Germany Jahrgangsstufe 8 Music

1. Speaking, singing, making music

Making music together

Coming soon

2. Music, people and history

Music in film and advertising

Coming soon

3. Movement, dance and stage

Dance, ritual and film scenes

Coming soon

4. Music fundamentals

Music foundations: styles and acoustics

• Music Theory Basics: The Language of Music – Music theory explains how music is built. Pitch is how high or low a note is; the seven note names repeat every octave, where the frequency doubles. Rhythm is how sounds are placed in time over a steady beat, counted in note values and grouped into bars by a time signature. Scales follow step patterns (major: T T S T T T S), and chords stack notes such as the 1st, 3rd and 5th. Dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture and form complete the elements of music.