JLCP Music

Final Exam Review

2012-01-05T07:22:00.002-05:00

Notes needed for the final exam:
Instrument families (string, woodwind, brass & percussion)
Instrument ensembles
Music theory (2 sets of notes)
Baroque Era (Bach, Handel & Vivaldi)
Classical Era (Mozart, Beethoven & Haydn)
Romantic Era

Final Exam 1st Semester 2011-2012

2012-01-03T10:19:00.002-05:00

Final Exam dates:
A-day: January 9, 2012
B-day: January 10, 2012

The dates might be moved back but they will not be moved up.

Baroque Era Quiz

2011-11-29T12:40:00.002-05:00

The Baroque Era Quiz will be December 1st (A-day) and December 2nd (B-day).

Study your notes from: the Baroque Era, Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. If you are missing the notes you can find them on the blog. Scroll down until you see Notes on the right side and then click Baroque Era.

Curriculum Paper 2011-2012

2011-08-19T12:46:00.001-04:00

Music Beckstrom Curriculum Paper

Virtual Choir "Lux Aurumque"

2011-05-25T07:13:00.001-04:00

Virtual Choir 2.0

2011-05-25T07:11:00.001-04:00

Composers - Romantic Era

2011-05-16T09:35:00.002-04:00

The birth countries for the Romantic Era composers were left off of the keynote.

Here they are:

Schubert - Germany
Schumann - Germany
Rossini - Italy
Verdi - Italy
Puccini - Italy
Tchaikovsky - Russia
Brahms - Germany
Liszt - Hungary
Hensel - Germany
Mendelssohn - Germany
Berlioz - France

Final Exam - A day 5/18 & B day 5/19

2011-05-13T13:00:00.002-04:00

The final exam will take place on Wednesday May 18th for A day and Thursday May 19th for B day.

Topics to study include:
Instrument families
Instrument ensembles
Music Theory
Music History and Composers
Baroque
Classical
Romantic

All of the notes from the entire semester are posted on this blog.

Anything we covered in class this semester is fair game for the Final Exam!!!

Romantic Era Keynote Part 2

2011-05-13T12:55:00.002-04:00

There is a mistake in the slide show. Hector Berlioz lived from 1803-1869.

Romantic Era Keynote Part 1

2011-05-13T12:53:00.000-04:00

Classical Era Quiz

2011-05-09T20:31:00.002-04:00

The Classical Era quiz will be on 5/12 for A day and 5/13 for B day. You will need your notes on the Classical Era, Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn.

You can click here to see the Classical Era posts.

Beethoven keynote without video or music clips

2011-05-09T20:28:00.002-04:00

The information in this keynote is the same as the keynote used in class.

Mozart Keynote

2011-05-05T22:29:00.002-04:00

Classical Era Keynote

2011-05-05T22:28:00.000-04:00

Baroque Era Quiz

2011-05-02T07:14:00.002-04:00

There will be a quiz on the Baroque Era on 5/4 for A day and 5/5 for B day. Make sure you have your notes for the Baroque Era, Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. If you are missing any notes you can scroll down and click on Baroque Era under notes on the left side of the blog. That link will pull up all of the Baroque Era information.

Baroque Era Keynote

2011-04-29T12:59:00.001-04:00

Johann Sebastian Bach Keynote

2011-04-27T15:53:00.000-04:00

Renaissance Music History Keynote

2011-04-27T14:59:00.000-04:00

Ancient and Medieval Keynote

2011-04-27T14:58:00.001-04:00

Renaissance Music History Keynote

2011-04-27T11:34:00.002-04:00

Below is a link to the Renaissance Music History Keynote used in class.

Click here. You can either click on the link to open the video in your browser or right click and save the video. The video is in a MOV format and should open in Quicktime.

Ancient and Medieval Keynote

2011-04-27T11:30:00.003-04:00

Here is a link to keynote used for Ancient and Medieval music.

Click here. You can either click the link to open it in your browser or you can right click and save it. The video is a MOV file and will open in Quicktime.

Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives

2011-04-15T07:24:00.002-04:00

Here is a link to the website that accompanies the music text book, Music! It's Role and Importance in Our Lives

There are some interesting links and activities on the site. There are also eFlashcards!

