Unit 8
 
Phrase Structures

Step 1

  • Use the following resources; Take notes as needed

1.  Phrases and Cadences

2.  Melody and Phrase

3.  Everything You Wanted to Know About Phrases

4.  Handel Hornpipe from Water Music Contrasting Period

5.  Copland Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring Parallele Period

6.  Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 Double Period

7.  Lord of the Rings Leitmotivs

 

Step 2

  • Use Music Land to answer the following questions

  1. Is the antecedent phrase symmetrical or asymmetrical to the consequent phrase? Symmetrical

  2. Is the antecedent phrase similar or contrasting to the consequent phrase? Similar

 

Step 3

  1. Is the antecedent phrase symmetrical or asymmetrical to the consequent phrase? Symmetrical

  2. Is the antecedent phrase similar or contrasting to the consequent phrase? Contrasting

  3. What kind of cadence is represented at the end of the antecedent phrase? Half Cadence

  4. What kind of cadence is represented at the end of the consequent phrase? Authentic Cadence

 

 

Finale Project/Summative Assessment

Step 1

  • Compose an antecedent and consequent phrase that is

1.  Parallel or Contrasting

2.  Symmetrical or Asymmetrical

 

Step 2

  • Label the following in your composition

  1. Antecedent and consequent phrases

  2. Parallel or contrasting

  3. Symmetrical or asymmetrical

 

Step 3

  • Provide a screen shot and an audio file 

 

OR

 

Alternative Assessment Options

Demonstrate the following concepts through an authentic artifact of your own creation (visual, creative writing, video, interpretive dance, etc.)

  • Antecedent and Consequent Phrases

  • Parallel and Contrasting Phrases

  • Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Phrases

 

 

 

Textures

Step 1

  • Use the following resources; Take notes as needed

  1. Textures Defined

  2. Texture Examples

  3. Dave's Videos

  4. Monophonic

  5. Homophonic

  6. Polyphonic

  7. Types of Contrapuntal Movement

  8. Texture Aural Recognition

  9. Texture Images

 

Step 2

  • Provide a brief summary explaining

  1. The definition of musical texture. Musical texture is how much is going on at the same time... either with instrumentation, or the relationships between melody and harmony.

  2. The differences between types of musical textures. There are lots and lots... Monophonic has one melodic line with no traces of harmony or counterpoint, and it has little rhythmic accompaniment. Homophonic has one clear melody line that has no chord accompaniment, and there's also the same rhythm as the melody. Polyphonic has more than one independent melody played at the same time, and the last, Heterophony, has one melody, but has variations playing at the same time, with different rhythms being played at the same time as well.  

  3. Texture clues by sight. You'd identify a monophonic piece by the one layer of melodic line. Homophonic would be seen as a melodic line with chords, a Polyphonic has has more than one melodic line happening at the same time, and a Heterophonic piece just looks like polyphony on steroids. 

  4. Texture clues by sound. One would hear monophonic by the one layer of sound with no background accompaniment, Homophonic would have one clear melody with chords in the background, Polyphonic would be identified by multiple independent melodies playing at the same time. 

 
 
Finale Project/Summative Assessment

Step 1

  • Compose brief examples of the following textures:

  1. Monophonic

  2. Homophonic

  3. Polyphonic

 

Step 2

  • Label each of your textures 

 

Step 3

  • Provide a screen shot and an audio file 

 

OR

 

Alternative Assessment Options

Demonstrate the following concepts through an authentic artifact of your own creation(visual, creative writing, video, etc.)

  • Monophonic Texture

  • Homophonic Texture

  • Polyphonic Texture

 

 

Song Forms

Step 1

  • Explore these resources; Take notes as needed

1.  Musical Form

2.  Form and Genre

3.  Dave's Videos

4.  Form in Pop/Rock Music

 

Step 2

  • Use Alfred Essentials of Music Theory on the Web Volume 3 to hone your knowledge and skills

  • Unit 18

  1. Musical Forms-Motives and Phrase

  2. AB (Binary) Form

  3. ABA (Ternary) Form

  4. Rondo Form

  5. Ear training

  6. Review

 

Step 3

  • Post a screen shot of your review results

 

Step 4

  • Would you describe the form of America as being binary or ternary?  Explain your answer. I think that it's binary, because it's in an AB form... a repeated A would be a rounded binary... 

  • Would you describe the form of Swing Low Sweet Chariot as being binary or ternary?  Explain your answer. This would be ternary because it goes A-B-A and the A ends really slowly and nicely. 

 

Step 5

  • Use the 3rd Movement Autumn from Vivaldi's Four Seasons to provide the Letter Code(ABCDE, etc.) that symbolizes the form 

Hint:  The 'A' theme can be seen in the first 13 measures of this Excerpt

 

ABACADAEAFAG

 

Step 6

  • Use Little Fugue in G by J.S. Bach to provide the # of times the subject is heard in it's main form

Hint:  See fugue subject in this Excerpt

 

I counted 9 :)

 

 

Bach in the comments: "are you serious"