IGCSE+Music

Note Naming & Theory Website: Teoria.com Online Music Notation Software: Noteflight.com Advanced Noteflight Editing: Youtube Mozart: Piano Concert in A Major: K488 Mov. I: Mozart Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture Op. 21: Mendelssohn

Orchestral Video of performance: [] Performance with corresponding notation: [] Wikipedia Info:[] Youtube video of Midsummer night Dream Story: []

__Arab Music and the Music of Africa__: (Candidates must be able to identify the following instruments) Mbira Zimbabwe(equal credit will be given for Ubo, Sansa and Likembe Congo), Kora West Africa Rabāb Central Asia (Turkey) & Middle East (Rebab: Recording) ūd Middle Eastern Qānūn Middle Eastern Nāy Central Asia/Middle Eastern Drums Talking drums West Africa (Nigeria) Un-tuned percussion: various instruments (snare, gong, cymbals, riangle, etc). African Xylophone Xylophone Voice Candidates should understand and be able to use the terms Maqam, Ajan, Iqa, but will not be expected to identify specific types of each.

Indigenous African Drumming Footage African Shaker - Guinea Log Drum Djembe vs. Conga Djembe Percussion Ensemble Shekere African Drumming & Dancing: Performance space

__Chinese Music__: (Candidates must be able to identify the following instruments) Pipa (China) (equal credit will be given for ch’in) Erh-hu (China) Dizi (China)(equal credit will be given for hsiao and ti-tzu) Tou-kuan Sheng Voice Drums

Gamelan: Indonesian musical ensemble

__Musical Time Periods__: **Middle Ages** (500-1400) Gregorian Chant- Monophonic Polyphonic Music: Etienne de Liege Plainchant/Monophonic Music: Salve Regina Ordando di Lassus: Madrigal (Mid 16th Century) Medieval Architecture: Notre-Dame de Paris, Gargoyle

*Medieval & Renaissance Instruments: Lute, Gemshorn, Harp, Sacbut, Pipe & Tabor Drum, Lizard, Serpent, Dulcimer

**Renaissance** (1400-1600) William Byrd- Agnus Dei, Josquin des Prez Ave Maria Architecture: St Peter's Basilica, St. Mark's Square Art: Mona Lisa (La Joconde), Michelangelo's David

**Baroque Age** (1600-1750) Baroque Era on Wikipedia Johann Sebastian Bach- Cello Suite No. 1, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring George Frideric Handel- Water Music Johann Pachelbel- Cannon in D Architecture: Miagao Philippines Instruments: Baroque Organ, Recorder, Trumpet,

**Classical Period** (1750-1830) Wikipedia on Classical Period Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, Don Giovanni Ludwig Van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata Franz Haydn: Surprise Symphony Classical Era Orchestra Picture: Click

Interactive Kids Orchestra Identification
 * Identifying Instruments in the Orchestra**

**Romantic Era** (1815-1910) Romance Era (Music) Romance Era (Music & Composers Cont.) Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Johannes Brahms: Lullaby

**20th Century** (1900-2000) 20th Century Music Sorgei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C# Minor Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Hot House James Brown: I Feel Good Wynton Marsalis: Grammy Performance 1983

__Exceptional Musical Performances__: Ray Charles & Rutgers University Western Music in 16 Genres The Landfill Orchestra Music As a Language (Victor Wooten) Superstition Stevie Wonder Masquerade is Over Nancy Wilson Paul Gonsalves 'Diminuendo in Blue' In a Sentimental Mood- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Landfill Harmonic Orchestra The Beatles: Here Comes the Sun Michel Camilo: Not Yet Miles Davis Autumn Leaves Live 1964 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Live 1952 Kenny Garrett Happy People Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live in Montreux Miles Davis Last Concert Monk: Blue Monk Neil Peart: Cotton Tail Drum Solo Bela Fleck: Ensemble Recording Elton John: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word