unit 14 listening skills - week 1

BTEC Level 3 Music Technology

Unit 14: Listening Skills for Music Technologists.

By the end of todays session you will be able to.

l  Name 3 Musical Components l  Describe 3 Musical Components l  Explain how Musical Components affect a piece

of music.

What will you be doing in this unit?

l  Researching recordings in different styles l  Analysing the Musical Components in those

recordings l  Completing an on-going Listening log book/

diary

Musical Components

l  Rhythm l  Melody l  Harmony l  Texture l  Tempo l  Dynamics l  Time Signatures

l  BPM l  Tempo

Instructions l  Articulation l  Timbre

Rhythm

l  Length of notes l  Number of notes l  Speed of notes l  Space between notes

Melody

l  Main focus of a piece l  Played by a lead instrument (e.g vocals) l  Melody often includes Lyrics l  Clearer in a mix/recording l  Often the first part of a piece to be composed.

Melody Cont.

Harmony

l  Two or more notes played together (e.g A Chord)

l  Another performer playing the melody at a different pitch.

l  Any line of music that is being played at a different pitch to the Melody

Dynamics

How loud or quiet a part of the music is.

Time Signatures

How many beats are being played per bar.

Task

Create a Listening Logbook. This can be a: a Blog, a Powerpoint presentation, a Word document, a Website,

an Excel spreadsheet.

It must include:

l  The date/time you listened to the music

l  How the music was discovered/where you accessed it

l  The Genre of Music

l  3 Musical Components featured in the piece

By the end of todays session you will be able to.

l  Name 3 Musical Components l  Describe 3 Musical Components l  Explain how Musical Components affect a piece

of music.