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Listening Log

Year 8

NAME: _________________________________________________________________

SET: _______________ TEACHER: _____________________

Green > 80% Amber > 50% Red < 50%

End of Year 8 Target

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RAG Theme Indian Blues Ukulele Film

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Amber

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Year 8 Band Descriptor

Listening

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I can display excellent knowledge of key words for topics covered and musical terms, with detailed descriptions of musical features identified

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I can write accurate descriptions, using technical vocab-ulary to give detailed answers

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I can analyse music in detail, using key words and musical terms

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I can describe and compare musical features in listening tasks, using appropriate vocabulary

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I can identify different genres of music and their fea-tures in a listening task

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I can identify different genres of music and their fea-tures in a listening task

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I know the dimensions of music and can recognise some in listening tasks

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I know a few dimensions of music

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I can recognise a range of instrumental sounds and I know when a piece is using loud or quiet dynamics

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Theme and Variation- Listening Task 2

Listen to ‘Pachelbel’s Canon’ and answer the questions:

1a) Underline the instrumental family you can hear in this piece of music: (1)

Brass Woodwind String Percussion Vocal

1b) Underline the word that describes the texture of this piece of music: (1)

Thick Thin Getting Thicker Getting Thinner

Now listen to Coolio’s ‘I’ll See You When You Get There’:

2a) Underline the instrumental family you can hear at the start of the music: (1)

Brass Woodwind String Percussion Vocal

2b) Underline the instrumental families that appear in the song: (3)

Brass Woodwind String Percussion Vocal

3) State 2 similarities and 2 differences between these songs: (4)

Similarities Differences

Can you recall the four instrumental families?

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Theme and Variation- Listening Task 3

N-Dubz- ‘Dance on’

1. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)

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2. Describe the texture at the start of the piece: (2)

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3. How many beats are in the bar? (1)

3 4 5 6 7

4. Do you like this piece of music? Give a musical reason for your (2) answer:

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Do you understand the difference between texture

and dynamics?

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Indian Music – Listening Task 1

You are going to listen to 3 pieces of music featuring an instrument in each: gg

Tanpura Tabla Sitar

Track 1 – Instrument: _______________________ (2) They are playing the:

Rhythm Melody Drone

Track 2 – Instrument: _______________________ (2) They are playing the:

Rhythm Melody Drone

Track 3 – Instrument: _______________________ (2) They are playing the:

Rhythm Melody Drone

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Do you recognise the different instrumental

families?

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Indian Music- Listening Task 2

The Fusion Labs - ‘Sweet Child of Mine’

1. Name two instruments you can hear in the introduction: (2)

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2. Which two families of instruments are used? (2)

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3. Apart from vocals, name one instrument with a melodic role: (1)

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4. Do you like this fusion of Indian and Western instruments? Why? (2)

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Do you understand what ‘Fusion’ is?

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Indian Music- Listening Task 3

Anoushka Shankar- ‘Rag Desh’

1. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)

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2. Describe the tempo of the piece: (2)

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3. Identify a role within the music, give an opinion about it and a (3) musical reason why. (Don’t just state an instrument but state what it is doing).

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Can you identify changes in tempo?

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Blues- Listening Task 1

Piece 1- ‘Heart of Gold’ Piece 2- ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ Piece 3- ‘Shake Your Tail Feather’

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Name the instrument Piece 1 Piece 2 Piece 3

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Blues – Listening Task 2

The Baseballs- ‘Chasing Cars’

1. Describe the introduction (when the music starts): (2)

i) _________________________

ii) _________________________

2. State two similarities and two differences between the (4) verse and the chorus:

3. Read the following statements and state whether they are (5) true or false:

4. Is this a successful cover? Give a musical reason why: (2)

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Similarities Differences

The introduction starts fast TRUE / FALSE

There are male vocals TRUE / FALSE

The backing singers sing in harmony TRUE / FALSE

There is a piano solo TRUE / FALSE

The chorus is slow TRUE / FALSE

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Can you identify changes in the music?

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Blues – Listening Task 3

The Baseballs- ‘Umbrella’

1. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)

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2. How many beats are in the bar? (1)

3 4 5 6 7

3. Is this a successful cover? Give a musical reason why: (2)

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Can you hear the walking bass line?

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Ukulele – Listening Task 1

Listen to ‘Awake My Soul’ by Mumford and Sons:

1) Underline one word to describe the texture: (1)

Thin Thick Getting Thinner Getting Thicker

2) Write in the similarities and differences between the first half and (10) the second half of the piece:

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Can you hear changes within a piece of music?

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First half Second half

Beats per bar 7

Banjo Ostinato

Tempo

Dynamics

Guitar Strumming

Pattern

Sustained chords

Pitch of the vocals High

Backing Vocals Mainly Soloist

Instrumental Families String and percussion

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Ukulele – Listening Task 2

1. Match up each song with how the chords are played: (3)

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Can you identify the different ways to play

chords?

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George Formby–

‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’

Picked (Broken)

Block

Divided

2) Suggest a mood for each piece of music by drawing a (3) happy or sad face in each circle:

The Beatles–

‘Let It Be’

Flobots–

‘Handlebars’

George Formby–

‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’

The Beatles–

‘Let It Be’

Flobots–

‘Handlebars’

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Ukulele – Listening Task 3

George Formby – ‘Leaning on a Lamp post’

1. Draw in the shape of the melody on top of the words: (5)

“I’m, lean- ing on a lamp.”

2. Name the instruments you can hear? (3)

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3. How does the strummed rhythm change in the middle of the piece? (1)

Stays the same Gets faster Gets slower

4. How would you change this piece? Give a musical reason for your (2) answer:

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Can you recognise a change in tempo?

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Film Music – Listening Task 1

Task 1 - Observation

As you watch the movie; write down 3 words that would describe the music you (3) can hear:

1. _________________

2. _________________

3. _________________

What is a silent movie? _____________________________________________________________

Task 2 - Listening

Can you hear what mood the following extracts are trying to create?

Listen to the three extracts and write down what you think the scene in a silent (3) film would be about:

Chase Romance Danger

1. _____________________

2. _____________________

3. _____________________

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Can you hear how music can create different

moods?

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Film Music – Listening Task 2

Setting the Scene

With music, the mood, setting and location of a scene can be established even before the scene has started. This is a useful devise to change from one scene to another, or to relax the audience after some tense drama.

Listen to each extract, and describe the scene that comes to mind in as much detail as you can. Try and say what it is about the music that makes you think of this:

Extract 1 (2)

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Extract 2 (2)

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Extract 3 (2)

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Can you use your imagination to set a scene to

music?

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Film Music – Listening Task 3

John Williams- ‘Jaws Theme Tune’

1. a) Write in the families of instruments below: (4) b) Circle the families of instruments heard in the theme music.: (4)

2. Describe the dynamics at the start of the piece? (1)

Soft Loud Getting Softer Getting Louder

3. What effect might silence have on the mood? (1)

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Can you hear how music prepares the listener for

the scene ahead?

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Film Music – Listening Task 4

Sergei Prokofiev- ‘Peter and the Wolf ‘Peter and the Wolf’ Wikipedia page OR ‘7 characters of "Peter and the Wolf", Sergei Prokofiev’ on YouTube

1. What instrument is used for each of the characters’ leitmotivs? (3)

2. Identify the three characters in the order you hear them: (3)

a)

b) c)

3. Why is the French horn a good instrument to use for the wolf’s (1) leitmotif?

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Character Instrument

Peter

The Wolf French horn

The Bird

The Cat

Can you hear how music prepares the listener for

the scene ahead?

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