Music A-Level Summer CourseName: Things to learn before September…
Notes/Keys Chords & Other Listening
Major Scales Major & Minor TriadsCheck out the INA youtube channel playlist. Prepare to discuss your views on these different artists in harkness AoS2 Pop Music
Beyoncé Stevie Wonder Joni Mitchell Muse Labrinth Daft punk
AoS5 Jazz Music Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Charlie Parker Miles Davis Pat Metheny Gwilym Simcock
AoS1 Western Classical Music Baroque Concerto Mozart Opera Romantic Piano Music
Key Signatures Chords from keys
Circle of Fifths Note/rest values & clefs
Minor Scales Time signatures
Tones & Semi-tones Intervals
What note is a tone above C? ___ What note is a semitone below F? ___
What note is seven semitones above Eb? ___
What note is twelve semitones above F? ___ What note is 3 tones below G? ___
What note is 9 semi-tones above G#? ___
Q
What are the notes in a C major Scale?
What are the notes in an Eb major scale?
What are the notes in an F# major scale?
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Q
Fill in the missing key signatures:
C major Eb major F# major
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Memorise the circle of fifths!Q
What are the notes in an A minor Scale?
What are the notes in an C minor scale?
What are the notes in an Eb minor scale?
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Memorise the circle of fifths (minor)!Q
How many beats in a semi-breve? ___ How many beats in a minim? ___
How many beats in a crotchet? ___
How many beats in a quaver? ___ How many beats in a semi-quaver? ___
How many beats in a dotted crotchet? ___
Q
Notes on the Stave: Treble Clef (G clef)
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Notes on the Stave: Bass Clef (F clef)
What are the three notes in a C major triad?
What are the three notes in an Eb major triad?
What are the three notes in an F# minor triad?
What are the three notes in an A minor triad?
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Fill in the blank A-major chord chartQ
Intervals - the distance between 2 pitchesMajor Scale intervals - C major (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C) Other intervals (CHROMATIC)
Major 2nd
(2 ST)Major 3rd
(4 ST)Perfect Fourth(5 ST)
Perfect Fifth(7 ST)Major 6th
(9 ST)Major 7th
(11 ST)Perfect Octave(12 ST)
Minor 2nd
(1 ST)Minor 3rd
(3 ST)Augmente
d 4th/Tritone(6 ST)
Augmented Fifth
(8 ST)Minor
7th(10 ST)
1.ST - Minor 2nd 2.ST - Major 2nd 3.ST - Minor 3rd 4.ST - Major 3rd 5.ST - Perfect 4th 6.ST - Tritone
7.ST - Perfect 5th 8.ST - Aug 5th 9.ST - Major 6th 10.ST - Minor 7th 11.ST - Major 7th 12.ST - Perfect Oc
Intervals - the distance between 2 pitchesWhat note is a major 2nd above D? ___
What note is a perfect 4th above Bb? ___ What note is a perfect 5th above F? ___
What note is a minor 2nd above D? ___ What note is an augmented 4th above G? ___
What note is an augmented 5th below D#? ___
Q
1.ST - Minor 2nd 2.ST - Major 2nd 3.ST - Minor 3rd 4.ST - Major 3rd
5.ST - Perfect 4th 6.ST - Tritone 7.ST - Perfect 5th 8.ST - Aug 5th
9.ST - Major 6th 10.ST - Minor 7th 11.ST - Major 7th 12.ST - Perfect Oc
What does the time signature 3/2 mean?
What does the time signature 5/4 mean?
What does the time signature 9/8 mean?
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AoS 1 Western Classical Tradition (Appraising Music)STRAND A
Baroque: The Solo Concerto
Sonata for trumpet and strings in D major Z.850 (complete)
Flute concerto in D Il Gardellino op.10 no.3 RV428 (complete)
Violin concerto in A minor BWV1041 (complete)
STRAND B
Classical: The Operas of Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro k.492: Act 1,
Overture
No.1 Duettino (Figaro and Susanna, including following recitative)
No. 3 Cavatina (Figaro, including the previous recitative)
No. 4 Aria (Bartolo)
No. 5 Duettino (Susanna and Marcellina)
No.6 Aria (Cherubino)
No. 7 Terzetto (Susanna, Basilio, Count)
No. 9 Aria (Figaro)
STRAND C
Romantic: The piano music of Chopin,
Brahms and Grieg
Chopin: Ballade no.2 in F major op.38
Chopin: Nocturne in Eminor op.72 no.1
Brahms: Intermezzo in A major op.118. no.2
Brahms: Ballade in G minor op. 118 no.3
Grieg: Norwegian march op.54 no.2
Grieg: Notturno op.54 no.4
TASK:Watch the full opera here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy-DTtJ5q-A&t=1s
AoS 2 Popular Music (Appraising Music)Stevie
Wonder‘For Once in my
Life’‘Signed Sealed
Delivered’ ‘Superstition’ ‘You Are the Sunshine of my Life’ ‘Sir Duke’ Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your
favourite one
Joni Mitchell ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ ‘River’ ‘Carey' ‘A Case of You’ ‘Help Me’ Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
Muse ‘Stockholm Syndrome'
‘Supermassive Black Hole’ ‘Uprising' ‘Supremacy’ Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your
favourite one
Daft Punk ‘Around the World’ ‘One More Time’ ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ ‘Get Lucky’ Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your
favourite one
Beyoncé ‘Crazy in Love’ ‘Listen' ‘Single Ladies’ ‘Best Thing I Never Had’
Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
Labrinth ‘Earthquake’ ‘Express Yourself’ ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’ ‘Let it Be’ ‘Jealous’ Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your
favourite one
AoS 3 Music for Media (Appraising Music)Louis Armstrong Get Spotify: zzed.uk/11131-armstrong Listen to all 14 tracks. Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
Duke Ellington Get Spotify: zzed.uk/11131-ellington Listen to all 12 tracks. Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
Charlie Parker Get Spotify: zzed.uk/11131-parker Listen to all 14 tracks. Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
Miles Davis Get Spotify: zzed.uk/11131-davis Listen to all 19 tracks. Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
Pat Metheny Get Spotify: zzed.uk/11131-metheny Listen to all 14 tracks. Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
Gwilym Simcock Get Spotify: zzed.uk/11131-simcock Listen to all 15 tracks. Complete a MADTSHIRT analysis of your favourite one
PerformanceSingers - Daft Punk Medley (Choose one or more parts that suit your voice).
Horn Players - Daft Punk Medley. Mixtape.
Dhol Players - Mixtape.
Music Producers & Other - Prepare a performance on your chosen instrument (maybe your GCSE performance piece or your grade piece if you take graded exams).
Please note: Instrumental/vocal practice is VERY important for A Level music. Many a level musicians will be practising for an hour a day and some much more than that. You should be practising for at least 4 hours a week and be excited to attend additional clubs and rehearsals on top of that. Music producers will need to put a similar amount of time into their production pieces. Do not fall behind on this over summer. Make sure you are practising hard. Contact [email protected] and ask for Mr Coughlin for more details on this.
CompositionPrepare a piece of music that you have created from scratch for your instrument or voice. Drummers can create entirely rhythmic piece. You may wish to create a piece of music using GarageBand or BandLab instead.
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