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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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" 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.
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
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.
In this video you will learn how the names of the notes were created. The responsible was a monk called Guido d`Arezzo, who decided to use a well - known song called " Saint Jonh Hymn". Whit this song he gives a name to each sound according to their pitch.
Clicking the link below you can download the music score of the song " Yellow submarine" en el enlace de más abajo podrás descargar la partitura para flauta "YELLOW SUBMARINE".
The Beatles, grupo formado por
cuatro jóvenes de los barrios pobres de Liverpool ( Inglaterra) a principios de los años 60 en el siglo XX, desarrollaron un estilo que se definió como beat, en el cual se marcaba fuertemente
cada parte del compás, y se obtenía como resultado una música muy cuadrada y rítmica.
En poco “Los cuatro
fabulosos”como pronto se les conoció, en muy poco tiempo
transcendieron su condición de grupo musical para convertirse en un
fenómeno social, tanto en Europa como en América. Se llegó a poner de moda, entre la
juventud, el corte de pelo “a lo Beatles”, como una especie de
símbolo de libertad. Se utilizó su imagen para promocionar productos
comerciales y llegaron a protagonizar varias películas
musicales.
Fue a partir del año 1966 cuando decidieron dejar de dar conciertos en directo y se dedicaron a la grabación en estudio con la intención de experimentar y buscar sonidos nuevos. Fue en el disco " Revólver" publicado en ese año, en el que aparece el famosísimo tema " Yellow submarine"
En este tema " Tomorrow never knows" podrás ver el carácter experimental que decidieron seguir a partir de el disco " Revólver"
En este vídeo podrás ver la última actuación del grupo en la azotea de los estudios de Londres de Abbey Road el día 30 de enero de 1969. Interpretan la canción titulada GET BACK que habría dado título al disco que hubiesen grabado de no acabarse el grupo.
