Year 8

Music revisionYour music exam will be next lesson. It

will be a listening exam, where you

are played music and asked questions

about them. It will cover all the topics

you have done this year, plus some

general music questions.

There is a copy of this powerpoint

on the VLE, in Music KS3, and on

your teacher’s website. Use it to

revise!

The Elements of MusicContrast Element

Pitch

Duration

Tempo

Dynamics

Timbre

Texture

Structure

SILENCE!

…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!

The Elements of MusicContrast Element

High/low Pitch

Long/short Duration

Fast/slow Tempo

Loud/soft Dynamics

Tone colour Timbre

Thick/thin Texture

The overall plan Structure

SILENCE!

…all the way from the start of Year 7… you should know all of these!

What are the different families

of instruments?

What are the different families

of instruments?

Basic music theory: rhythm and

time signatures

Basic music theory: rhythm

Name Symbol How many beats?

2 quavers:

Basic music theory: rhythm

Name Symbol How many beats?

Crotchet 1

Minim 2

Semibreve 4

Quaver ½ each

Rest 1

2 quavers:

There will be questions in the exam where you have to write

down rhythms.

Basic music theory: pitch

Basic music theory: pitch

The notes in the

spaces are easy to

remember:

Every

Good

Boy

Deserves

Food

Every

Green

Bus

Drives

Fast

Basic music theory: pitch

There will be questions in the exam where you have to write down a

simple melody that you hear.

Interval = the distance between

two notes• Count the note you are starting from as

1. Then just count up or down to the

other note, i.e.

• We call this interval a sixth (not a 6!)

D = 1 so B = 6

Developing a motif: definitions

• Motif = a small tune

• Sequence = repeating the motif higher or

lower each time

• Interval = the distance between two

notes

• Parallel motion = two parts moving

together, always the same distance apart

Developing a motif: more

definitions

• Contrary motion = moving in opposite

directions. The opposite of parallel

motion.

• Inversion = playing it upside down

• Retrograde = playing it backwards

• Augmentation = make each note twice as

long

12 bar blues

C C C C

F F C C

G F C C (G)turnaround

Two or more notes played together

Flip the notes of the chord

Four notes in the chord: the extra one is a

seventh above the root, i.e. G7=GBDF

Making it up on the spot

Fitting in with the style: stylish

When you substitute a G(7) chord in bar

12, to take you back to the start

The lowest part

for blues