Violinist

2011-02-09T14:17:00.001-05:00

This is a link to one of the violinists from the video.
http://www.tamaki-kawakubo.com/

Baroque Era Quiz

2010-04-19T12:10:00.002-04:00

There will be a quiz on the Baroque Era on Thursday 2/22 and Friday 2/23.

How to make a junk guitar

2010-03-20T17:52:00.001-04:00

Dancing Babies

2010-03-20T17:46:00.000-04:00

Blues in the Schools

2010-03-15T14:40:00.001-04:00

Griot

Mississippi John Hurt

Mississippi John Hurt another site

Ensemble Assignment 3/16-3/17

2010-03-15T13:56:00.004-04:00

Do research and take notes on Musical Ensembles. Use only the links listed below.
You must answer the following questions in your notes. (These questions are only a guideline. Your notes should cover more.)
1. What is an ensemble?
2. What are names for the different size ensembles from one to ten?
3. What is chamber music?
4. What instruments are used in the orchestra?
5. What instruments are used in concert bands?
6. What instruments are used in steel drum bands?
7. What is a Gamelan?
8. What instruments are used in the Gamelan?
9. What are some examples of Jazz ensembles? (instrument combinations used)
10. What are some examples of Rock/Pop ensembles? (instrument combinations used)

(No, you don't have to copy the questions.)

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_ensemble

http://library.thinkquest.org/27110/homepage.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steelpan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_band

http://cnx.org/content/m11897/latest/

I don't normally recommend Wikipedia as a source for research but this is just basic research and these articles looked pretty good to me.

Percussion Family Assignment

2010-02-24T07:34:00.005-05:00

You will work on this assignment after you have completed the K and W columns of your KWL chart.
You are going to read and take notes about the Percussion family from the internet instead of the reading packet.

1. Read this article http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/451167/percussion-instrument

2. Write down important facts about the percussion family. Be sure to include how instruments in the percussion family produce a sound.

3. Make a list of at least 30 percussion instruments from around the world.

4. Write down the names of 5 pieces of orchestral music that utilize percussion instruments. Name the percussion instruments used in those pieces of music.

You may also use the following websites.

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/

http://www.playmusic.org/stage.html

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/instrumentlist.aspx?

http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/orchestra.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/11315/instrum.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0419

http://classicsforkids.com/music/

http://www.playmusic.org/stage.html

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/PercussionInstruments.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/instruments/percussion.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/percussion.htm

Homework for 2/9

2010-02-09T10:06:00.002-05:00

Class 4B - Don't forget to complete your KWL chart for Woodwind instruments. Remember, you only have to do the K and W columns.

All classes - Listen for string and woodwind instruments in the music you hear.

February 16 - Band canceled

2010-02-01T16:40:00.001-05:00

Band practice for February 16 has been canceled.

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After School Band

2009-10-06T18:26:00.001-04:00

After school band will start on October 27, 2009.
Let Mr. Beckstrom know if you have any questions.

Final Exam 5/29/09

2009-05-18T14:00:00.000-04:00

Final Exam 5/29
Questions will be taken from the following notes:
String Family
Woodwind Family
Brass Family
Percussion Family
Ensembles
Theory (Letters and Rhythms)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georg Frideric Handel
Antonio Vivaldi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms*
Felix Mendelssohn*
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel*
Franz Liszt*
Louis Hector Berlioz*
Gioacchino Rossini*

* These composers will be covered next week. If you are absent you can find all of the notes on my blog.

Canceled Band Practice

2009-03-19T11:20:00.002-04:00

Band Practice on March 24th has been canceled due to the dance.

Exam!!!

2009-03-06T16:16:00.002-05:00

The nine-weeks exam will take place on Friday the 13th!! It will cover the instrument families and ensembles. Remember to bring a #2 pencil.

Mr. Beckstrom's Music Calendar is now located at the bottom of the blog or you can click here.

Quiz on the Instrument Families

2009-02-20T15:30:00.002-05:00

There will be a quiz next week on the instrument families. Be sure you are studying your notes on the String, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Families.

