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By the end of this lesson you will:

Have discovered the music of the organ Have been introduced to the concept of ground bass Have been introduced to the concept of pedal. By the end of this lesson you will:. What is a concerto?. Quick quiz. What is a concerto?

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  1. Have discovered the music of the organ • Have been introduced to the concept of ground bass • Have been introduced to the concept of pedal By the end of this lesson you will:

  2. What is a concerto? Quick quiz

  3. What is a concerto? • Concerto – Work for solo instrument and orchestra, e.g. a flute concerto is written for solo flute and orchestra. Quick quiz

  4. How do you know a piece of music is from the baroque period? Quick quiz

  5. How do you know a piece of music is from the baroque period? • It contains a Harpsichord Quick quiz

  6. What instruments are often in a Baroque orchestra? Quick quiz

  7. What instruments are often in a Baroque orchestra? • Violin - Bassoon • Viola - Oboe • Cello - Timpani • Double Bass – Natural Trumpets • Harpsichord Quick quiz

  8. Lots of music in the Baroque period was written for an instrument called the Organ. Organ

  9. Organs can mostly be found in Churches and some theatres/concert halls. This is what one sounds like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw Organ

  10. Copy this information about the organ down at the back of your jotters • Organ– A keyboard instrument usually found in churches. It usually has more than one Keyboard. • Keyboard – Instrument whose sounds are made by pressing down keys, e.g. piano, organ, electronic keyboard and synthesizer. Organ

  11. We will now be looking at the concept of Ground Bass • Copy this down then • Ground bass – A theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the upper parts are varied. Ground bass

  12. We already know a ground Bass • Pachelbel's canon in D • Lets play it now on the Electronic Keyboards Ground bass

  13. Here is a piece of music from a little further on in the Baroque period • Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjd4sOh9hVg&feature=related • Listen out for the Harpsichord and the 2 oboes playing together The baroque Orchestra

  14. The word pedal comes from the Latin (pes, Pedis) and relates to the foot. Pedal • A pedal in music either relates to parts of an instrument used by ones feet • Or • A note which is held on or is repeated continuously in the bass beneath changing harmonies. Pedals

  15. The word pedal comes from the Latin (pes, Pedis) and relates to the foot. Pedal • A pedal in music either relates to parts of an instrument used by ones feet • Or • A note which is held on or is repeated continuously in the bass beneath changing harmonies. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyC19VVuQis Pedals

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