Supplementary listening lists

Supplementary listening lists
Key words
National 5 musical concepts occur in red. Those in blue indicate words that might be helpful
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Time coding/further information
In instances where a concept occurs at a specific point in a piece of music, a time code is
given to indicate this point. For example, a time code of 0.23 means that the concept can be
found 23 seconds into the piece. In music where there could be a slight variation in the time
code (for example due to speed variations in different performances of the same piece of
music), the letter ‘c.’ precedes the code (an abbreviation of the word circa, meaning
‘approximately’).
In the example below, for instance, we are informed that the musical concept sequence
occurs in Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in D minor, opus 8, number 9, movement 1, at
approximately 1 minute and 18 seconds into the movement. We are also given the further
information that the sequence is played by strings at this point.
Concept
Piece title
Composer (Performer)
Time
code/further
information
Sequence
Oboe Concerto in D
minor, op. 8, no. 9,
movement 1
Vivaldi
At c. 1.18
strings begin
playing the
sequence
1
Unit 1 National 5 STYLE concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer (Performer)
Symphony
Symphony no. 99 in E flat Haydn
major
Gospel
How Great Thou Art
(Yolanda Adams)
Classical
The Magic Flute (opera)
Mozart
Pibroch
Lament for the Bishop of
Argyle
Traditional
Celtic rock
Whiskey in the Jar
(Thin Lizzy)
Bothy ballad
Bogheid Crew
Traditional
Waulking song
Coisich a rùin
Traditional
Gaelic psalm
St Kilda
Traditional
Aria
‘Vecchia zimarra, senti’
from the opera La Bohème
Puccini
Chorus
‘Dies Irae’ from Requiem,
K 626
Mozart
Minimalist
On the Transmigration of
Souls
John Adams
Indian
Raga Jogeshwari
Ravi Shankar
2
Unit 2 National 5 MELODY/HARMONY concepts
Concept
Piece Title
Composer
(Performer)
Time code/further
information
Atonal
Pierrot Lunaire
Schoenberg
Cluster
Concord Sonata, movement
2 (‘Hawthorne’)
Ives
Chord
progression (I,
IV, V and VI in
major keys)
Brown Eyed Girl
Van
Morrison
Perfect cadence
Te Deum
Charpentier
c. 0.13, 0.27, 0.55,
1.23 and 1.39
Imperfect
cadence
Concerto no. 3, ‘Autumn’,
from The Four Seasons,
movement 1, Allegro
Vivaldi
Before solo violin
enters, imperfect
cadences occur in the
opening section at: c.
0.05, 0.12, 0.22, 0.34,
0.41, 0.59 and 1.03
Inverted pedal
The garden is becoming a
robe room
Nyman
Violin inverted pedal
Chromatic
Symphonie Fantastique,
movement 3 ‘Scene aux
Champs’
Berlioz
Whole-tone scale
Arabesque no. 1 (from Deux
Arabesques)
Debussy
Grace note
Gnossienne no. 1
Satie
Glissando
El Colibri
Julio
Sagreras
(John
Williams)
Classical guitar solo
Tone
Wonderwall
(Oasis)
All the notes in the
first two phrases of
each verse of the song
are a tone apart
Semitone
Für Elise
Beethoven
Opening notes are a
semitone apart; these
form the basis of a
recurring theme
throughout the piece
3
Concept
Piece Title
Composer
(Performer)
Time code/further
information
Modulation
Eine kleine Nachtmusik,
movement 4
Mozart
Modulation from
major key to minor
key at c. 0.17, then a
modulation from
minor key back to
major key at c. 1.28
Contrary motion
Mikrokosmos volume II,
‘Contrary Motion’
Bartók
Trill
Overture from Water Music
Handel
Syllabic
Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
Melismatic
Amen from Stabat Mater,
RV 621
Vivaldi
Countermelody
Sonata in G major, K 13 L
486
D. Scarlatti
Descant (voice)
Dum complerentur dies
Pentecostes
Palestrina
Motet
Pitch bend
Albatross
(Fleetwood
Mac)
Bends occur in lead
electric guitar
melody
Trills occur in
opening section of the
movement from c.