Upcoming Vocabulary Quiz

2009-02-12T13:12:00.001-05:00

There will be a vocabulary quiz some time next week.

Make sure you know the vocabulary words from the string, woodwind and brass families.
Pizzicato
Double stop
Glissando
Plectrum
Vibration
Sympathetic strings
Conical
Cylindrical
Valves
Trills
Hand stop
Multiphonics

You will need to define each word and use each word in a sentence.

Music Quotes

2009-02-10T17:13:00.002-05:00

"Man, if you have to ask, you'll never know."

~~Louis Armstrong, when asked what Jazz is.~~

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

~~Frederich Nietzsche~~

Who was Nietzsche? Five points extra credit to the first student from each class who correctly answers that question. (You only get one try, so make sure you do your research before you answer.)

Instrument Families - Homework

2009-02-10T17:12:00.001-05:00

Remember to try to figure out which instruments are playing as you listen to music in your daily life.

Song Lyric Assignment

2009-01-23T14:21:00.002-05:00

Here's today's assignment and this weekend's homework.
Think of your favorite song
Write down all of the lyrics you can remember from that song. (Leave out the profanity)
Write one paragraph telling what the song is about.
Write one paragraph explaining why you like the song.
Standard: MU. E. 2.3.2

Remember to include your FRIES.
Facts
Reasons
Incidents
Examples
Statistics/Sensory Details

New Semester!!

2009-01-16T15:20:00.003-05:00

The new nine-weeks and the new semester start on Tuesday, January 20th. Welcome to all of my new students. We will learn a lot this semester and we will have a lot of fun. Be sure to check my calendar to see what we are working on each day.

Calendar

2009-01-07T08:16:00.005-05:00

This calendar will contain important information pertaining to music appreciation class and after school band. I will also post other school and music related items on this calendar, such as the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra calendar.

Final Exam

2008-12-18T10:19:00.002-05:00

The Final Exam will be on January 7, 2009. It will cover all of the topics we have covered this semester (since the beginning the school year). Make sure you study all of your notes.

We will review on January 5th and 6th.

Classical Era Quiz

2008-12-03T10:15:00.002-05:00

There will be a quiz on Friday (12/5/08) covering Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn. The notes can be found if you click on Classical Era under the Notes heading. Friday is also progress report day.

Counting and Clapping....

2008-11-06T14:02:00.001-05:00

We have begun learning out to count and clap rhythms so the students should practice counting and clapping the rhythms on their theory worksheets.

(Start with the worksheet entitled Rhythm Worksheet.)

Letter Quiz

2008-10-27T09:28:00.002-04:00

There will be a quiz on the letters on Tuesday, October 28th.
Notes will not be permitted during this quiz.

Salsa Rhythms and Instruments

2008-10-21T13:19:00.006-04:00

Here's a cool link where you can learn about the rhythms used in Salsa music.

Salsa Rhythms and Instruments

Nine-Weeks Exam!!!

2008-10-10T08:27:00.002-04:00

Woo Hoo, the end of the quarter is approaching quickly.
The Nine-Weeks exam will be on Wednesday, October 15th.
The exam will cover the instrument families and the instrument ensembles.

Music Theory will not appear on this exam. I'll get you on the next one!!

Quiz on the Instrument Families

2008-09-29T14:02:00.002-04:00

There will be a quiz on the instrument families on Wednesday, October 1st. The students will be allowed to use their notes on this test.

Oh yeah, some of the grades on the Vocabulary quiz weren't where they should be. We are going to go over that quiz on Tuesday, September 30th.

Vocabulary Quiz

2008-09-19T08:10:00.006-04:00

There will be a vocabulary quiz next Tuesday, September 23rd.

Make sure you know the vocabulary words from the string, woodwind and brass families.
Pizzicato
Double stop
Glissando
Plectrum
Vibration
Sympathetic strings
Conical
Cylindrical
Valves
Trills
Hand stop
Multiphonics

You will need to define each word and use each word in a sentence.

