Term 2 - Lessons 12 and 13 - 27th February and 3rd March 2017

NB: This Friday (3rd March), I will look through your listening work if you would like.






Today we are setting text to rhythm.

My suggested method would be:

i) recite the poem until you are happy that you have got the stresses in the right place.
ii) figure out the time signature
iii) mark the stresses on the text
iv) add bar lines to the text
v) notate the rhythm you have been saying (although you may need to change it slightly to make it keep to the time signature)
vi) read back what you have written
vii) edit as necessary

NB: make sure that you put hyphens between syllables of the same word, always starting each syllable with a consonant
eg. syl-la-bles


In groups, you are setting this poem:

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea

   In a beautiful pea-green boat,

They took some honey, and plenty of money,

   Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

and this one:

Gone were but the winter cold,
And gone were but the snow,
I could sleep in the wild woods
Where primroses blow.

ALSO:
By next Friday (10th March) , please learn the following words (there will be a test!!)

a	at, to, by, for, in, in the style of
al, alla	to the, in the manner of (eg. alla marcia - in the style of a march)
allargando	broadening (getting a little slower and probably a little louder)
allegro assai	very quick
andantino	slightly faster than andante (but may also mean slightly slower)
assai	very (eg. allegro assai - very quick)
con, col	with
dolce	sweet, soft
e, ed	and
espressivo (or espress or espr)	expressive
fp (= fortepiano)	loud, then immediately soft
giocoso	playful, merry
grave	very slow, solemn
grazioso	graceful
larghetto	rather slow (but not as slow as largo)
largo	slow, stately
ma	but
maestoso	majestic
meno	less
molto	very, much
mosso, moto	movement (eg. meno mosso: slower; con moto: with movement)
non	not
piu	more
presto	fast (faster than allegro)
senza	without
sforzando, sforzato (sf, sfz)	forced, accented
simile (or sim.)	in the same way
sostenuto	sustained
tenuto	held
troppo	too much (eg. non troppo: not too much)
vivace, vivo	lively, quick