Tuesday 29th March

Here are your answers to the Summertime questions.

Monday 28th March

Period 4: Think about 20th Century song - 1900 - 1945. This could include early musicals, Britten songs, Gershwin and more.

See what you can research and find out about word painting, song writing and other information in this era and time. Include harmony and tonality in your research, relevant to the style. Use the post below (introduction) as a starting point. You already have the skills needed for this section of the paper (how to work out harmony, how to listen to music and analyse what you can hear), you now need to work through some examples and get used to the style of questions. Think word painting, how the accompaniment coveys the meaning of the text, how the harmony conveys the meaning of the text.  Unless you state things (even the obvious), you are assumed not to know it.


Then at lunchtime: Summertime - George Gershwin

Here are the lyrics

Summertime and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby, don’t you cry
One of these mornings
You’re goin’ to rise up singing
Then you’ll spread your wings
And you’ll take the sky
But till that morning
There’s a nothin’ can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin’ by

Listen to the track and answer the following questions on the form. Then click on submit. Look at the number of marks for each question as well. Your listening will need to focus on the lyrics, how the lyrics are portrayed in the melody and the harmony, plus more.

An introduction to Vocal Music of the 20th Century

Vocal Music of the 20th Century is the area of study for Section A of G356.

Before your first lesson, please do two things.

1. Download, read and print this document, introducing you to the period of music.
2. Download and answer this question, to bring to the first lesson (click on the link, open, go to file - download as and select word. When in word, save as and rename, ensuring it is a word doc).

You need to watch a video of 'On Wenlock Edge' by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The picture depicts what the song is about (ie, the landscape of Wenlock Edge), and the words are displayed to help you follow them.

Think about the picture whilst you listen. Then watch again and follow the words. Think about word painting (a wikipedia link is here if you are unsure what this is). Then, answer the question with 6 bullet point answers. Should take about 30 mins to complete. Bring on Monday please.

Here is the video