Cool quote

2008-09-17T14:20:00.000-04:00

'The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. ' - - Albert Einstein

Curriculum Paper for 2008-2009

2008-08-27T13:52:00.000-04:00

Beckstrom Curriculum Paper - Upload a Document to Scribd

Italian Music Terms

2008-05-21T12:28:00.004-04:00

Italian Terms – Tempo

Tempo – indicates how fast music should be performed (speed)

Italian Terms - Dynamics

Dynamics – indicate how loud music should be performed (volume)

Film Composers Jerry Goldsmith

2008-05-14T12:05:00.002-04:00

Film Composers

Jerry Goldsmith (1929 – 2004)

He was born in Los Angeles, California.

He learned to play the piano at the age of six.

At the age of fourteen, he studied composition, theory and counterpoint with teachers Jacob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He attended the University of Southern California and studied with the famous composer Miklós Rózsa. Rózsa inspired him to become a movie composer.

In 1950, Goldsmith found work at CBS as a clerk in the network's music department.
Goldsmith provided tailor-made scores for many different genres; including war films (The Blue Max), film noir (L.A. Confidential), action movies (Rambo: First Blood), erotic thrillers (Basic Instinct), sports pictures (Rudy), westerns (Breakheart Pass), comic book adaptations (Supergirl), and science fiction (Total Recall and five Star Trek films). His ability to write terrifying music won him his only Academy Award for his violent choral/orchestral score for The Omen. He also was awarded with Emmys for television scores like the Holocaust drama QB VII, and the epic Masada, as well as the theme from Star Trek: Voyager.

Due to his wide grasp of different musical techniques, Goldsmith's scores were never as quickly identifiable as those of composers with different abilities. While his work could be as light-hearted as the main title of Dennis the Menace, it also included QB VII's "Kaddish for the Six Million", a choral work honoring the victims of the Holocaust.

He enjoyed using strange instruments, ethnic instruments, and ethnic music.

He wrote: film, radio, and television music
The Omen
The Secret of N.I.M.H
Poltergeist
Gremlins
Hoosiers
Alien
First Knight
Small Soldiers
The 13th Warrior
Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Film Composers Hans Zimmer

2008-05-09T07:21:00.001-04:00

Film Composers

Hans Zimmer (born 1957)

Born in Frankfurt, Germany

He plays piano, keyboard and guitar.

He played keyboard and synthesizer with the bands Helden and The Buggles. The Buggles recorded the song Video Killed the Radio Star.

He began working on movie scores in the 1980’s. His first big movie was Rain Man in 1988. The score of Rain Man was nominated for an Academy Award.

In 1995, he received an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the animated movie The Lion King.

“His scores are broadly thematic, ethnically diverse, and immensely popular with a younger generation of film music fans.”

His score for the movie Gladiator is one of the best selling film score albums of all time.

He also works with other composers on music for movies.

He has written: television music
film music:

Days of Thunder
The Lion King
A League of Their Own
The Prince of Egypt
Mission: Impossible 2
Black Hawk Down
The DaVinci Code
The Simpsons Movie
Pearl Harbor
Hannibal
The Ring
Shark Tale
Gladiator (with Lisa Gerrard)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (with, and credited to Klaus Badelt) He also wrote the music for the other Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
The Rock (with Nick Glennie-Smith and Harry Gregson-Williams)
Madagascar (with Heitor Pereira, James Dooley)
Batman Begins (with James Newton Howard)
Kung Fu Panda (with John Powell)

Film Composers John Williams

2008-05-08T10:24:00.000-04:00

Film Composers

John Williams (born 1932)

He was born in Floral Park, New York.

In 1952 he was drafted into the Air Force. While in the Air Force part of his duties included conducting and arranging music for the Air Force Band.

In 1954 he entered the Julliard School in New York. He also worked as a jazz pianist in many clubs and studios in New York.

His music can be considered neoromanticism. He is inspired by the large orchestral works of the late 19th century, especially the works of Richard Wagner and the concept of the leitmotif. A leitmotif in music is a musical idea that is linked to a particular character, situation or element.

Williams is best known for composing music for movies. He has been nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) 45 times and has won 5 times. The only person that has had more Academy Award nomination is Walt Disney.

He has also composed the theme music for four of the Olympic Games.

