20TH CENTURY: POPULAR MUSIC

In these two videos you will be able to see two of the first songs to be referred to as rock an roll music style. One of them is " Rock  around the clock" recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets in 1954. The other one is a song by Elvis Presley known as " The king of rock and roll". The tittle of this song is " Hound dog" recorded by Elvis in 1956. This kind of music used to be danced and 

                                                   

20TH CENTURY: POPULAR MUSIC (2)

In these videos you will see the performance of two important  rock and roll afro american artists from the fifties. They are Chuck Berry, the first great guitarist of rock and roll music with the song " Jonny B. Goode" and Little Richard with " Tutti Frutti" and his style full of energy. 

THE STRUCTURE OF A POPULAR SONG

              The structure of a song consists on the way the composer organizes the ideas or melodies in different parts or sections of a song. Let`s see what are the main sections in a classical pop-rock song.

                                                          THE STRUCTURE OF A POPULAR SONG:

When you build a song you have to think about the parts that this song has to have.

a)    Introduction: It`s an instrumental part just before the lyrics starts.

b)    Verse: It`s the part of the song that tells the story. It moves the story forward. This section always repeats the music but the words change. 

c)     Pre-Chorus: It's a short transition section. It prepares the coming climax which is the chorus.  It has the same music and the same words. 

d)    Chorus: it`s the most catchy part of the song. A good chorus has to stick in your mind. It`s repeated several times. Music and words are the same and the title of the song is usually included in this part.

e)    Instrumental break: It is an instrumental section or interlude during a song. Its main function is to take a break from the main parts of the song.

f)     Bridge: It normally differs melodically, lyrically and rhythmically from the other parts of the song. It gives the song contrast before the final chorus.

g)    Coda: It’s an Italian word for tail. It`s an optional addiction to a song and it represents the end of a song.

         Click on this link to listen to a song as an example of a classical song structure.

       EXAMPLE

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. 

HOW THE PIANO WORKS

Take a look at this video where you will see the different pieces of a piano and what happen when a key is pressed. 

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. 

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 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. 

THE MIDDLE AGES: THE NAME OF THE NOTES

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.

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.

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

On the right you will find the official video of the famous song "Crazy little thing called love" written by Freddie Mercury in 1979 and included in the album " The Game" released in 1980. This song has been composed in the classical rock and roll style 

20th CENTURY Classical Music: EXPERIMENTATION 2

Here you can see another example of experimentation in classical music during the 20th century. However, in this case the music is pleasant, and beautiful. It is also based on some traditional principles of music like the melody. Nevertheless, as always in the 20th century, we can find features of experimentation. 

       1. There is only one melody played consecutively by each instrument of the orchestra. 

 2. There is a big  fifteenth-minute crescesdo from the beginnig to the end of the composition.

      3. There is an "ostinato" ( a repetitive rhythmic pattern )  made by the snare drum along the compositon). 

The piece, called Bolero and premiered in 1928

 is Maurice Ravel's most famous musical composition.

20th CENTURY: EXPERIMENTATION 1

Have a look at this video in which you will see the work composed by the French composer  Edgar Varese between 1929 and 1931 called  " Ionisation". This composition has been written exclusively for percussion instruments. It is the first time that something like this was made. It is an example of experimentation in classical music. 

I WANT TO BREAK FREE

            In the link below you can find the recorder music score of this popular and beautiful song. 

         Enjoy it.

SCORE

2nd section 

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 

PARTITURA YELLOW SUBMARINE

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". 

Yellow submarine is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was written as a children`s song  by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. 

PARTITURA YELLOW SUBMARINE

MUSIC VIDEO 1

MUSIC VIDEO 2

AUDICIÓN 8

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. 

               

LEARNIG HOW TO SING THE NOTES

Clicking in the link below you will download the music score of the  famous song "DO RE MI". This song belongs to the soundtrack of the film " The sound of music"  a 1965 American musical film. 

DO RE MI song

In the video you will watch the scene where the main character of the film  is singing the song to teach a group of children how to sing the musical notes. 

LYRICS OF THE INTRODUCTION: 

Let`s start at the very beginnig

a very good place to start

When you read you begin with A, B, C

When you sing you begin with DO, RE, MI 

The fisrt three notes just happen to be DO RE MI 

RITMOGRAMA " BELIEVER"- Imagine Dragons.

 Practice the coordination of your body playing the accompaniment of this famous song. You need to play  five different movements.

1. Clapping you hands

2. Stomping your feet

3. hitting or slapping  your chest

4. hitting your lap.

5. Clicking your fingers