Page 3 - Music Mats

Greensleeves LKS2

Vocabulary Know that

Medieval Music written between 500-1400AD. King Henry VIII was a musician and composer. He wrote
Renaissance Written between 1400-1600 AD. Pastime with good company. Some say he wrote
music Greensleeves but it cannot be proven.
Drone A continuous sound often two notes a fifth apart.
Mode Set or order of notes. Medieval music was based on modes not scales as we
Hurdy gurdy A string instrument that can play a drone and melody know today.
at the same time.
Viol 6 stringed instrument played vertically. Renaissance music began to use a new tuning system.
Sackbut Medieval trombone.
Harpsichord Keyboard that makes sounds through plucking strings. Music was often used to dance to.

Variation A tune that is altered slightly. Drones are used in lots of different styles of music including
Pavane A Renaissance dance. folk music.

Know how Know what

To play a drone with a sense of steady beat. Rhythms to use for an ostinato.
Play a simple melody in time with a drone.
To play up to 5 notes on a new instrument e.g. recorder, ocarina, The differences are in two versions of the same piece and
violin. describe them musically.
Improvise a melody over an ostinato and drone.
Layers of sound can be heard and identify instruments
playing them.

Notes to choose to create a melody in the style of a Tudor
pavane.

Composers and their music

Pastime with good company - King’s singers
Pastime with good company - Jethro Tull
Corvus Corax - Trioculi
Greensleeves - Jordi Savall & Rolti Lisveland
Vaughan Williams - Fantasy on Greensleeves
Praetorius - Branle de la torche

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