For many years he was the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

He wrote: Film Music
Olympic Music
NBC Nightly News theme music

Academy Awards winners:

Fiddler on the Roof (1971) (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)
Jaws (1975) (Original Score)
Star Wars (1977) (Original Score)
E.T. (1982) (Original Score)
Schindler's List (1993) (Original Score)

Other Movies:
Jaws
Star Wars (All movies)
Harry Potter (the first 3)
Indiana Jones (All movies)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Jurassic Park
Home Alone
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Superman

20th Century Frederick Delius

2008-04-21T13:05:00.000-04:00

20th Century

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Born in England

His parents were from Germany but they had immigrated to England.

He was expected to become a businessman like his father.

He went to Florida in 1884 to manage an orange grove. While in Florida, the music of the black workers influenced him greatly.

He studied with the American organist Thomas F. Ward in Jacksonville.

Later in life Delius was stricken with paralysis and blindness so a young musician transcribed his music for him.

He wrote: Orchestral music

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Sea Drift
In a Summer Garden
Marche-Caprice

20th Century Carl Orff

2008-04-21T13:01:00.000-04:00

20th Century

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Born in Germany

He was very interested in music education

He founded a school in 1924.

He used percussion instruments in his teaching. These instruments included xylophones and metalaphones. These instruments are now called ”Orff Instruments” and are used in many elementary schools in the United States.

He wrote: Operas
Orchestral music
Cantatas

His most famous piece of music is called Carmina Burana and was written in 1937.

Impressionism & 20th Century Claude Debussy

2008-04-11T11:47:00.001-04:00

Impressionism and 20th Century

Impressionism – gives the sense or feeling of something (in nature or life) through music or art

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

He studied the piano and music composition at the Paris Conservatory. He was a very good pianist.

Wrote: Operas
Chamber music
Orchestral music
Songs
Piano music
Solo instrumental music

Clair de Lune (piano)
The Afternoon of a faun (orchestra)
Syrinx (flute)

Debussy was one of the only Impressionistic composers.

20th Century Igor Stravinsky

2008-04-11T11:46:00.001-04:00

20th Century

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Born in Oranienbaum, Russia

His father was a bass singer at the Imperial Opera.

He was taught piano but his parents didn’t want him to be a musician. He went to the University of St. Petersburg to study law but he also continued his musical studies.

In 1913 a production of one of his ballets, The Rite of Spring, caused a riot because the music was so different from everything written before. The music from this ballet was later used in the Disney film Fantasia. It was used in the section with the dinosaurs.

In 1939 he came to the United States to deliver some lectures at Harvard University. He liked the United States so much that he decided to live in California and he became an American citizen in 1945.

He wrote: Ballet music
Film music
Chamber music
Operas
Church music
The Firebird
Petrouchka
The Rite of Spring
The Soldier’s Tale

20th Century Aaron Copland

2008-04-11T11:44:00.000-04:00

20th Century

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Born in New York, New York in Brooklyn

His parents were Lithuanian immigrants.

When he was 21 he traveled to Paris, France to study with the famous music teacher Nadia Boulanger. He was her first full-time American student.

Some of his music incorporates elements from jazz. He also wrote pieces of music that were like classical music.

Many of his pieces of music are patriotic in nature and have ideas from American culture.

He wrote: Orchestral music
Songs
Piano Music
Film Music

Billy the Kid – ballet
Lincoln Portrait
Fanfare for the Common Man
El Salón México
Appalachian Spring - ballet

20th Century Leonard Bernstein

2008-04-11T10:38:00.003-04:00

20th Century

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
His father didn’t want him to become a musician but still took him to orchestra concerts and allowed him to take piano lessons.

He studied at Harvard University and the Curtis Institute of Music. He was the only student ever to get an A in the conducting class taught by Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Bernstein was well known as a conductor, composer, author, music lecturer, pianist, educator and for many years he was the music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

He conducted a series of concerts for television from 1958 to 1972. These concerts were called Young People’s Concerts. They were not only concerts but were also educational programs.

