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Beethoven Symphony No 8 2nd Movement
– (Staccato accompaniment on woodwind – staccato and legato melody on strings) | | Click on 'Hear the Music'
| http://www.classicsforkids.com |
| Playful Pizzicato from Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten. (Stings plucked - pizzicato style rather than bowed. Very short sounds) | | Click on 'Hear the Music'
| http://www.classicsforkids.com |
| Cantilena from Bachianas Brasileras No. 5 by Villa Lobos (Long vocal lines) | wma
| Scroll down to ‘Listen toSamples’ (No. 1 in list) | http://www.amazon.com |
| Kitchen Beatbox (NB - it may not be possible to watch this clip - depending on level of security) | video
| Opens in YouTube
| http://www.youtube.com |
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DYNAMICS | | | |
| Surprise Symphony – 2nd movement: Haydn - (Quiet opening with sudden loud chord) | | (Click on ‘Hear the Music’) | http://www.classicsforkids.com |
| Zadok the Priest - Handel. Listen as the tension builds and the introduction becomes louder. This gives a false sense that the singing might begin at around 30 seconds and 60 seconds and then at 1m 26s the choir comes in forte (loud). | wma
| Link opens player | http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/
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| Death March from Götterdämmerung - Wagner. Wagner builds the tension by using repetition but with subtle - for instance the number of drum (timps) beats. Suspense in music is often achieved (as here) with quiet separate sounds. Each of the 3 chords in the build up before the loud brass chords enter (c. 1.5 minutes into extract) gets louder. Then there are surges in the dynamics. This extract is often used in film music. | m3u
| Link opens player | http://uniquetracks.com |
| Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 (Andante) Ask the children to listen to the interplay between the orchestra (which starts loud and assertive) and the piano - quiet and ....what? Is the piano pacifying the orchestra? Notice how as the music continues the orchestra becomes quieter. What do the children think the music is about? Is this a conversation, an argument? | |
| http://server3.pianosociety.com/
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PITCH | | | |
| Aquarium from Carnival of Animals – Saint Saëns. To keep this piece light, mysterious and quiet it is scored for the upper register of the piano, flute, strings and also a glockenspiel. | mp3
| Link opens player | http://www.music.pomona.edu |
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen - Bizet. Chromatic scales and glissandos in vocal part.
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| Scroll down page to player
| http://www.pristineclassical.com |
| Elephant (Double Bass and Piano) – Carnival Animals – Saint Saëns | Real
| Click on third extract - opens player options | www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/guide |
| Sugar Plum Fairy -Tchaikovsky | Real
| Scroll down and click next to `Celeste'- opens player options | www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/guide |
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TEMPO | | | |
| L'Arlésienne Suite - Bizet. (Begins in stately fashion – then moves to fast dance) | mp3
| Click on 'Hear the Music'
| http://www.classicsforkids.com |
| Daybreak Express – Duke Ellington. Note the acceleration at the start of ‘Daybreak Express’ and train rhythms especially the drums, and imitation whistles and horns. | Flash | Click on highlighted ‘interactive’ under the picture of Duke Ellington, then select ‘Daybreak Express’ from the Dukebox options. | http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/ |
| William Tell Overture – Rossini (Begins quietly and slowly – then breaks into a fast gallop after a fanfare) | mp3 | Click on 'Hear the Music' | http://www.classicsforkids.com |
| Hall of the Mountain King – Grieg | mp3 | Click on 'Hear the Music' | http://www.classicsforkids.com |
| Short Ride in a Fast Machine (extract) – by John Adams | Quicktime
| Start music player on home page | http://www.earbox.com/W-shortride.html |
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TEXTURE | | | |
| Syrinx (def. The vocal organ of a bird) by Debussy (Flute solo) | mp3
| Link opens player
| http://www.columbia.edu |
| Theme from Ortgan Concerto (Presto - Symphony No.3 - Saint Saens) | flash | Music starts automatically on click to link
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| Jaws - John Williams (Cello - silence - crescendo joined by low striking piano chords then brass, maracato strings - woodwind - rising glissandos on strings - suddenly quieter with harp and upper end piano.) | flash
| Click on play icon in picture
| http://www.marthas-vineyard-vacation-tips.com |
| Bolero - Ravel A steady and gradual build up of parts: Snare - plucked strings - melody on flute then other woodwind joined by harp accomp., gradually brass quietly joins in the accompaniment -then takes on the melody. The accompaniment grows in dynamics and the melody moves from solo instruments to groups and sections of the orchestra. | flash | Click on player
| http://www.4shared.com/
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