Wider Listening

The following suggested pieces allow you to extend your knowledge of the set work by hearing other pieces that contain similar or contrasting features.

Cuban

Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club.
- A mixture of Cuban music and jazz, this piece has a faster tempo and more instruments but is a good example of syncopated rhythms, jazz harmonies and virtuoso playing techniques.

Gillespie y Machito

Dizzy Gillespie y Machito, Afro Cuban Jazz Moods.
- This album is very important to the establishment of Afro Cuban Jazz Music.
- The Cuban influences are heard in the rhythms of the percussion and the jazz influences are heard in Gillespie’s trumpet solos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbbRfFSKLpk

Wider Listening

The following suggested pieces allow you to extend your knowledge of the set work by hearing other pieces that contain similar or contrasting features.

Gillespie y Machito

Dizzy Gillespie y Machito, Afro Cuban Jazz Moods.
- This album is very important to the establishment of Afro Cuban Jazz Music.
- The Cuban influences are heard in the rhythms of the percussion and the jazz influences are heard in Gillespie’s trumpet solos.

1Musical Elements

1.1Organisation of Pitch

1.1.1Melodic Pitch

1.1.2Melodic Devices

1.1.3Harmonic Pitch

1.1.4Harmonic Devices

1.1.5Harmonic Progressions

1.2Tonality

1.2.1Major & Minor Tonality

1.2.2End of Topic Test - Musical Elements

2Instrumental Music 1700–1820

2.1Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major

2.1.1Concerto No. 5 in D Major

2.1.2Structure & Melody

2.1.3Instrumentation & Texture

2.1.4Harmony

2.1.5Wider Listening

2.2Beethoven: Sonata ‘Pathétique’

2.2.1Piano Sonata No. 8

2.2.2Structure & Melody

2.2.3Other Features

2.2.4Wider Listening

2.2.5End of Topic Test - Instrumental Music 1700–1820

3Vocal Music

3.1Purcell: Music for a While

3.1.1Music for a While

3.1.2Other Features

3.1.3Wider Listening

3.2Queen: Killer Queen

3.2.1Killer Queen

3.2.2Other Features

3.2.3Wider Listening

3.2.4End of Topic Test - Vocal Music

4Music for Stage & Screen

4.1Schwartz: Defying Gravity

4.1.1Defying Gravity

4.1.2Other Features

4.1.3Wider Listening

4.2Williams: Star Wars Episode IV

4.2.1A New Hope

4.2.2Structure & Melody

4.2.3Other Features

4.2.4Wider Listening

4.2.5End of Topic Test - Music for Stage & Screen

5Fusions

5.1Afro Celt Sound System: Release

5.1.1Release

5.1.2Other Features

5.1.3Wider Listening

5.2Spalding: Samba Em Preludio

5.2.1Samba Em Preludio

5.2.2Structure & Melody

5.2.3Other Features

5.2.4Wider Listening

5.2.5End of Topic Test - Fusions

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