0.03–1.09
4
Unit 3 National 5 TEXTURE/STRUCTURE/FORM concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Strophic
Amazing Grace
John Newton
Binary (A B)
Bourrée from Water
Music
Handel
Rondo (A B A C
A…)
Rondo alla Turca
Mozart
Alberti bass
Sonata IV in G minor
Alberti
Walking bass
Fly Me to the Moon
Bart Howard
(Frank Sinatra)
Ground bass
Air on a Ground Bass
Purcell
Homophonic
‘O Fortuna’ (from
Carmina Burana)
Orff
Polyphonic
Regina Coeli
Gombert
Contrapuntal
‘Little’ Fugue in G
minor, BWV 578
J. S. Bach
Coda
(Sittin’ on) the dock of
the bay
Steve Cropper
and Otis
Redding (Otis
Redding)
Time code/further
information
c. 0.19, 1.02, 1.55
and 3.02
Marian antiphon for
12 voices
Begins at 2.19 with
vocalist whistling the
melody
5
Unit 4 National 5 TIMBRE/DYNAMICS concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Piccolo
Piccolo duet
Boismortier
Oboe
Gabriel’s oboe (from the film
The Mission)
Morricone
Bassoon
Bassoon Concerto in B flat
Mozart
French horn
Horn trio, op. 40
Brahms
Tuba
Tuba Concerto in F minor
Vaughan Williams
Viola
Viola Concerto in G major
Telemann
Castanets
Fandango
Boccherini
(Carmina Quartet)
Hi-hat
cymbals
Don’t Bring Me Down
(Electric Light
Orchestra)
Bongo
drums
Chillout Bongos
Pitri Simpson
Clàrsach
The Chanter’s Song
Traditional
Bodhrán
O’Sullivan’s March
(The Chieftans)
Sitar
Concerto for Sitar and
Orchestra
Ravi Shankar
Tabla
Origin (track 1 from the
album ‘Journey into Space’)
Oldfield
Arco
Overture from the opera The
Marriage of Figaro
Mozart
Pizzicato
‘Playful Pizzicato’ from
Simple Symphony
Britten
Con sordino
New World Symphony,
movement 2
Dvořák
Flutter
tonguing
The Great Train Race
Ian Clarke (Nina
Perlove)
Rolls
Symphony no. 8, movement
2, ‘Scherzo’ and movement 4,
‘Finale’
Bruckner
Reverb
Novio
(Moby)
Time code
00.27–end of
track
0.01–c. 1.27
Reverb used on
piano and vocals
6
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Time code
Mezzosoprano
Hansel and Gretel
Humperdinck
Hänsel is the
leading mezzosoprano role in
the opera
Baritone
La Pietade in Suo Furore
(from the opera Lucia di
Lamermoor)
Verdi
A cappella
Feels Like Spring
(James Morrison and
The Idea of North)
7
Unit 5 National 5 RHYTHM/TEMPO concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer (Performer)
Rubato
Clair de Lune
Debussy
Ritardando
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Handel
Moderato
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Marcos Valle and Paulo
Sergio Valle
Cross-rhythms
‘Mars’ from The Planets Suite
Holst
Compound
time 6/8
Symphony no. 6, the ‘Pastoral’,
movement 2
Beethoven
Compound
time 9/8
‘The Ride of the Valkyries’ from
the opera Die Walküre
Wagner
Compound
time 12/8
Norwegian Wood
The Beatles
8
Unit 6 National 4 STYLE Concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Baroque
Brandenburg Concerto no. 1
J. S. Bach
Ragtime
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin
Romantic
The Nutcracker Suite
Tchaikovsky
Swing
In the Mood
Glenn Miller
Concerto
Cello Concerto no. 1
Penderecki
Opera
Madame Butterfly
Puccini
Scots ballad
Green Grow the Rashes
Robert Burns
Mouth music
‘Follow the Light’ (from the
album This Feeling Inside)
Mairi MacInnes
Reggae
Red Red Wine
(UB40)
African music
Missa Luba
Arranged by Guido
Haazen
Rapping
I’ll Be Missing You
(Puff Daddy)
9
Unit 7 National 4 MELODY/HARMONY concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer (Performer)
Time
code/further
information
Major
(tonality)
Firework
(Katy Perry)
Minor
(tonality)
Mad World
Roland Orzabal (Tears
for Fears)
Drone
Blue Bonnets Over the
Border
Traditional (Pipes and
Drums of the Royal
Highland Fusiliers)
Bagpipe drone
Broken
Nothing Else Matters
chord/arpeggi
o
(Metallica)
Electric guitar
arpeggios at start
and throughout
Chord
progression
— chords I,
IV and V
(major keys)
Twist and Shout
(The Beatles)
Change of
key
Every Breath You Take
(The Police)
1.23
Pedal
Nothing Compares 2 U
(Sinéad O’Connor)
Synthesizer pedal
from start of song
Scale
Flute Concerto no. 1,
‘La tempesta di mare’,
RV 433, movement 1
(Allegro)
Vivaldi
Scale passages
occur in melody
and bass lines at:
c. 0.01–0.10, c.
