Year 7

How can you make repetitive music interesting?

Year 7

How can you make repetitive music interesting?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore how to create a structured composition, develop rhythms using repetition, ostinato and contrast. We will also use key notation: semiquavers, minims and semibreves.

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7 Questions

Q1.
Where in the world is gumboot dancing from?
East Africa
North Africa
Correct answer: South Africa
Q2.
What are gumboots?
Boots made of chewing gum
Boots which aren't waterproof
Correct answer: Wellington boots
Q3.
How did miners use their gumboots?
Miners used to dance in the mines in their gumboots
Correct answer: Miners used to tap their gumboots as a form of communication
Miners were forced to stamp their boots in time with a pulse in the mines
Q4.
Why do people still perform gumboot dancing today?
It's a fun way to communicate with others
Students are forced to gumboot dance at school
Correct answer: To remember their heritage and culture
Q5.
Which of these body percussion techniques did miners use to communicate?
Shouting
Correct answer: Stamping
Whistling
Q6.
What is binary form?
Correct answer: A piece of music with 2 sections (AB)
A piece of music with 3 sections (ABA)
A piece of music with lots of returning A sections (ABACAD...)
Q7.
What is ternary form?
A piece of music with 2 sections (AB)
Correct answer: A piece of music with 3 sections (ABA)
A piece of music with lots of returning A sections (ABACAD...)

8 Questions

Q1.
How many beats is a semibreve worth?
1
2
3
Correct answer: 4
Q2.
How many beats is a minim worth?
1
Correct answer: 2
3
4
Q3.
How many beats is a crotchet worth?
Correct answer: 1
2
3
4
Q4.
How many beats is a quaver worth?
1
Correct answer: 1/2
2
3
Q5.
How many beats is a semiquaver worth?
1
1/2
Correct answer: 1/4
2
Q6.
What does fortissimo mean?
Loud
Quiet
Correct answer: Very Loud
Q7.
What does pianissimo mean?
Loud
Quiet
Correct answer: Very quiet
Q8.
What is an ostinato?
Correct answer: A repetitive musical idea
Playing lots of rhythms at the same time
Playing one musical idea without repeating it