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Musical Form
Worksheets
1.
Download and fill in the gaps.
Music needs f.............. or structure to be c............ and logical.
Composers o.............. their musical i............. for that reason.
2.
Download and write a synonym for ‘musical form’.
Write a synonym for “musical form”: ……………….
3.
Jumbled definition: download and fill in the diagram.
Fill the diagram with the jumbled expressions ordered (put the right number) to
make the definition of musical form:
Musical ideas/ we organise/ the way/ in a musical composition
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4.
Answer the questions:
a) What is the name in music for the first musical idea we hear in a musical
composition?
b) And for the second and third idea?
5.
Download and do the activity about procedures by filling in the gaps.
The main types of p............... for structuring a musical composition are:
C...............
V................
R..................
6.
Download and fill in the gaps.
Many composers in the history of music have created lots of ................. that
have been m............... for l........... composers. Always with the p............... of
r............., c.............. and v................
7.
Search for and watch a video about musical forms.
What are the forms named in the video?
Watch this video about the main kind of forms or search on the Internet
"musical form”. Write some of the forms.
https://youtu.be/zq-rDcA092g
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8.
Download and answer true or false.
Are these letters the right types of forms?
1.
A+A: binary form
2.
A+B: strophic form
3.
AA+BB: strophic form
4.
A+A’+A”: strophic form
9. Search for videos about ternary form on YouTube.
You can find videos like these:
https://youtu.be/M7gxQpjezXA
https://youtu.be/fu4nLqkqJfE?t=4m17s
Watch the videos and write the name of the composer and works you heard.
Also answer the complementary questions about Mozart´s famous variations in
the OLC.
https://youtu.be/M7gxQpjezXA
https://youtu.be/fu4nLqkqJfE?t=4m17s
You can see search also the Mozart Variations about the last famous song
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” or “Ah, vous dirais je maman”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im_tJLeo2qU
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a) In this video you can see the score of the main theme (basically in quavers).
https://youtu.be/Nof_H7dT9sk?list=PL1BacJUzFmHh0fjmXqwnzcDmQwLLtyB7p
b) The 1st variation’s score. What is the change?
https://youtu.be/ei8aESH5kcs?list=PL1BacJUzFmHh0fjmXqwnzcDmQwLLtyB7p
c) And in the second one?
https://youtu.be/dPiHPfIaIIg?list=PL1BacJUzFmHh0fjmXqwnzcDmQwLLtyB7p
10.
Musical diagram.
There are also other rondo forms like Raider's March by the composer John
Williams in the film Indiana Jones.
Fill in the musical diagram in the OLC.
https://youtu.be/71IJaZeDfss
Indicate when the different parts repeat filling the diagram and color in the
same the repeated parts.
11. Now that you have learnt a lot about form, make a mind map with all the
keywords of the unit. See the glossary in the OLC.
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12.
Do the OLC activity ‘Follow’ on cards and in groups of 6.
1. Cut out each word together with the definition printed underneath.
2. Give this out to each pupil.
3. The pupil with the START slip begins and says the part in RED (important
terms or words (example: IMPORTANT PARTS IN POPULAR MUSIC.)
4. The pupil with the correct term (part in BLUE) says the correct term
(introduction, verse, etc.) and follows on with the definition printed on
their slip (in RED).
5. So on, until the first pupil is called again.
START
IMPORTANT PARTS IN POPULAR MUSIC
It is the final part. It is the conclusion of the song.
INTRODUCTION
Introduction, verse, bridge, chorus, solo, interlude, coda
VERSE
Prepares the musical atmosphere of the song at the beginning.
BRIDGE
Tells the story or plot of the song. There are several in the song and they
are separated by the chorus.
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CHORUS
A musical part that connects the verse and the chorus. It is normally
shorter than them.
SOLO
The most repeated part. Usually the catchiest and most attractive section
of the song. It expresses the general feeling of the song.
INTERLUDE
Instrumental part: an instrument improvises a melody (usually the electric
guitar or the sax).
CODA
Instrumental part not improvised. It is not at the beginning or at the end.
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To repeat the activity swapping the cards.
Now, to revise the concepts watch the video, fill the chart and write the main
parts in a popular song colouring the cells:
https://youtu.be/KutzOswW-eA
13.
Answer the questions:
a) What is salsa?
b) Who proposed this name?
c) Do you know the main genres in Latin music?
14. Listen to the music and fill in the listening chart in the OLC.
Sum up the facts of Latin American music.
Musician
Song
Characteristics
Latin music:
of
STRUCTURE:
INSTRUMENTS:
….
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15.
See the glossary: useful expressions in regard to rhythm.
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Notice how….
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Mark the beats you hear.
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Keep marking the beat.
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Clap along to ….
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Follow it in your head (= without marking them).
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Synchronise with it.
16.
See the glossary: useful expressions in regard to tuning your voice.
Language of instructions.
A. Train your voice
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Pitch your voice correctly.
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Tune your voice correctly.
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Repeat rising by a semitone.
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Keep your voice in good form.
B. Reading music
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To read music on a stave.
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Mark the beat.
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Read silently in your head.
17.
See the glossary: useful expressions in regard to playing the recorder.
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Hold your recorder.
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"Left hand on top and right hand always ready."
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Don´t eat the mouthpiece!
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Place your fingers correctly sealing the holes: you are fingerprinted!
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Place the recorder on your chin, and first 'play' the piece by chinning it
(without blowing).

Blow into your recorder softly.
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18.
See the glossary: useful expressions in regard to dancing.
ENGLISH
SPANISH
Circular position
A ring
To turn sideways
Clockwise direction
Anticlockwise direction (UK)
(USA: counter-clockwise)
Step
Side step
Forward step
Going in of the circle
Going out the circle
Going around the circle
Jumping toward the right
Forward
Backward
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