1.16–1.25 and c.
2.26–2.35
Pentatonic
scale
Whole Lotta Love
(Led Zeppelin)
Song constructed
from notes of the
pentatonic scale
Octave
Over the Rainbow
(original version)
E. Y. Harburg and
Harold Arlen
First 2 notes of
chorus are an
octave apart
Vamp
Ain’t That A Shame
Fats Domino
Scat Singing
Some of These Days
(Ella Fitzgerald)
Ornament
Flute Concerto, op. 10,
no. 6, RV 437,
Vivaldi
Ornaments
played by solo
flute in each of
the concerto’s
three movements
10
Unit 8 National 4 RHYTHM/TEMPO concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer Time code/further
(Performer) information
Syncopation
Jammin’
(Bob
Marley)
Syncopated
accompaniment
Scotch snap
Silhouette (from the album
Music of the Spheres)
(Mike
Oldfield)
Scotch snaps occur
at 2.02–3.19, first in
flute melody then in
oboe/bassoon
melody
Strathspey
The Saltire Strathspey
Traditional
Scottish
Jig
The Irish Washerwoman
Traditional
Irish
Simple time 2/4
Imperial March
John
Williams
Simple time 3/4
Waltz in A flat major, op. 39,
no. 15
Brahms
Simple time 4/4
Pastorale from L’Arlésienne,
Suite no. 2
Bizet
Compound time
See above: Unit 5 National 5
RHYTHM/TEMPO Concepts:
6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 time
Anacrusis
Auld Lang Syne
Traditional
Scottish
Andante
Symphony no. 35, movement 2,
K 385
Mozart
Accelerando
In the Hall of the Mountain
King (Peer Gynt)
Grieg
c. 1.43 to end
Rallentando
Wanted Dead or Alive
(Bon Jovi)
3.51–4.05
A tempo
Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G
minor
Brahms
This piece has eight
instances where the
music returns to the
original tempo (a
tempo) after
becoming slower
Dotted rhythms
Rex Tremendae, from Requiem,
K 626
Mozart
11
Unit 9 National 4 TEXTURE/STRUCTURE/FORM concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Time
code/further
information
Canon
Canon in B flat for 6 Voices,
K 231
Mozart
Ternary (A B
A)
Lágrima
Francisco Tarrega
Verse and
chorus
Don’t Bring Me Down
(Electric Light
Orchestra)
Middle 8
All I Have to Do is Dream
(The Everly
Brothers)
Theme and
variation
Handel Variations
Brahms
Cadenza
Piano Concerto no. 4 in G
major, op. 58
Beethoven
Cadenzas
occur in
movement 1
and movement
3
Imitation
Leonore overture no. 1, op.
