Performing Activities - Songs & Scores |
Starter & Plenary Activities |
Learning, Listening, Composing & Evaluating Activities |
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This unit explores drones, ostinati and organum as an introduction to harmony. Pupils learn about sacred music such as plainsong and secular music such as songs and dances. The unit explores how and where medieval music was developed and performed; the musical devices used in medieval music and the use of particular instruments in medieval times. The unit focuses on texture (drone and ostinato) other elements include pitch (plainsong and melisma) and aspects of harmony (parallel motion/organum and intervals). Element Focus - Pitch, Texture, Melody & Harmony |
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Year 7 Unit 7 - Medieval Music |
Supporting Activities - Cover & Homework |
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Exploring Ostinato, Drones & Organum |
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Key Stage 2 Music Resources |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
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Sumer is
(Uses Audio 11) |
Planning for a Medieval Concert Procession |
My Medieval Music Learning |
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(Melody Line with no note names) |
Mattachins |
Mattachins Melody |
Mattachins (Melody, Drone and Ostinato) |
Mattachins Melody |
Mattachins Ostinato |
Mattachins Melody, Ostinato & Drone |
Music for a Grand |
Music for a Grand Procession |
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(Melody, Two Harmony and Bass Ostinato Parts) |
Pavane Part 1 Melody |
Pavane Part 2 Harmony |
Pavane Part 3 Harmony |
Pavane Part 4 Bass Ostinato |
Full Score |
Pavane Strings version with Introduction |
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Sumer is icumen in |
Sumer is icumen in |
Sumer is icumen in Melody & Round Example |
Sumer is icumen in Extension Melody |
Sumer is icumen in Vocal Ostinato 2 as a Round |
Sumer is icumen in All Parts |
Sumer is icumen in Melody & Round Example |
Sumer is icumen in (Melody, Drone and Ostinato) |
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Orientis Partibus |
Orientis Partibus |
Orientis Partibus Melody Line (one score with note names, one without) |
Orientis Partibus Melody Line |
(Melody, Organum, Drone, Drum & Percussion Parts) |
Winter Now is Gone |
Winter Now is Gone Melody Line |
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Medieval Music |
Organum
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Medieval Musical Instruments
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Medieval Musical Instruments
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Plainsong |
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Scheme of Work |
Lesson Plan (PDF) |
Lesson Plan (DOC) |
Lesson Bundles (ZIP) Download all the resources you need for each lesson (excluding video files) in a ZIP file. |
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Lesson 1 Exploring Medieval Music |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 2 Exploring Parallel Motion & Organum |
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Lesson 3 Exploring Medieval Musical Instruments |
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Lesson 4 Exploring Plainsong & Melisma |
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Lesson 5 Exploring Secular Medieval Music & Medieval Rounds |
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Lesson 6 Exploring a Medieval Procession in Concert |
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Who? What? When? Why? |
Harmony Cards Unison - Octave
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Medieval Instrument Matching Cards |
Medieval Music Keyword |
Plainsong - Old meets New & East meets West
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Organum Example |
Influences of Organum on modern music |
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Worksheet 1
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Assessing Medieval Performances
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Listening to Medieval Musical Instruments
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Listening to
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Plainsong |
Medieval Music
(Uses Audio 16) |
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(Full Score & 3-Part Melodic Scores) |
La Mourisque |
La Mourisque Melody Part 1 |
La Mourisque Melody Part 2 |
La Mourisque Melody Part 3 |
La Mourisque All 3 Melodic Parts Together |
Now is the month of Maying |
Greensleeves |