He wrote:
three symphonies
two operas
five musicals
church music
vocal music
solo instrumental music
chamber music
piano music

Fancy Free (ballet), 1944
Candide (operetta), 1956
West Side Story (musical), 1957
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble, 1949
On the Waterfront (film score), 1954

Instrument Ensembles

2008-01-09T12:29:00.000-05:00

Ensembles

Ensembles – groups of instruments

One – solo
Two – duet
Three – trio
Four – quartet
Five – quintet
Six – sextet
Seven – septet
Eight – octet
Nine – nonet
Ten – dectet

Chamber Ensembles

Trios
Piano trio – violin, cello, and piano
Woodwind trio – flute, oboe, and clarinet

Quartets
String quartet – 2 violins, viola, and cello
Saxophone quartet – soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone

Quintets
Woodwind – flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and
French horn
Brass – 2 trumpets, French horn, trombone and tuba

Orchestras

String orchestra – violins, violas, cellos, basses and
sometimes harpsichord

Baroque orchestra – violins, violas, cellos, basses,
harpsichord, oboes, bassoons, natural trumpets
and timpani

Classical orchestra – violins, violas, cellos, basses,
flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, natural trumpets, hand horns, and timpani

19th Century orchestra – violins, violas, cellos, basses,
harp, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, French horns, trombones, tuba, and percussion

20th Century orchestra – violins, violas, cellos, basses,
harp, flutes, piccolo, clarinets, bass clarinet, oboes, English horn, bassoons, contrabassoon, trumpets, French horns, trombones, tuba, and percussion

Other ensembles –

Marching Bands – flutes, clarinets, saxophones,
trumpets, cornets, French horns, euphoniums, trombones, tubas (sousaphones), percussion

Concert Bands – flutes, oboes, clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoons, saxophones, trumpets, cornets, French horns, euphoniums, trombones, tubas, and percussion

Wind Ensembles – same as a concert band with only
one player on each part

Gamelans – traditional groups from Bali and Java

Steel drum bands – from the Caribbean islands

Jazz Bands – Dixieland, “Big Band”, small band, and
Jazz-Rock fusion

Rock Bands – traditional rock, heavy metal, soft-rock,
and pop bands

Music Theory Page 2

2008-01-08T16:10:00.000-05:00

Music Theory Page 1

2008-01-08T16:03:00.000-05:00

Percussion Family

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Percussion Instruments

Snare drum*
Bass drum*
Cymbals*
Timpani*
Tabla
Maracas
Gong
Triangle
Systrum
Slapstick
Naqara
Side Drum
Castanet
Wood Blocks
Sand Blocks
Bells
Chimes
Glockenspiel
Tambourine
Waisted Drum
Tom-tom

Piano

Xylophone
The instruments with the * are used in the orchestra the most often.
____________________________________________________________
Percussion Family

The sound is produced by hitting the instrument.

Small = High sound Tight = High sound
Large = Low sound Loose = Low sound

Not all percussion instruments are drums. All drums are percussion instruments.

Drums have at least one drum head. The drum head is the part of the drum the player hits.
The percussion instrument that uses strings to make a sound is the piano

Kettledrums have one drumhead and the other side of the drum is solid.
The other types of drums have either one drumhead and an open bottom or both the top and bottom have a drumhead.

Woodwind Family

2008-01-08T14:55:00.000-05:00

Woodwind Instruments

Flute*
Clarinet*
Oboe*
Bassoon*
Piccolo
Saxophone
Chalameau
Recorder
Pan Pipes
Double Bassoon
English Horn
Racket
Zurna
Fife
Fipple Flute
Bass Clarinet
Curtal
Bagpipes

The instruments with the * are used in the orchestra the most often.
____________________________________________________________
Woodwind Family

The sound is produced by:
1. the air vibrating
2. the reed or reeds vibrating

Short + narrow bore = High sound

Long + wide bore = Low sound

Bore = diameter = distance across a circle or tube.

Not all woodwind instruments are made out of wood.
Some woodwind instruments use a reed or reeds to make a sound.