138
Beethoven
c. 1.53–2.14
For solo
classical
guitar
0.49–1.08
12
Unit 10 National 4 TIMBRE/DYNAMICS concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Brass band
Abide With Me
(Grimethorpe
Colliery Band)
Wind band
Aviators March
Souza
Violin
Young Person’s Guide to
the Orchestra, op. 34,
Variation E, ‘Violins’
Britten
Cello
Cello Suite no. 1 in G,
BWV 1007
J. S. Bach
Double bass
‘The Elephant’ from
Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Saëns
Harp
Suite for Harp, op. 83,
movement 4, ‘Fugue’
Britten
Flute
Flute Sonata in A minor
J. S. Bach
Clarinet
Concerto for Clarinet
Artie Shaw
Saxophone
Parker’s Mood
Charlie Parker
Panpipes
The Light of Experience
Traditional
Recorder
Concerto in C Major, RV
443 for sopranino
recorder
Vivaldi
Trumpet
Trumpet Concerto in E
flat major
Haydn
Trombone
Sequenza v
Berio
Timpani
Concerto Fantasy for Two
Timpanists and Orchestra
Glass
Snare drum
Bolero
Ravel
Bass drum
Bass Drum Concerto
Gabriel Prokofiev
(Princeton
Symphony
Orchestra)
Cymbals
‘1812 overture’
Tchaikovsky
Time code/further
information
Snare drum is
continuous
throughout the piece
13
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Time code/further
information
Triangle
Waltz from Swan Lake,
op. 20
Tchaikovsky
Triangle is played
at various places in
the waltz
Tambourine
Cast No Shadow
(Oasis)
0.12–end of song
Güiro
La Clave, Maraca y Guiro
(from the album Putumayo)
Chico Alvarez
Xylophone
The Golden Age of the
Xylophone
Arranged by F. E.
Werle and R. Eyles
Glockenspiel Incantations part 3 (from
the album, Incantations)
Mike Oldfield
1.45–8.07 and
12.18–16.52
Harpsichord
Suite no. 4 in D minor,
HWV 437
Handel
Bass guitar
The Invisible Man
(Queen)
Bass guitar riff
used throughout the
track
Distortion
Summer of ’69
(Bryan Adams)
Electric guitar
distortion used
throughout the track
Muted
All Blues
Miles Davis
Muted trumpet
Soprano
(voice)
Pie Jesu from Requiem,
K626
Fauré
Alto (voice)
Daphne
R. Strauss
Tenor
(voice)
Nessun Dorma from the
opera Turandot
Puccini (Luciano
Pavarotti)
Bass (voice)
‘Mie piante correte’ from
Apollo e Dafne
Handel
Backing
vocals
Let’s Twist Again
(Chubby Checker)
14
Unit 11 National 3 STYLE concepts
Concept
Piece Title
Composer (Performer)
Blues
All Blues
(Miles Davis)
Pop
We Found Love
(Rihanna)
Jazz
I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin
Latin American
Brazil
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Musical
Cats
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Rock
Sweet Child O’ Mine
(Guns N’ Roses)
Rock and roll
Johnny B Goode
(Chuck Berry)
Scottish
The Dark Island
David Silver
15
Unit 12 National 3 MELODY/HARMONY concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer Time code/further
(Performer) information
Ascending
Betrayal & Desolation
(from the soundtrack from
the movie, Braveheart)
James
Horner
5.23–5.37
Descending
Daydream in Blue
(I Monster)
Descending bass line
throughout
Step
(stepwise)
Satin Doll
Johnny
Mercer,
Billy
Strayhorn
and Duke
Ellington
Stepwise melody
Leap
(leaping)
Rolling in the Deep
(Adele)
Leaping melody
Repetition
String Quartet no. 2,
movement 3, Nocturne
Borodin
Main theme repeated
throughout
Sequence
The Arrival of the Queen
of Sheba
Handel
Sequence occurs in several
places in the piece, mainly
in the strings, but also in
woodwind at c. 1.40–1.51
Question and
answer
Symphony no. 94 (the
‘Surprise’), movement 2,
Andante
Haydn
Opening 7 seconds or so
are a question and answer
phrase which is repeated
and developed throughout
the movement
Improvisation Angel
Chris
Hinze
04.33–05.00 (electric
guitar) and 05.21–06.20
(flute)
Chord
Overture from The Barber
of Seville
Rossini
Orchestral chords
throughout
Discord
Sacrificial Dance from The
Rite of Spring
Stravinsky
Chord change The Boys Are Back in
Town
