THE BAROQUE: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

During the baroque period instrumental music achieved a definitive independence from vocal music, thanks to the development of the bowed string family and the birth of the orchestra. As a result new music styles were born. The most important was the BAROQUE CONCERTO. Take a look at these two videos where you will watch  two concertos by Antonio Vivaldi( 1678-1741).  " The 
winter" and " The spring". 
As every "concerto" in the baroque period, these two concerts have 3 movements in different speed ( allegro- andante or adagio- allegro). Also, in a concerto you will always find one o more soloists ( solo players) who make a dialogue with the whole orchestra ( tutti)

THE WINTER
THE SPRING

The sonnets by Vivaldi

Now, take a look at the video below.  It is a concerto by Vivaldi and the soloist in this case is a RECORDER ( the flute that you play in class) 

THE ROMANTICISM: BEETHOVEN. 5TH SYMPHONY

In this two videos you will listen to the  fifth symphony by Beethoven as an example of music made by romantic composers. This work was composed between the years 1804 and 1808 and was released in december the 22th in 1808.  The beginning of this symphony is one of the most famous in music history ( the fate knocking to the door).  As every symphony it has four movements and it is music performed by an orchestra. 

In the video on the left you can follow the music reading the music score. 

THE MUSIC FROM THE CLASSICISM

In this video you will see and example of music composed by W. A. Mozart. This music has most of the characteristics from the Classicism; beauty, simplicity, serenity, elegance, clarity and of course BALANCE. 

USING AUDACITY

                 Clicking the link below will install the digital audio editor and recorder  AUDACITY. It will give you the possibility to record yourself or create and manipulate sounds. 

                                                                                  

Enjoy it..

Download AUDACITY

SONG 2 " STAND BY ME"

In this video you will be able to listen to the famous song " Stand by me"  composed by Ben E. King in 1961. This song was inspired by a spiritual written by Sam Cooke called " Stand by me father" 

In this video  you can see a special version of this song. It will be played by street musicians taking part in a wonderful project called " music for change". 

1. OPEN YOUR EARS AND TRY TO GUESS THE MISSING WORDS OF THE SONG clicking in the link below.

STAND BY ME "Lyrics"

UKELELE PLAY ALONG 

NOW, PLAY THE SONG WITH THE RECORDER
RECORDER MUSIC SCORE

HOW THE SOUND WORKS

           Watching these videos you will see how the sound works  and you will learn  what`s the  journey of sound to the brain and how we perceive different frequencies. 

In the following link you will find an explanation about the way we hear.

LINK: How do we hear?

THE RENAISSANCE

Listen to this music and try to follow the different voices. The title of this piece is "Sanctus" by the English composer William Byrd( 1543-1623). Remember that in the Renaissance the texture of every kind of music used to be polyphonic, having at least four different voices. 

IMAGINE- John Lennon

"Imagine" is a song co-written and performed by English musician John Lennon.

                                                         It was released in 1971, one year after the Beatles broke up. It was the best-selling single of his solo career. Its lyrics encourage the listener to imagine a world at peace without the barriers of borders or the divisions of religion and nationality and to consider the possibility that the whole of humanity would live unattached to material possessions. Shortly before his death, Lennon said that much of the song's "lyric and content" came from his wife Yoko Ono, and in 2017, she received a co-writing credit.

UKELELE and PIANO TUTORIAL " IMAGINE"

In this tutorial you will learn how to accompany the song " IMAGINE" with the ukelele. If you follow the indications given in the video it`s very easy to learn it. 

In the video on the left  you will learn how to accompany the song with the PIANO

                            UKELELE PLAY ALONG 

MIDDLE AGES

Listen to this music. It`s an example of gregorian chant. Check your workbook and have a look at the characteristics of this kind of music. 
1.  the texture of this music is monophonic, because there used to be only one voice or line.
2. there isn't a regular beat. They used to follow the rhythm of the latin words.
3. It used to be played a capella, that means without instruments. 
4. this music used to be sung by a choir with only male voices. 
5. The language used to be latin.