Year 7 Music Analysis Learning Goal: UNDERSTANDING THE DIVERSE NATURE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND NATURAL MATERIALS, AND HOW THEY CAN BE EMPLOYED TO MAKE COMBINED SOUNDS IN AN ENSEMBLE ENVIRONMENT

You will listen to two one-minute pieces of music constructed very differently to each other by the composer Tan Dun.

1. Water Concerto - Composer Tan Dunhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP-Zd1gqf3w orhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNRpcLckess

2. Paper Concerto - Composer Tan Dunhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH_mDOdDIs

Describe the moods that are represented in the music of each piece. Use words and sentences that describe or depict what you hear and see.WordsSentence using words

Example words : bright, happy, sharp or miserable, sad

Sentence example: The beat of the piece is fast with the instruments in the orchestra creating bright and sometimes sharp fast musical runs as they slide down from high to low and back up again.

Make a chart listing all of the instruments used in each piece

Piece 1 Instruments and soundsPiece 2 Instruments and soundsInstruments and sound similar to both 1 and 2

The performers are using interesting and different techniques in the performance. List and describe some of the techniques you see.Track 1 Water ConcertoTrack 2 Paper Concerto

Technique

1.ExampleFinger sliding - moving fingers in a slide up or down the cello neckExamplePaper shuffle as it is hurled into the wind

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