Live music in November. Nursery rhymes. First year class AB

English nursery rhymes contains lovely tunes, perfect for playing Orff instruments. Here you can see First  year students playing  Little Tommy Tiddlemouse.

Our sound map

In the last few weeks, first year students have learnt about the differences between, sound and noise. They also looked into the sources of noise pollution in their neighbourhood and at home in order to be aware of  this invisible pollutant.

After that, they created their own sound map with Padlet Maps, an online application. Here they uploaded a recording of the streets they live in to show their particular sound environment. They have  also registered maxímun and minimun levels of noise in decibels, after using a soundmeter application for several days.

The Twin Quavers exhibition of album covers 2023

 A new edition of the cover designs created by Second Year students.

Album covers de Música IES La Ería

The Twin Quavers exhibiton of album covers de Música IES La Ería

Second Year. Unit 8. Functions in music. Listening activities

Functions in music. Listening activity nº 5 (pg. 3).


1. Green giant.
2. British National Anthem.
3. Right Here Waiting. Richard Marx.
4. Fight the Power. Public Enemy

Examples

• ABC Song. Educative
• You'll Never Walk Alone. Liverpool FC Anthem. Ceremonial and symbolic representation.
• How Deep is Your Love. Bee Gees. Emotional expression.
• I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke. Commercial function
• Wedding march. Richard Wagner. Ceremonial function
• Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2. Social identification and communication

Second Year. Unit 8. Art, popular and traditional music. Listening activities

Second Year. Unit 8. Listening activity Nº 4 (pg.3)

1. Title: Clarinet Concert. W.A. Mozart
2. Title: Psycho. Soundtrack. Bernard Hermann
3. Title: Italian Symphony. Felix Mendelssohn
4. Title: So Lonely. The Police.



You have the instructions in your photocopies.  Here you have the Spanish translation, just in case you don't understand them.

Cada audición (y título) se corresponde con una columna. Debéis marcar con una cruz en cada casilla según corresponda si describe la obra que escucháis (vocal, art...). Los apartados subgenres y  style debéis completarlo vosotros mismos buscando la información en internet.

Second Year. Unit 8. Art, popular and traditional music. Listening activities

Second Year. Unit 8. Art, popular and traditional music. Listening activity nº 3 (pg. 2)

3a. Fallahí. Egypt.
3b. Swan Lake. P.I. Tchaikovsky.

Examples

Art music (classical music). It´s a written musical tradition. It tends to be considered as an elitist expression.

• Symphony nº 5. L.V. Beethoven. Art, instrumental, orchestral, absolute.
• Va pensiero. Nabucco. Giuseppe Verdi. Art, vocal accompanied, choral, theatre, opera.

Popular music. It is music that is accessible to the general public.

• Le freak. Chic . Popular, vocal, accompanied.
• California Dreamin' . The Mamas and The Papas. Popular, vocal, accompanied.
• Wonderwall. Oasis. Popular, vocal, accompanied.
• Because the Night. Patti Smith. Popular, vocal, accompanied.

Traditional. It´s music learned through singing and listening. Traditional music is part of the traditions of a particular region.

• Morris dance . Traditional dance, instrumental
• Jota de Cangas. Traditional dance, instrumental.
• Sean nos (Irish traditional singing).  Traditional, vocal, a capella.

Second Year. Unit 8. Absolute, Programme & Theatre music. Listening activities

Absolute, Programme & Theatre music. Listening activities (pg.2)

2a. The magic flute. Papageno Aria. W.A. Mozart
2b. String quartet nº 3, op. 76. Franz Joseph Haydn.

Examples

Absolute music makes sense without accompanying words, images, drama, dance or other kinds of extra-musical ideas.

• String quartet nº 3, op. 76. Franz Joseph Haydn. Absolute, instrumental and chamber music.
• Sonata in C K545. W. A. Mozart. Absolute, instrumental and chamber music.

Programme music is descriptive music, it interprets an object, landscape or emotional experience.

• The Moldau. Bedrich Smetana. Programme, instrumental and orchestral music.
• Scottish Symphony. Felix Mendelssohn. Programme, instrumental and orchestral music.
• Scenes from childhood. Robert Schumann. Programme, instrumental and chamber music.
• The planets. Mars. Gustav Holst. Programme, instrumental and orchestral music.
• The carnival of the animals. The aquarium. Camille Saint-Saëns. Programme, instrumental and chamber music.

Theatre music includes a variety of subgenres designed to form part of a drammatic performance (opera, cabaret, ballet, film or television program).

• Carmen. Opera. Habanera. Georges Bizet. Theatre, ópera, vocal, accompanied (by orchestra and choir)
• The rite of spring. Ballet. Igor Stravinsky. Theatre, ballet, instrumental, orchestral
• Cats. Musical. A. Lloyd Weber. Theatre, musical, vocal accompanied.
• North by Northwest. Opening titles. Film music. Bernard Herrmann. Theatre, film, instrumental, orchestral