Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

this activity, we will take the top and bottom lines of
In
and the patterns that Monteverdi
the
that the pattern in the bass repeats every two
Notice
just higher or lower. We learnt in Chapter 1
measures,
this is called a sequence. Then in the top part, the
that
two measures are also repeated, first lower, then
first
the same pitch (except for the last three measures,
at
change is introduced). The melodic lines made by
where
also move in contrary then parallel motion
Monteverdi
every two measures.
almost
1 As a class, or with your own instrument, sing / play
2 Using GarageBand, SoundTrap, MuseScore or pencil
sure to add your experiments and thoughts to
Make
portfolio.
your
SINGING A STORY
Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi wrote
of La Musica, the ‘muse of music’, who sings five stanzas
of the world’s first operas, or , / verses introducing the plot and main character. As you
Orfeus L’Euridice L’Orfeo
one
in 1607, for a court performance in Mantua. The story
listen to it on the playlist, you will first hear an instrumental
based on the Greek myth of Orpheus, who descends section called the . Much like the chorus
ritornello
is
to Hades to rescue his wife Eurydice from death. The
in a pop song, this part keeps returning, in between
beginning of this dramatic story starts with the entrance
each stanza.
ACTIVITY: Orfeus L’Euridice
and paper, improvise your own two-measure phrase
on top. Could you find a pattern to repeat that would
fit Monteverdi’s structure?
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ATL
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skills: Making inferences and
Communication
conclusions
drawing
ritornello
identify
used to narrate this tragedy.
Figure 2.16 Monteverdi’s Prologue bass line in
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GarageBand
the bass line as a
then add the melody.
loop, Figure 2.15 Prologue, La Musica
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◆■ Assessment opportunities
this activity you have practised skills that are assessed using Criterion A:
In
and understanding and Criterion B: Developing skills.
Knowing
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