Multiphonics - playing more than one note at the same time
Trills - changing back and forth between two notes rapidly

Brass Family

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Brass Instruments

Trumpet*
French Horn*
Trombone*
Tuba*
cornet
Bugle
Flugel Horn
Baritone
Conch Shell
Euphonium
Shofar
German straight trumpet
Egyptian Trumpet
Hunting Horn
Sousaphone
Sackbut

The instruments with the * are used in the orchestra the most often.
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Brass Family

The sound is produced by the player’s lips vibrating.

Short + narrow bore = High sound

Long + wide bore = Low sound

Bore = diameter = distance across a circle or tube.

Not all brass instruments are made out of brass.
Brass instruments use different size mouthpieces.
“Natural” instruments do not have valves.
Valves are used to change the length of the instrument.

Hand stop - when the player places their hand far enough into the bell of the instrument that the sound is dramatically changed

String Family

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String Instruments

Violin*
Viola*
Cello*
Bass*
Rebab
Rebec
Lira da braccio
Harp
Guitar
Banjo
Harpsichord
Virginal
Spinet
Ukulele
Mandolin
'Ud
Lute
Viol
Saùng-gauk

The instruments with the * are used in the orchestra the most often.
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String Family
The sound is produced in string instruments by the string or strings vibrating.

Short, thin, + tight strings = high sound

Long, thick, + loose strings = low sound

Strings can be bowed, plucked or strummed.

Strings instruments are normally made out of wood because wood vibrates well.

Pizzicato - plucking the strings
Double stop - playing two or more strings at the same time
Glissando - sliding between notes
Plectrum - something used to pluck the strings

Romantic Era (1820-1920) Johannes Brahms

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Romantic Era (1820-1920)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Born in Hamburg, Germany

He played the piano

When he was young, he played piano in a dance hall to help support his family.

He was very interested in Hungarian gypsy music.

Wrote: Songs
Chamber music
Symphonies

Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Hungarian Dance No. 1
Hungarian Dance No. 2

Romantic Era (1820-1920) Franz Liszt

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Romantic Era (1820-1920)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Born in Ödenberg, Hungary

He started playing piano when he was very young.

His father worked for the Esterházy family.

He became a very famous piano player. He was one of the greatest piano players of all time.

He gave very exciting concerts. At his concerts, he was a “show off.”

He was the first piano player to memorize his music for concerts.

Wrote: Piano music
Orchestral music
Songs

Les Preludes (orchestra)
Funerales (piano)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat (piano and orchestra)

Romantic Era (1820-1920) Felix Mendelssohn

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Romantic Era (1820 – 1920)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

Born in Hamburg, Germany

He was the younger brother of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel.

He played the piano. He began giving piano concerts at the age of 10.

He started composing at the age of 12.

Mendelssohn really respected the work of Johann Sebastian Bach and in 1829 he organized a performance of Bach’s music including the choral work St. Matthew Passion. Before Mendelssohn Bach’s works were not performed very often.

Wrote: Orchestra music
Concertos
Chamber music
Theater music
Choral music
Songs

Violin Concerto in E Minor
A Midsummer’s Night Dream Suite (Wedding March)
Song without Words (Tarantella)

Romantic Era (1820-1920) Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

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Romantic Era (1820 – 1920)

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805 – 1847)

Born in Hamburg, Germany

She was the older sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn.

She practiced very hard to become a great pianist.

Her family did not think that women should perform in public so she only performed in one concert.

Some of her early pieces of music were published under her brother’s name. It was common at this time for women to publish their music under a man’s name.

Her brother would bring his compositions to her and get her suggestions for ways to improve them.

Wrote: over 400 pieces of music
Piano pieces
Songs
Overtures
Choral pieces
Oratorios
Cantatas
Dramatic scenes

Abschied von Rom “Farewell to Rome”

Romantic Era (1820-1920) Louis Hector Berlioz

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Romantic Era (1820-1920)

Louis Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Born in La Côte-St. André, France

His father was a doctor.

He learned flute and guitar when he was young.

When he was 18, he went to medical school in Paris. He did not like medical school so he started music school.

His father did not want him to study music so he quit sending his son money.

Berlioz worked as a chorus singer and taught flute and guitar lessons to support himself.

He wrote a lot of music but he is most famous for his Symphonie fantastique.

