AURAL

This is where we develop the skill of listening. Try not to think about it as written work or theory, but more about how you practise the skill of hearing things better.

Practise it just as you'd practise your instrument.

Discuss how duration is used to create contrast in this piece

The Concepts of Music

Pitch: Melody & Harmony

Duration: Rhythms and how they are used

Texture: Roles and use of different layers

Tone Colour: Describing the sound

Dynamics and Expressive Techniques: Shifts in volume and instrumental techniques

Structure: Defining sections and how they are used

Duration Acronym: CHURROS + SPIRITS = ATARS

ContrastingHemiolaUnifyingRubatoRepetitionOstinatoStraight+SyncopatedPolyrhythmImitationRegularIrregularTime SignatureSilence=AccentsTempoAccelerandoRitenutoSwing

Contrasting

2 different rhythms played at the same time or played at different times

Hemiola

Using groupings of 3 and grouping of 2 in the same time signature

123|123|12|12|12|123|123

unity (rhythmic)

2 or more instruments playing the same rhythm at the same time

Rubato

The pulling and pushing of time in a piece - it's how you stretch the phrases to make the piece more expressive

Repetition

A restatement of a theme or idea

Ostinato

A repeated rhythmic pattern

Straight

Rhythms that are on the beat

Syncopated

Rhythms that are off the beat

Polyrhythm

2 or more different rhythms played at once

Irregular

An unpredictable rhythm

Regular

A predictable rhythm, typically repeated

Imitation

A rhythmic motif copied by another instrument

Time Signature

The strong downbeats and groupings of a piece

Silence

The rests and empty beats

Accents

When a note is played louder/heavier

Tempo

The speed of sections

Accelerando

Gradually speeding up

Ritardando

Gradually slowing down

Swing

Sometimes called a dotted rhythm, the songs pulse alternates between long and short notes (Long, short, Long, short)

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