Knowing what all of these

words mean is really

important, as they come

into nearly every question.

You’ll need them to

understand what the

questions mean.

ELEMENTS

Here is a slightly more detailed explanation of the elements with lots

of useful terms it will be useful to know.ELEMENTS

MUSIC

NOTATIONYou do NOT need to know the

names of the notes (semibreve

etc.) but there WILL be a

question where you have to

identify the correct rhythms, and

write down a rhythm that you

hear.

So, you need to know how long

the notes are, and how to make

bars add up correctly to match

the time signature. (see next

slide)

TIME SIGNATURES

Treble

clef

Time signature. TOP

number tells us how many

beats in a bar. So, in this

piece, each bar must add

up to 3.

MINIMALISM

Patterns of

different lengths

played at the same

time

Terry

Riley

Steve

Reich

In C

Clapping

Music

Electric

Counterpoint

Filling the gaps

in a pattern one

note at a time

Changing a

pattern one

note at a time

Chords

gradually

fading in and

out

A style of music

developed in the

USA in the 1960s

CLUB DANCE: REVISION

(FOR 9UVA, 9UVC, 9UVD, 9WXC, 9WXD, 9WXE)

Both styles have 4 beats in a bar.

They both have riffs and heavy bass lines.

HouseTempo 120bpm

Soulful vocals

Simple, disco drum beat

Synth sounds

Trip hopSlower, about 70bpm

Melancholy vocals

More complex drum beat

Strings sounds, maybe piano

REGGAE

(FOR 9UVB, 9UVE, 9WXA, 9WXB)

Bob Marley

Burning Spear

UB40

One Love

No

Woman, No

Cry

Buffalo

Soldier

Off the beat On 2nd and 4th

beats of bar

Off-beat

chords

played on

guitar, pian

o, organ

Religion followed by

Bob Marley and many

other reggae artists

Jamaica