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Listening Diary
What should I do?
Each week choose two pieces of music to listen to in detail and answer the
questions on the other side of this sheet
• Radio stations
If you have access to the internet:
paid service)
• Spotify
• Blues
• TV theme tunes
• Jazz
• Video game music
• Folk
• Music for celebrations
• Reggae
• Music from different decades (1960’s,
• Musical Theatre
1920’s etc)
• Disco
• Music from different countries
• Soul music
• Music that represents an animal
• Baroque
• Music that tells a story
• Techno
• A Cappella
• Swing
• Instrumental
• Orchestra
• Music that doesn’t use instruments
Listening in detail
“The trumpet is playing the main melody and the string family is
accompanying”
Going up in pitch Going down in pitch Moves by step Moves in big jumps
Lots of layers weaving All doing the same When one part copies
A single layer
together thing another
Timpani
Snare Drum
Strings, brass, Male and/or Violin, viola, Trumpet, french Flute, oboe, Cymbal
woodwind and female singer cello, double horn, trombone, clarinet, Tambourine
percussion bass tuba bassoon, Triangle
instruments saxophone Bass Drum
Rhythm - the pattern of notes against the beat
Beat Time Signature Simple Complex
On the line - Use the Rhyme - Every Gateshead Bus Drives Fast
In the space, it spells FACE
The Keyboard
C is always to the left of TWO black notes
Treble - High pitched
Bass - Low pitched
Flat Sharp
Makes a note lower - Black note to the left Makes a note higher - Black note to the right