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In the boxes below, draw or print images for the
Year 8 Homework Book Music
instruments listed
Steel Pan
Cabassa
Cajon
Claves
Name_________________________ Tutor Group ______
Target Grade __________________
Music Teacher ________________________
Complete the piece of Music below
Dance Music Odd one Out
Using your Green Pen, circle the term which is not
associated with the other terms
Explain your choice
Breakbeat
Grime
Rhythm
House
Drop
Garage
Keywords definition Match—draw a line to match the
definition!
Turntable
Sampler
Electronic
Drumkit
Syncopation
Often played on guitar, the upstroke.
Also refers to a dance style
Skanking
Emphasising the off-beat or weak beat
Riff
Combination of Trombone, Trumpet
and Saxophone
Steel Pan
A memorable, repeated short tune
Horn Section
An instrument made from old oil drums
Create a Calypso Music Factsheet
Typical Instruments (TIMBRE)
Typical Rhythms and Beats (RHYTHM & METRE
Typical Structure (What are the Different Sections?
Typical Tonalities (Major, Minor, Modal)
Typical Texture (combinations of instruments)
Where, when and why did Calypso Music originate?
Create a Factsheet on The Strauss Family and their
role in the popularity of Waltz Music
Listen to, and comment upon, a piece of
Create a Reggae Music Factsheet
Dance Music
Suggested listening ‘Omen’ by The Prodigy, ‘Praise You’ by
Fatboy Slim or ‘Propane Nightmares’ by Pendulum
Typical Instruments (TIMBRE)
Structure (how it buids up, Intro, Drop etc)
Typical Rhythms and Beats (RHYTHM & METRE
Sounds Used ( Drum Loop, Scratching, Voice etc)
Typical Structure (What are the Different Sections?
Rhythm (what are the drum beats like? Does the Melody use
the same Rhythm? )
Typical Tonalities (Major, Minor, Modal)
Typical Texture (combinations of instruments)
Background of the piece (Who is the Music by? Where are
they from? What is the purpose of this music? Which Genre?
How do you know? Where does the genre originate?)
Where, when and why did Reggae Music originate?
(focus on what they do musically,
Interview with a family member about their views on
Dance Music
not just a biography)
(suggested questions, please create at least one of your
Research project on a minimalist composer
Suggested composers Steve Reich, Terry Riley, John Adams
or Mike Oldfield
own, Do you like Dance Music? Why is this? What is it you
like/dislike? Wahen would you listen to Dance Music?
Family Member (Brother, Sister etc
Label the Pentatonic Scale Below
Create a Graphic Score and Key for a piece of Music
of your choice
Label the Chromatic Scale Below
Title of piece
Keywords definition Match—draw a line to match the
definition!
Crescendo
Loud
Diminuendo
Symbol for Soft/Quietly
Forte
Gradually getting Quieter
Piano
Symbol for Loud
f
Soft/Quietly
p
Gradually getting Louder