Autumn leaves. Second year class AB

The twin quavers exhibition of CD sleeves 2017

Second year students have designed CD sleeves. Here you can see this awesome exhibition.

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The twin quavers collection of musical instruments 2017

Here we have The twin quavers collection of musical instruments 2017, made by first year students.

The twin quavers collection of musical instruments 2017

Homemade musical instrument card

The twin quavers collection of musical instrument. Video

Functions in music

Music is not only for entertainment and for pleasure. There are lots of functions in music. The most important are:

• Commercial. Jingle. 

• Emotional expression. How deep is your love. Bee Gees 

• Symbolic. National Anthem. UK 

• Ceremonial. Wedding March. Lohengrin. R. Wagner. 

• Social identification. Good Vibrations. The Beach Boys.

Music genres: art, popular and traditional music

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 (also instrumental, orchestral, absolute).

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

• Le freak. Chic (also vocal accompanied).

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

• Morris dance (also instrumental).

Music genres: absolute, programme and theatre music.

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.
• Sonata in C K545. W. A. Mozart.

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

• The Moldau. Bedrich Smetana.
• Italian Symphony. Felix Mendelssohn.
• Scenes from childhood. Robert Schumann.
• The planets. Mars. Gustav Holst.
• The carnival of the animals. The aquarium. Camille Saint-Saëns.

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

• The magic flute. Opera. W.A. Mozart. 
• The rite of spring. Ballet. Igor Stravinsky.
• Cats. Musical. A. Lloyd Weber.
• North by Northwest. Opening titles. Film music. Bernard Herrmann.

Music genres: vocal & instrumental music

The term genre is used to identify particular categories of arts. Music can be divided into many genres according to a number of criteria such as instrumentation, musical contents and so on.


Instrumental music. Night train, Duke Ellington

• Orchestral music. Symphony Nº 4. London. Franz Joseph Haydn. 
• Chamber music. String quartet op 59, Nº 1. Razumovsky. Ludwig van Beethoven.

Vocal music. Firework. Katy Perry.

• A capella (without instrumental accompaniment). Star Wars.
• Accompanied (with instrumental accompaniment). Route 66. Manhattan Transfer.
• Choral. Performed by a choir. Slaves chorus. Nabucco. Verdi