• Have been introduced to the concept of pedal

• Begin to investigate the classical era

• Understand the string concepts Arco and Pizzicato

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON YOU WILL:

• We have looked at the Baroque orchestra today.

• The different techniques that these instruments use are:

• Blowing – The method by which woodwind, brass and pipe instruments are played by blowing across or into a mouthpiece.

• Bowing – The method used to play certain string instruments, including the string instruments of the orchestra, by drawing a bow across the string.

• Striking - The method mainly used to play percussion instruments.

TECHNIQUES OF PLAYING

• Here is a piece of music from a little further on in the Baroque period– Handel’s Arrival of the

Queen of Sheeba

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjd4sOh9hVg&feature=related

– Listen out for the Harpsichord and the 2 oboes playing together

THE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

• The word pedal comes from the Latin (pes, Pedis) and relates to the foot.

Pedal• A pedal in music either relates

to parts of an instrument used by ones feet

Or•A note which is held on or is repeated continuously in the bass beneath changing harmonies.

PEDALS

• The word pedal comes from the Latin (pes, Pedis) and relates to the foot.

Pedal• A pedal in music either relates to

parts of an instrument used by ones feet

Or•A note which is held on or is repeated continuously in the bass beneath changing harmonies. •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyC19VVuQis

PEDALS

• What can you tell from this piece of music?– Instruments– Concepts (technical stuff)– Style (what period etc.)

– Z:\Dido.m4a– Z:\Purcell.m4a– Play the Dido then Purcell

RECAP

• In the next weeks to come we will be investigating the classical period

CLASSICAL PERIOD

TIMELINE

Periods of music• Medieval 0 – 1400• Renaissance 1400 – 1600• Baroque 1600-1750• Classical 1750-1820 • Romantic 1820-1900• Twentieth Century 1900-

2000

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• The classical period saw a great growth in the size of the orchestra.

• Large works were made for these orchestras and these were called ‘symphonies’

• Symphony – A large work for orchestra usually in four movements.

CLASSICAL PERIOD

• Lets listen to this Symphony and write down–What instruments you

can hear–What speed it is–What time signature is

it

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvtoqE33iZg

– Z:\[Free-scores.com]_mozart-wolfgang-amadeus-symphony-no-40-in-g-minor-2072.pdf

MOZART SYMPHONY NO 40