Symphonie fantastique: Episode de la vie d’un artiste
(Fantastic symphony: Episode in an artist’s life)

The piece of music tells the story of a young man in love and what happens to him in real life and in his dreams.

Romantic Era (1820-1920) Gioacchino Rossini

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Romantic Era (1820-1920)

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

Born in Pesaro, Italy

He was born on February 29, 1792.

His father was a trumpet player and his mother was an opera singer.

His father taught him how to play a musical instrument, probably French horn.

He went to music school when he was only 12 years old.

He became a famous opera composer.

Opera – a play with no talking only singing
Overture – an introduction to the opera before the singing starts

Wrote: operas

William Tell Overture (Lone Ranger theme)
The Barber of Seville - Overture
La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
The Barber of Seville – Una voce poco fa

Classical Era (1750-1850) L. van Beethoven

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Classical Era (1750-1850)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Born in Bonn, Germany

He started composing at the age of 11 or 12.

He played violin and piano.

He was not born deaf. He lost his hearing, as he got older.

Wrote: at least one opera
(Opera – a play with no talking only singing)

Chamber music
(Chamber music – music written for a small group of musicians)

Concertos
(Concerto – piece of music written for a solo instrument with the orchestra)

Nine symphonies
(Symphony – extended piece of music for the orchestra, normally with four movements)

Symphony No. 5

Für Elise

Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy) or (Choral Symphony)

Classical Era (1750-1850) F. J. Haydn

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Classical Era (1750-1850)

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Born in Rohrau, Austria

He started composing as a teenager.

He played the harpsichord, organ, and violin.

He taught himself how to compose music.

On May 1, 1761, Haydn started working for the Esterházy family.
The Esterházy family was a family of nobles.
He started out as an assistant and was responsible for the care of the music and instruments.

Wrote: 104 symphonies
Symphony No. 63 in C Major
Organ Concerto in C Major
Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise Symphony)

Classical Era (1750-1850) W. A. Mozart

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Classical Era (1750-1850)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

(Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilis Mozart)

Born in Salzburg, Austria

He showed musical talent before he was 4 years old.

He started composing before he was 6 years old.

When he was six, he was already famous as a piano/harpsichord performer. He performed in Germany, Austria, France, England, Holland, and Italy.

He had an incredible memory. He could play a piece of music from memory after hearing it only once.

Wrote: 41 symphonies
Many concertos (a piece of music for a solo instrument
With the orchestra)

Many operas (a play with no talking only singing)

The Magic Flute Overture

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A little night music)

Clarinet Concerto Movement II Adagio

Podcast #1

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Here's a podcast about the Baroque Era and the three most important composers of the Baroque Era, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel.

Click above where it says Podcast #1 or right click and select "save target as."

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Baroque Era (1600-1750) Georg Frideric Handel

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Baroque Era (1600-1750)

Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Born Halle, Germany

He traveled all over Europe.

He lived in England for many years. He died in England and he is buried in England.

He worked for Nobles.
(Nobles are people that are related to the royal family)

Wrote: Water Music Suite (performed on the Thames River in London England)

Music of the Royal Fireworks

Messiah (Hallelujah) Oratorio - piece of music for chorus and orchestra that tells a religious story

Baroque Era (1600-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach

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Baroque Era (1600-1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Born in Eisenach, Germany

He played violin, harpsichord, clavichord and organ.

He worked at a church.

He was famous for being a composer.

(A composer is a person that writes music.)

Wrote: Prelude No. 1 (harpsichord)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor (pipe organ)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (orchestra)

Baroque Era (1600-1750) Antonio Vivaldi

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Baroque Era (1600-1750)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Born in Venice, Italy

He worked at an orphanage.

At the orphanage, he taught music and violin.

He was famous for the concertos he wrote.

He wrote over 500 concertos.
Concerto – piece of music written for a solo instrument with the orchestra playing the background music

Wrote: The Seasons (Spring) (4 concertos for violin)

Bassoon Concerto

Flute Concerto

Welcome

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This blog was created by Mr. Beckstrom of Landon Middle School to post information for students taking Music Appreciation.

The first posts will be about Music History and will be posted soon.