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SPEAKING ACTIVITY

WHO AM I?

A student shows his mates a label with a name from the table but he can´t see it. Then he has to make questions about himself and the rest of the class will answer yes or no.
The student should try to know who he or she is.

 

 

NAME	FAMILY	SIZE	REED	MATERIAL	LOUDNESS
VIOLÍN	STRINGS	SMALL	NO	WOOD AND STRING	NORMAL
OBOE	WOODWINDS	SMALL	YES, DOUBLE	WOOD	NORMAL
TRUMPET	BRASS	SMALL	NO	METAL	LOUD
GUITAR	STRINGS	MEDIUM	NO	WOOD AND STRINGS	LOW
XYLOPHONE	PERCUSSIÓN	BIG	NO	WOOD	NORMAL
DOUBLE BASS	STRINGS	VERY BIG	NO	WOOD AND STRINGS	NORMAL
HORN	BRASS	MEDIUM	NO	METAL	LOUD
CLARINET	WOODWINDS	SMALL	YES, SIMPLE	WOOD	NORMAL
BASS DRUM	PERCUSSIÓN	BIG	NO	WOOD AND SKIN	LOUD

Musical Instruments ( III ) BRASS

BRASS

Brass instruments are simply brass tubes, narrow at one end and gradually widening until it reaches the bell. They are coiled or bent in some way for easy handling. Some common brass instruments are trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba. Same as wind instruments, tone is produced by blowing breath in the tube, however the pitch is determined by a specially shaped mouthpiece. Slack lips produce low notes while tight lips produce high notes. The quality of tone produced depends on the shape of the mouthpiece. Shallow cup-shaped mouthpiece as used in trumpet forms higher harmonics and brilliant tone. Horn, which use deeper funnel-shaped mouthpiece sounds more mellow.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ( II ) WOODWINDS

WOODWINDS

Woodwind instruments are usually made of wood, however, flutes and piccolos are more often made by metal, for oboes and clarinets are occasionally made of ebonite. All wind instruments are made to sound by causing to vibrate inside a hollow tube. Different instruments have theirs own particular ways of playing them. The pitch of the note produced depends on its columns of air: long columns of air produce low notes while shorter columns result higher notes. Wind players are able to control tone production by a method called tonguing. The syllable "tu" is formed silently by the player, and he can give every note a clear start by using his tongue. Then, he can go smoothly from note to note by not using it.

Musical instruments ( I ) STRINGS

Musical instruments are made of many different materials and are played in many different ways. Due to their characteristics, they are mainly grouped into five main categories, which are Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, String and Keyboard.

STRINGS

All musical instruments with strings are known as string instruments, such as the violin family, harp, guitar and so on. The pitch of the note is decided by the length, thickness and tension of the string. String instruments are basically divided into two groups: bowed string instruments and plucked string instruments. The most common type of bowed string instruments are the violin family. The violin, viola, cello and double bass are members of violin family. The reason they known as bowed strings is because players have to use bow to make the string vibrate. The bow that had made sticky with resin is drawn across a string of the violin, keeps on catching the string and pulling it, thus produce sound. All of them have common characteristics, yet the chief difference between them is their size, increase from violin to the double bass. Each of them plays different role in orchestra, as violin has wide range of tone qualities, and the rest of them are act as base of the orchestra since they have lower pitch compared to violin. The harp, guitar, lute, mandoline and banjo are examples of plucked string intruments. The main difference between them and the violin family is that they are not played with a bow, but plucked the string with fingers. Therefore, the tone dies away more quickly and usually they have been used mainly to accompany the voice, most often the singer plays the instrument himself.

Here you are a images with the instruments descripted.

Musical Instruments Crossword

Complete the crossword puzzle below

Across
2. Has the lowest notes in the brass family
5. Metal wind instrument which has a single reed and is blown through
7. Biggest member of the string family
8. The strings are plucked
13. Schools use this and its a type of wind instrument
14. Has metal bars with which you hit with a stick
17. Most important percussion instrument
18. This is played with a bow


Down
1. You have a slide with this
3. Has a keyboard and sounds plucked
4. Has huge pipes and is played in Churches
6. Blown through with a reed
9. Wind instrument withcupped shaped mouth piece
10. You play this between your legs
11. Has a double reed
12. Has a metal tube cylindrical shape and is blown
15. Smallest wind instrument with high sound
16. This has 88 keys

Learning about Rock

We are learning something about the ROCK. 
Whatch the video, listen the music and try to complete the lyrics.

You can check your answer in the link above.

Lyrics from "Nothing else matters" by Metallica


So close, no matter how far 
Couldn't be much more from the heart 
_____________ trusting who we are 
and _____________ else matters 

Never opened ____________ this way 
Life is ours, we live it our ________ 
All these _________ I don't just say 
and nothing else matters 

Trust I seek and I find in you 
________  ________ for us something new
Open mind for a ___________ view 
and nothing else matters 

never cared for _________  ___________  ___________ 
never cared for _________  ___________  ___________
but I know 

So close, no matter how _______
Couldn't be much more from the _________ 
Forever trusting who we _______ 
and nothing else matters 

never cared for _________  _________  ________ 
never cared for _________  _________  ________
but I know

________ opened myself this way 
________ is ours, we live it our way 
All these ________ I don't just say 

Trust I seek and I find in you 
Every day for us, ____________ new 
________ mind for a different view 
and nothing _________ matters 

never cared for what they say 
never cared for _________ they play 
never cared for _________  _______  __________ 
never cared for _________  _______  __________
and I know 

So ________, no matter how far 
Couldn't be much more from the __________ 
___________ trusting who we are 
No, __________ else matters 

Musical texture

Whatch the video, try to answer the questions in it and the questions below.



You can also click on the link  Musical Texture

Try to remember and answer the questions:
- How many kinds of musical textures are explained in the video?
- What kind of texture corresponds to the Gregorian Chant?
- Unison is the combination of parts at the same pitch or in octaves. What kind of musical texture we use unison?
- We have listened a Christmas Carol. What kind of musical texture does it have? Why?
- Yes or not. Can we use instruments in the monophonic texture as a support?
- We have listened a beautiful song tittled "Will I". What musical form is this polyphonic piece?
- We have listened a piano playing a homophonic texture but, can this instrument play polyphonic texture? 

Complete the information:
About the definitions:
_____________ texture: a single-line melody with no ______________ or other horizontal or vertical sound.
_____________ texture: a ____________ that is dominant with others _________ supporting the main melody.
_____________ texture: Two or more ___________, simultaneosly sounding melodies having _______ emphasis.

About the examples:
Amazing grace: There is a _______ voice singing, -no accompaniment, no __________
Regina caeli: Although _________ voices are singing, they are all singing the exact ________ thing, with no _____________ and no harmony.
Will I: A canon is a piece where every voice is singing the same ________ but they all ________ at ___________ time.


If you want to check your answers click here:
http://docs.com/View/1351285437/f57bc115491649c5a8d60040f41e7a80

Questionnaire about Bach´s life

http://Neok12.com/quiz/E2UQU955

My favourite Baroque music