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• 10021 - GCSE AQA Area of Study Guide: Traditional Music

Weblinks and videos for use with 10021 – GCSE AQA Area of Study Guide: Traditional Music

Spotify Playlist

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Traditional Music from around the World

• Blues – Spotify
• Jazz – Spotify
• Calypso – Spotify
• Reggae – Spotify
• Latin jazz – Spotify
• British folk – Spotify

Blues – YouTube

Jazz – YouTube

Calypso – YouTube

Reggae – YouTube

Latin jazz – YouTube

Bodhrán – YouTube

Uilleann pipes – YouTube

British folk – YouTube

Activity 1

• ai – Spotify
• aii – Spotify
• aiii – Spotify
• b – Spotify

Activity 1 ai – YouTube

Activity 1 aii – YouTube

Activity 1 aiii – YouTube

Activity 1 b – YouTube

Melody and Tonality

• Pentatonic scale – Spotify
• Whole-tone scale – Spotify
• Blue notes – Spotify
• Portamento/glissando – Spotify
• Appoggiatura – Spotify

Pentatonic scale – YouTube

Whole-tone scale – YouTube

Blue notes – YouTube

Portamento/glissando – YouTube

Slide guitar – YouTube

Pitch bend – YouTube

Appoggiatura – YouTube

Activity 3

• bi – Spotify
• bii – Spotify
• biii – Spotify

bi – YouTube

bii – YouTube

biii – YouTube

Ostinato – YouTube

Riff – YouTube

Improvisation – YouTube

Syllabic writing – YouTube

Melisma – YouTube

Activity 4

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify
• c – Spotify
• d – Spotify
• e – Spotify

a – YouTube

b – YouTube

c – YouTube

d – YouTube

e – YouTube

Activity 5

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify

a – YouTube

b – YouTube

Structure

• Strophic form – Spotify
• 12-bar blues – Spotify
• 16-bar blues – Spotify

Strophic form – YouTube

12-bar blues – YouTube

16-bar blues

Activity 6

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify
• c – Spotify

a – YouTube

b – YouTube

c – YouTube

Bodhrán

• Verse and chorus – Spotify
• 32-bar song form – Spotify
• Call and response – Spotify
• Cyclic form – Spotify

Verse and chorus – YouTube

32-bar song form – YouTube

Call and response – YouTube

Cyclic form – YouTube

Activity 7

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify
• c – Spotify

a – YouTube

b – YouTube

c – YouTube

Sonority

Acoustic guitar – YouTube

Electric guitar – YouTube

Double bass – YouTube

Saxophone – YouTube

Clarinet – YouTube

Trumpet – YouTube

Trombone – YouTube

Accordion – YouTube

Congas – YouTube

Bongos – YouTube

Claves – YouTube

Maracas – YouTube

Agogô – YouTube

Guiro – YouTube

• Steel band – Spotify
• Reggae band – Spotify
• Drone – Spotify

Steel band – YouTube

Reggae band – YouTube

Drone – YouTube

Activity 8

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify
• c – Spotify
• d – Spotify

a – YouTube

b – YouTube

c – YouTube

d – YouTube

• Vibrato – Spotify
• Rap – Spotify
• Falsetto – Spotify
• Synthesiser – Spotify
• Computer – Spotify
• Sampling – Spotify
• Chorus – Spotify
• Reverb – Spotify
• Distortion – Spotify

Vibrato – YouTube

Rap – YouTube

Falsetto – YouTube

Synthesiser – YouTube

Computers – YouTube

Sampling – YouTube

Chorus – YouTube

Reverb – YouTube

Distortion – YouTube

Activity 9

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify
• c – Spotify

a – YouTube

c – YouTube

Texture

• A cappella – Spotify
• Layering – Spotify

A cappella – YouTube

Layering – YouTube

Wurlitzer piano – YouTube

Bouzouki – YouTube

Activity 11

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify
• c – Spotify

a – YouTube

b – YouTube

c – YouTube

Tempo, Metre and Rhythm

• Irregular metre – Spotify
• Free rhythm – Spotify
• Diminution – Spotify
• Backbeat – Spotify
• Shuffle – Spotify
• Syncopation – Spotify
• Anacrusis – Spotify
• Hemiola – Spotify
• Bi-rhythm – Spotify
• Polyrhythm – Spotify

