8th Grade Band-Mon. & Wed. 12:30PM-1:55PM Fri. 10:00AM-10:30AM Assignments

Answer questions on doc.

1.) Create a google doc and give me the definitions for:
Tone Poem
Atonality
Twelve tone technique
Whole tone scale
Pentatonic Scale

2.) From youtube, link a: tone poem, twelve tone music, whole tone scale music(Debussy), Pentatonic Scale Music(Debussy)

Read the first page about impressionistic music. At the bottom of the page, click next to read the second page about Claude Debussy. When finished, attach a google doc with a 2 paragraph summary of the information you read.

Please create and attach your own google doc for this assignment.

1.) Describe/define the musical forms listed below...
Rhapsody
Nocturne
Song Cycle


2.) You may choose from various composers for this part. Find a rhapsody, a nocturne, and an OPERA written by any combination of these composers. Attach a youtube link with the composers name next to it.


Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninov, Gustav Mahler.

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Please create and attach your own google doc for this assignment.

1.) Describe/define the musical forms listed below in DETAIL...
Sonata Allegro Form
Symphony


2.) Choose one composer from the list below and link a video from youtube of at least one of every musical form above. Some composers may not have written every form of music listed above. Research their music to make sure you have found all the forms they have written. Do not research on youtube. Use youtube to find the songs after you have found them in your other research.

Composers:
Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert,
Luigi Boccherini, Muzio Clementi, Antonio Soler, Antonio Salieri, François Joseph Gossec, Johann Stamitz, Carl Friedrich Abel, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Christoph Willibald Gluck

Please create and attach your own google doc for this assignment.

1.) Describe/define the musical forms listed below...
Opera
Oratorio
Cantata
Sonata
Concerto
Suite

2.) Choose one composer from the list below and link a video from youtube of at least one of every musical form above. Some composers may not have written every form of music listed above. Research their music to make sure you have found all the forms they have written. Do not research on youtube. Use youtube to find the songs after you have found them in your other research.

Composers:
Italy: Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Corelli, Vivaldi, Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti
France: Couperin, Lully, Charpentier and Rameau
Germany: Praetorius, Schein, Scheidt, Schutz, Telemann, Handel and Bach
England: Purcell

Find composers from each time period and link a youtube video to one of their compositions (songs)

Baroque Period
Classical Period
Romantic Period
Impressionistic Period

Take the quiz and attach a photo or screenshot of your score.

Create your own doc/slide. On your doc/list the related minor scales next to the major scales listed below. Also include how many sharps/flats are in the key signature, and list what those sharps/flats are in the correct order.

List of major scales you need to find related minors of:
E
B
F sharp
C sharp
D flat
G Flat
C Flat

Example: D major=B minor. 2 sharps. f, c.

Create your own doc/slide. On your doc/list the related minor scales next to the major scales listed below. Also include how many sharps/flats are in the key signature, and list what those sharps/flats are in the correct order.

List of major scales you need to find related minors of:
C
G
D
A
F
B Flat
E Flat
A Flat

Example: D flat major=B flat minor. 5 flats. b,e,a,d,g.

Watch the major scales video again. While watching, use his way of writing out all the letter notes first, then go back and add sharps or flats to the scale. You may use flat for docs or you may write them by hand on staff paper and take a picture to turn in.

Please do the Db, D, E, A, and B major scales this way. Use your keyboard with note names for reference.

Create a doc and describe what you are struggling with the most when it comes to music theory. How can I help you with this?

Also, give me your suggestions about what you would like me to do different next semester. What can I do that will help you learn/understand the material better?
Last, is there anything regarding music theory that we haven't covered yet that you would like me to go over? I already know which direction I'm going to go next semester but if you have ideas or things you want to learn please let me know.

The first link is the practice link for key signatures. The second link ending in /b999yydyfbyy is the link for the quiz. You must get 25 questions correct before the quiz is over. After taking the quiz take a screenshot or upload a picture to get credit for the assignment.

Using flat for docs, create the major scales listed below. Remember to use your whole and half step pattern for the major scale as well as the picture of your keyboard. The pattern is WWhWWWh. You may use any type of note you want (quarter, half, whole) You only need to write the scale ascending. Use sharps or flats next to the notes when needed, not in the key signature.

Major scales to make:
E flat Major, G Major

Using flat for docs, create the major scales listed below. Remember to use your whole and half step pattern for the major scale as well as the picture of your keyboard. The pattern is WWhWWWh. You may use any type of note you want (quarter, half, whole) You only need to write the scale ascending. Use sharps or flats next to the notes when needed, not in the key signature.

Major scales to make:
B flat, F, A flat

Create A Major scale in flat for docs.

For each measure, add in the enharmonic note. Use a half note to fill in the measure. You will need to click on the staff so that it is highlighted, and go to your add-ons, flat for docs, insert musical snippet. This should allow you to edit the snippet that I have created.

Attach screenshot of progress

Create 8 different slides containing 8 measures using the notation add-on Flat for Docs. Start very basic with the first slide...notes and rhythms. Each slide should contain a little more in it as you go on. Ties, dots, articulation, dynamics, repeat signs, key signatures, etc.