Using tempo to tell a musical story
I can use tempo changes to tell a musical story.
Using tempo to tell a musical story
I can use tempo changes to tell a musical story.
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Key learning points
- It is helpful to sing and play at different tempi to practise feeling the pulse and following the beat.
- We know a piece of music can speed up (accelerando) or slow down (rallentando).
- Different tempi and tempo changes can help to tell a musical story.
Keywords
Tempo - how fast or slow the music is played
Pulse - the regular, steady heartbeat of the music
Beat - the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
Accelerando - gradually getting faster
Rallentando - gradually getting slower
Common misconception
Feeling the beat doesn't need practising.
Singing games are really useful to help us practise the beat, especially when it is very slow or very fast. We need to practise the beat at lots of different tempi.
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gradually getting faster
gradually getting slower
how fast or slow the music is played