - Where?- Across Europe
- When?- Baroque
scale
period!!
Polyphonic= two or
more instruments
playing simultaneous
HARPSICHORD!!!
individual melodies
A fusion of African and
American music with
improvisation
Jazz
Jazz clubs and concert
halls
Polyphonic
Frontline section plays
the main melody
Instruments that play the frontline sect
include: trumpet, trombone, saxophon
vocals
Glissando= sliding from
one note to another
12 blues bar chord
structure
Syncopated
rhythm= off beat
- Who?- Louis Armstrong,
Miles Davis
- Where?- America
- When?- early 1900’s
Indian classical
ALAP/ JHOR/
JHALA/ GAT
Tambura= drone
producing a lute
Sitar= improvises the
melody based on the
raga scale
Vocals sing
sustained notes
homophonic
Indian concert
halls
- Who?- Ravi Shankar
- Where?- India
- When?- centuries ago
The music isn’t written
down
Title: OCR Music GCSE Revision Help
Description: This is a complete overview of ONE of the areas of studies for GCSE music- SHARED MUSIC
Description: This is a complete overview of ONE of the areas of studies for GCSE music- SHARED MUSIC