(Thin Lizzy) Electric guitar chord
changes occur clearly in the
song’s verses
16
Unit 13 National 3 RHYTHM/TEMPO concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Time code/further
information
Accent/accented Symphony no. 5,
movement 1
Beethoven
Accented chords
occur at the start
and periodically
throughout the
movement
Beat/pulse
Slavonic Dance in C
major, op. 46, no. 1
Dvořák
Strong beat/pulse
Beat/pulse
Symphony no. 5 in C
sharp minor, movement 4
Mahler
Subtle beat/pulse
2 beats in the
bar
‘Boisterous Bourée’ from
Simple Symphony
Britten
3 beats in the
bar
Carrilon from
L’Arlésienne, Suite No. 1
Bizet
4 beats in the
bar
Bad Moon Rising
John C. Fogerty
(Creedence
Clearwater
Revival)
On the beat
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple
Off the beat
True
(Spandau Ballet)
Repetition
Rebel Rebel
(David Bowie)
Slower
Asturias from ‘Iberia
Suite’
Isaac Albeniz
Middle section of
the piece (B) is
slower than the
first and last
sections (A). This
is ternary form
with a coda at the
end
Faster
Praeludio from Lute Suite
no. 1, BWV 996
J. S. Bach
Second part of the
overture is faster
than the first
Pause
Symphony no. 5,
movement 1
Beethoven
c. 1.30
March
The Black Bear
Scottish
traditional
Accompanying
guitar chords are
off the beat
17
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Reel
The Dashing White
Sergeant
Scottish
traditional
Waltz
Ye Banks and Braes
Robert Burns
Drum fill
Space Oddity
(David Bowie)
Adagio
Adagio for Strings
Barber
Allegro
Violin Concerto in B
minor, op. 61, movement
1
Elgar
Time code/further
information
18
Unit 14 National 3 TEXTURE/STRUCTURE/FORM concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Time code/further
information
Unison
All my Loving
(The Beatles)
Unison vocals
Octave
Bolero in C major, op. 19
Chopin
3 opening piano
chords are in unison
octaves
Harmony/chord
Concierto de Aranjuez,
movement 2, Adagio
Rodrigo
This movement
contains chord
harmony on strummed
classical guitar
Solo
Hungarian Rhapsody no.
2
Liszt
Solo piano
Accompanied
Imagine
(John Lennon)
Voice accompanied by
piano
Unaccompanied
Recuerdos de la
Alhambra
Francisco
Tarréga
(John
Williams)
Unaccompanied
classical guitar
Repetition
Farandole from
L’Arlésienne, Suite no. 2
Bizet
Phrases and musical
themes are repeated
throughout
Ostinato
Chasing Cars
(Snow Patrol)
Instrumental ostinato
from start of song
Riff
Walk This Way
Steven Tyler
and Joe Perry
(Aerosmith)
Opening electric guitar
riff
Round
Frère Jacques
Traditional
19
Unit 15 National 3 TIMBRE/DYNAMICS concepts
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Time code
Striking/hitting
Timpani Concerto
William Kraft
Blowing
Fanfare for the Common
Man
Copland
Bowing
Octet for Strings in E flat
major, op. 20
Mendelssohn
For 4 violins, 2
violas and 2
cellos
Strumming
Wonderwall
(Oasis)
Strummed
guitar intro and
throughout
song
Plucking
Dueling Banjos
Arthur Smith
Acoustic guitar
and banjo
Accordion
New Rigged Ship
Traditional
Fiddle
The Wedding Day Jig
Traditional Irish
Bagpipes
Muir of Ord
Traditional
Acoustic guitar
Angie
Bert Jansch
Electric guitar
Arpeggios from Hell
Yngwie Malmsteen
Piano
Minute Waltz, op. 64, no.
1
Chopin
Organ
Toccata and Fugue in D
minor, BWV 565
J. S. Bach
Drum kit
Silver
Joolz Gianni
Steel band
‘Hotel California’
Steel Band Cuba
Scottish dance
band
Bloxham Polka
(The Barn Dance
Band)
Folk group
The Raggle Taggle Gipsy
Traditional Arany
Zoltan (The Corrs and
The Chieftans)
Voice
North Star
Philip Glass
Choir
Requiem, K 626
Mozart
20
Concept
Piece title
Composer
(Performer)
Staccato
Overture to William Tell
Rossini
Legato
Dreaming, from Scenes
from Childhood
Schumann
Orchestra
(strings, brass,
woodwind,
percussion)
Night on Bald Mountain
Mussorgsky
Time code
21

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