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Score 2 - Pavane

(parts with and without note names & full score)

Audio Example on Audio 4

 

MIDI 3 - Part 1;     MIDI 4 - Part 2;     MIDI 5 - Part 3;     MIDI 6 - Part 4

MIDI 7 - Part 5;     MIDI 8 - All parts together (with pavane rhythm and 2 bar intro)

Song Sheet 1 - Fa la la la la

Score 1 - Fa la la la la Piano Accopmaniment

MIDI 1 - Fa la la la la song melody

MIDI 2 - Fa la la la la piano accompaniment

Song Example on Audio 1

Song Sheet 2 - Deck the Halls

 

Song example (a cappella) on Audio 7

Song melody on MIDI 9

Piano Accompaniment on Audio 6

Score 7 - Music for a Grand Procession

 

Both parts together on MIDI 18

Score 8 - Music for the King’s Entry

 

MIDI 19 - Part 1;    MIDI 20  - Part 2

MIDI 21 - Parts 1 & 2 together

Score 9 - A Tudor Fanfare

MIDI 23 - all parts together

Audio example on Audio 18

Parts modelled on Audio 19

Song Sheet 3 - Greensleeves

 

Song example on Audio 20

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The Tudors from Musical Contexts provides a range of fun and exciting music activities and learning opportunities combining singing, performing, composing and listening and appraising with all of the resources you’ll need in one place!  Ideal for non-specialist music teachers (with a wealth of supporting media files to model tasks and a detailed scheme of work and lesson plans) and a wealth of fresh inspiration for music specialists.  This unit has cross-curricular links with the popular primary history topic of The Tudors and The Tudor Period. 

​This unit takes a historical starting point as a basis for an exploration into Tudor Music.  Pupils begin by learning about Tudor Dance Music and in particular, The Pavane, as a popular Tudor Dance.  Pupils identify its characteristic musical features and rhythms before attempting to dance The Pavane and perform and compose their own modal Pavane melodies over a drone accompaniment.  Pupils then learn about traditional Tudor Musical Instruments before exploring Tudor and Madrigal-style songs with a “fa-la-la” refrain, where they compose their own lyrics to a given melody.  Fanfares are explored briefly before pupils work towards putting on a “Tudor-style Banquet Concert” combining elements of the unit into a class performance.

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