Hayley @ Greymouth High School

Today in music the techniques I am working on is practising my transitions between chords and trying to find the right chords on the piano. .  I practised both techniques. To try and get my transitions right between changing chords I slowed down so I could find the right chords. The piece of music I was trying to practice was just starting to come together.

Today we learnt some chords. A chord is 2 or more notes played together (normally three). We practised the chords on a piano and played them to a partner, who had to guess what chords we were playing.  We learnt some of these chords: C,F,G Am, F, G G, C, D Em, C, D I also learnt that the MINORS sound more dull and the MAJORS  sound more high pitched.

Today in class we had to make a google slide and include periods of music. We had to find a piece of music from that era and listen to it. We were also learning how to draw a structural chart for music. We did the structural chart so we could learn how to produce / compose music. 

What I learnt... Baroque music is a type of Western European art music that was used from about 1600 - 1750. Classical music is a type of European music that was mainly used during 1750 - 1850. Classical music is more modern than Baroque and Baroque is more an older type of music. Baroque is more of a happy sound while classical music is more sad and depressing. In Baraquoe music some of the instruments used are Lute Cello Violen Flute Bass