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Beethoven Discovery Workbook

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Beethoven was a famous composer who wrote a lot of piano music, as well

as music for other instruments, orchestras and singers. This workbook will

help you to discover more about him.

You will complete some sections on your own, and other sections you will

complete with your teacher. Look out for these pictures!

Beethoven

First you are going to find out more about Beethoven and his life.

On a computer, phone or tablet, go to this website address and follow the instructions!

(Hint: type carefully and check your spelling!)

www.mymusicresource.com/beethoven

Watch the video on the website, and take the quiz. You need to get all the answers correct before you come

back to this workbook!

Now answer these questions:

1. Why is 2020 a special year for Beethoven? (Hint: look at the top of the website page!)

Answer:

____________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Once you get all the answers right in the quiz, you will be given a special word to write here:

_______________________________________

Did you know: This word is a type of musical piece - Beethoven wrote 35 of them for piano!

Congratulations on your hard work! Now you know lots more about Beethoven and his life.

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Uh oh! The left hand part is missing in places. Using this rhythm,

write either a G or D. You will need to play it on the piano to work out

which fits best! This is called playing by ear.

Did you know? This is a very famous tune by Beethoven, taken from his

Symphony Number 9. The word ‘ode’ means poem, or song - so ‘Ode to

Joy’ is a song about happiness!

Clap this dotted rhythm

with your teacher

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Beethoven was composing from a very young age! Try out being a composer for yourself. Using the

rhythm given, write your own Right Hand tune.

1. Start with your thumb (1) on G.

2. You can use any of these notes that your fingers are over:

3. Try out your tune before you write it down! Get it sounding the way you want it to.

4. Give your piece a name! Write it in the box below.

5. Make sure everyone knows this piece is by you! Write your name on the line.

Draw a picture that describes the piece you have composed!

Challenge: Can you add left hand notes to your tune? Try using G and D like you did for ‘Ode to Joy’

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You are going to learn a piece by Beethoven called ‘Ecossaise’.

Using the words in the box, fill in the gaps below.

The word ‘Ecossaise’ comes from the _______________ language. It means ‘______________________’.

This means this piece is meant to sound like a Scottish country ________________. The Ecossaise was a

popular type of dance in Great _______________ and France at the time that Beethoven lived.

The time signature for an Ecossaise is always ________. This means 2 _____________ beats in each bar.

Britain dance French Scottish

crotchet

Did you know? As Beethoven got older, he could hear less and less.

He would often write very loud pieces so that he could hear them!

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1. Fill in the missing dynamics in the boxes below.

2. Your teacher will play ‘Ecossaise’ for you. Listen carefully for the dynamic changes, and write the dynamics you hear in

the boxes on the piece.

3. Find the instructions ‘Fine’ and ‘D.C al Fine’ in the piece and circle them.

What does ‘D. C. al Fine’ mean? Ask your teacher to help you fill in the gaps.

D. C. is short for the Italian words D________ C_________________

which means ’the head’ or the t_____________ of the piece.

‘Fine’ means __________________

This means, when I reach ‘D. C. al Fine’ at the end of the piece, I go back to the top of the piece and play until I reach

‘Fine’.

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Have fun learning

this piece with your

teacher!

Do you have: • Left Hand chords played exactly together? • Bouncy, dance-like Right Hand? • A dramatic change of dynamics in the

second half?