Irregular metre – YouTube

Free rhythm – YouTube

Diminution – YouTube

Backbeat – YouTube

Shuffle – YouTube

Syncopation – YouTube

Anacrusis – YouTube

Hemiola – YouTube

Bi-rhythm – YouTube

Polyrhythm – YouTube

Activity 14

• b – Spotify

b – YouTube

Activity 15

• Spotify

YouTube

• Samba – Spotify
• Bossa nova – Spotify
• Salsa – Spotify
• Habanera – Spotify
• Danzón – Spotify
• Rumba – Spotify
• Cha-cha-cha – Spotify
• Merengue – Spotify
• Tango – Spotify

Samba – YouTube

Bossa nova – YouTube

Salsa – YouTube

Habanera – YouTube

Danzón – YouTube

Rumba – YouTube

Cha-cha-cha – YouTube

Merengue – YouTube

Tango – YouTube

Activity 16

Traditional Music from around the World

• bi – Spotify
• bii – Spotify
• biii – Spotify

bi – YouTube

bii – YouTube

biii – YouTube

• Bo Diddley – Spotify

Bo Diddley – YouTube

Activity 17

• a – Spotify
• b – Spotify

a – YouTube

b – YouTube

Using Your Knowledge of Other Styles

Activity 18

• Spotify

YouTube

Practice Exam Questions

Excerpt a

• Spotify

YouTube

Excerpt b

• Spotify

YouTube

Excerpt c

• Spotify

YouTube

Revision Table

Blues 1920–1950

• Spotify – Louis Armstrong – ‘West End Blues’

YouTube – Louis Armstrong – ‘West End Blues’

• Spotify – Tampa Red – 'Hard Road Blues'

YouTube – Tampa Red – 'Hard Road Blues'

• Spotify – Howlin' Wolf – 'Evil'

YouTube – Howlin' Wolf – 'Evil'

Afro/Caribbean Fusions

• Spotify – Bob Marley – 'Sun is Shining' (reggae)

YouTube – Bob Marley – 'Sun is Shining' (reggae)

• Spotify – Paul Simon / Ladysmith Black Mambazo male voice choir – 'Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes' (African fusion)

YouTube – Paul Simon / Ladysmith Black Mambazo male voice choir – 'Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes' (African fusion)

• Spotify – Soweto Gospel Choir – 'Uma Ilanga Liyo' (African fusion)

YouTube – Soweto Gospel Choir – 'Uma Ilanga Liyo' (African fusion)

Contemporary Latin

• Spotify – Caetano Veloso – 'Atrás da Verde e Rosa só não vai quem já morreu' (samba)

YouTube – Caetano Veloso – 'Atrás da Verde e Rosa só não vai quem já morreu' (samba)

• Spotify – Stan Getz – 'The Girl From Ipanema' (bossa nova)

YouTube – Stan Getz – 'The Girl From Ipanema' (bossa nova)

• Spotify – Jonny Pacheco – 'Cha, Cha, Rene'

YouTube – Jonny Pacheco – 'Cha, Cha, Rene'

Contemporary British Folk

• Spotify – Capercaillie – 'Skye Waulking Song'

YouTube – Capercaillie – 'Skye Waulking Song'

• Spotify – Mumford & Sons – 'Sigh No More'

YouTube – Mumford & Sons – 'Sigh No More'

• Spotify – Simon and Garfunkel – 'Scarborough Fair'

YouTube – Simon and Garfunkel – 'Scarborough Fair'