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Unit 1: SOUND
BASIC VOCABULARY
Spanish Sonido Ruido Silencio Odo Altura Duracin Intensidad Timbre English Sound Noise Silence Hearing Pitch Duration Intensity Timbre Spanish Agudo Grave Corto Largo Fuerte Dbil Notas musicales Partitura English High Low Short Long Loud Soft Notes Score

1. VOCABULARY EXERCISES: 1. Link the words in Spanish with their translation in English: Altura Intensidad Duracin Odo Partitura Timbre Ruido Duration Score Pitch Timbre Intensity Hearing Noise Sonido Agudo Grave Fuerte Dbil Largo Corto Loud Short High Sound Long Soft Low

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2. SOUND, NOISE AND SILENCE Some interesting definitions Essentially, music is sound. SOUND is produced when an object vibrates and it is what can be perceived by a living organism through its sense of hearing. It travels through physical mediums by sound waves and it is normally a pleasant feeling. NOISE is a disagreeable auditory experience but this is a subjective definition (for example, most of the percussion instruments produce noises when they are played). Anyway, the physical difference between sound and noise is the sort of waves: sound waves are regular and in a noise the wave is irregular. (Look at the pictures).

Finally, SILENCE is the absence of sound or noise.

This video is very interesting. You can see and listen to a musical piece written by John Cage. Its name is: 433. Im sure that its going to surprise you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEFKFiXSx4

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3. THE QUALITIES OF SOUND El sonido tiene cuatro cualidades: Altura (Pitch), duracin (duration), intensidad (intensity) y timbre (timbre). Cada cualidad distingue diferentes sonidos, segn la tabla siguiente: High PITCH Low DURATION Short Long

Loud INTENSITY Soft

Different voices TIMBRE Different instruments

2. Listen to the sounds. Identify the pitch, duration, intensity and timbre in the table below: PITCH Sound 1 Sound 2 Sound 3 Sound 4 Sound 5 DURATION INTENSITY TIMBRE

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Now, its your turn! 3. Describe this sound: a) Vuestra profesora os ir asignando de forma individual y secreta la interpretacin de unas tarjetas. b) En orden, uno por uno, iris interpretando, con un instrumento del aula, el sonido o conjunto de sonidos que indica vuestra tarjeta. c) Los dems compaeros tomarn nota para intentar adivinar la tarjeta que has interpretado. Se responder la altura, duracin, intensidad y timbre del sonido de la siguiente manera: The pitch is _______________, the duration

is______________, the intensity is _______________ and the timbre is ______________. Si la respuesta es correcta, quien hizo el sonido dir: It is right, y el alumno que ha acertado, pasar a hacer el siguiente sonido. Si no acierta, se le dir: It is not right, y se preguntar a otra persona. 4. Sobre un sonido, se harn y respondern preguntas como las siguientes: Tell me the pitch of the sound Tell me the duration of the sound Tell me the intensity of the sound Is this sound low and loud? The sound is high/low. The sound is long/short. The sound is loud/soft.

The sound is low but it is not loud.

Is this sound short and high? The sound is high but it is not short.

5. Se emitirn 2 sonidos diferentes y se responder a preguntas como las siguientes: Which sound is high? Se responder de la manera siguiente: The high sound is the sound number two.

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6. Fill in the gaps with the words:

There are four qualities of sound: Pitch, ________________, duration and ____________________. Pitch distinguishes high and ___________________ sounds. Duration distinguishes long and ________________ sounds. Intensity distinguishes _______________ and soft sounds. Timbre distinguishes __________________ and voices .

Short Low Timbre Instruments Intensity Loud

A violin makes a ___________________ sound. We write music in a __________________. A clock makes very _______________ sounds. Drums make __________________ sounds. ______________ is transmitted through air. A contrabass makes a _________________ sound. In class, students speak using _________________ sounds. The ending class bell makes a __________________ and

Loud Low Long Soft Sound High Soft Score Loud

_______________ sound.

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CRUCIGRAMA: PARMETROS SONOROS Web: http://recursos.cnice.mec.es/musica/provisionales/contenidos/parametros/parasonoros.htm

ACTIVIDADES AUDITIVAS: CUALIDADES DEL SONIDO Web: http://mariajesuscamino.com/exe/sonido-audio1/actividades_altura_y_duracin.html

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CUADERNO DE PARTITURAS Web: http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/html/adjuntos/2007/09/11/0018/index.htm En esta web encontrars las digitaciones de la flauta, partituras de algunas canciones e informacin general sobre lenguaje musical.

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4. NOTES READING Web: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/286412/curso%202009-10/aranas.swf

Web: http://www.musicaeduca.es/recursos-aula/juegos/126-cazanotas

Web: http://www.musycom.com/ia5_musycom/?idE=1758&idZ=34

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